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Many people say they prefer white hair to grey hair — via healthing_ca

The silver-haired Lisa LaFlamme, 58, had garnered praise and support from women across Canada in 2020, when she stopped dyeing her hair. CTV News/Youtubeanchor of CTV National News after 35 years with the network. In the aftermath of her departure, which raises questions about ageism and sexism, a question is lingering on many people’s minds: how much of what happened has to do with her grey hair?asked who had approved the decision to “let Lisa’s hair go grey.

The subject came up again on set when he commented that her hair had a purple hue in the studio lighting. The silver-haired LaFlamme, 58, had garnered praise and support from women across Canada in 2020, when she stopped dyeing her hair because she couldn’t get to her colourist during the pandemic. As she explained in the network’s year-in-review broadcast, “I finally said, ‘Why bother? I’m going grey.’ Honestly, if I had known the lockdown could be so liberating on that front I would have done it a lot sooner.

While some people maintain their hair colour well into their senior years, many don’t – and greying hair is regarded as a universal sign of advanced age. The trouble is, societal pressures to be youthful and vibrant have many people locked into the cycle of dyeing their hair and covering up any visible grey roots as soon as they start to show.published in Ageing & Society

, explored older women’s perceptions of grey, white, and coloured hair. The study showed that the women, aged 71 to 94, found grey hair less attractive than snowy white hair. And while many appreciated white hair, they had extremely negative perceptions of their own grey hair.

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