SILVER LINING
A
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To The
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STYLE
However, physicians and scientists
discount the stories of people "turning
gray overnight" from fright or trauma,
as highly unlikely.
According to Eric Austad, M.D., a
plastic surgeon in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
the graying process happens when the
cells that are responsible for the hair's
natural coloring "go into retirement."
"If you looked at a hair follicle under
a microscope, you would see a sight
that was comparable to a vase with a
bulbous round bottom resting just
below the skin's surface, with a flower
sticking out above the surface. That
flower is the hair shaft and the whole
shaft and cells are called a follicle," Dr.
Austad says.
"The cells are making this shaft of
hair, and suddenly they make it white.
Still, the darker color needs to grow
out, and that can take many months.
That is why you notice gray hair at the
scalp first, usually along the part line
and at the temples."
Still, there seem to be some holdouts
who would just as soon close their eyes
to this sweeping new trend. Well-
known makeup artist and actor Jeffrey
Bruce, author of About Face, has
always been a proponent of women's
coloring their hair, and Barbara Bush's
example has not convinced him dif-
ferently. "Gray hair on a woman with
a good ruddy colored complexion and
an unlined face is OK, but gray hair will
make a woman look older every time,"
he says.
The biggest problem? "The skin
tones around it," he says. "Teenagers
have those wonderful pink tones to
their skin, but skin loses those pink
tones, becoming yellower and more
parchment-like with age," he believes.
"Because men have whiskers on their
faces, the appearance of their skin col-
or does not change the same way."
"If a woman wants to keep her gray,
she has to compensate in the color
she'll choose for makeup," Bruce says.
Despite the trends, some things stay
constant. Blue rinses are still with us,
and hairdressers such as Daniel J still
use blue shampoos on gray haired
customers, to cut the yellow and
brighten the gray. "They are formulated
differently and we use them with a
moderate hand to avoid the saturated
look. "Years ago you used to see a lot
of little blue-haired ladies. It was just
because people got carried away," he
says. I I