What % of women in the US dye their hair?

The Sandbox General
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Wow, $300 is a lot. Mine is $55 tip included. And since I’ve been wearing my hair longer I can go 6-8 weeks between. My hair grows ridiculously fast—not even my thyroid prevents this. So short styles mean getting to the salon every 4-5 weeks.

Hubby is now getting his beard trimmed regularly and it’s affecting my salon budget.

If I wanted to color it would be about $150 + tip for cut and color and I would have to go every 5-6 weeks to get the roots done. My hair takes 2 boxes.

My daughter does her own color and she also has a ton of hair. She goes to the salon maybe once a year. I’d guess she spends $300/year on her hair.

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the article says this:

" 1. Now for some cultural statistics: 90% of Japanese people wash their hair twice a day, 80% of North Americans wash their hair twice a day, and only 25% of the European population washes their hair daily. Do you think we should wash our hair every day?"

there is no way that’s true. who the hell washes their hair twice a day? 80% sounds wrong. even 5% sounds wrong. this makes me think that entire article is garbage.

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oh that $300 includes tip, but ya a lot.

i suppose i can go to supercuts or some shitty place for less, but then i will probably hate the cut.

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I wash my hair twice a week. More if I’m working out or swimming. My hair just looks better if it keeps those natural oils. I also don’t use a ton of product.

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Yeah, no way the typical american washes their hair twice a day. Some do of course pre work and post workout, but that’s a minority.

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I wash my hair like twice a week.

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yeah, i think it’s pretty unhealthy for hair to wash it twice a day. it would dry out.

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Back when I was commuting to work I would wash my hair in the morning and then in the evening after a workout. But I don’t have that much hair to wash.

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The Euros are quite fashionable so maybe it is best not to wash hair every day.

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that article is wrong about north americans, so i’m guessing it’s wrong about europeans too.

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Does it mention Antarcticans? Tough to be wrong about those people.

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I’ve done it before, but I can’t even wash my hair daily or it dries out. 4-5x a week max.

But on a Sunday I might wash it before church and then go swimming in the afternoon and then wash it again at night. Not all the time though.

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My mother dyed her hair for decades, then after chemo she let it go grey. Got lots of compliments from friends and family.

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I’d never trust compliments from friends and family after chemo

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Enough time had passed after chemo that the hair had grown back. I highly doubt that anyone had complimented her when she was wearing a wig or do-rag.

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I complimented my friend’s scarf when she lost her hair to chemo. It looked cute. And… not a lot else about her looked cute, and she needed a pick-me-up. The chemo was horrible, and made her look fat and soft and lumpy. One of the chemo nurse’s saw her wedding photo, taken a week before she started chemo, and blurted out, “you used to be pretty”.

But I never give fake compliments, the scarf was legit cute, and looked really good with her face.

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I’m 50 and have virtually no grey hair at all (and I keep my hair short). My wife says there is a tiny patch on the back of my head but it takes time for her to find it. The old ladies at the bridge tournament usually think I’m 35.

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Interesting bump. I see a previous post with a cannabis link.

:popcorn:

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When my daughters were in their early teens they wanted to color their hair. I warned them—you don’t want to dye young.

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