The grey hairs
appearing at my temples think they’ve gone unnoticed, but they haven’t.
At first, there
was just one, of inconclusive greyness; the difference could have been due to hair product. Looking back though, I was burying my rapidly frosting
head in the sand: why would my daily two-pronged matt clay and hairspray attack
result in a white hair in exactly the same place?
While I wasn’t
bothered by this potential change, I couldn’t help but keep an eye on it,
particularly post-haircut. That was the ultimate litmus test, with
results showing up grey instead of purple (though the latter would explain
Phyllis from Coronation Street). A few visits to the barber later and the results are in;
someone’s follicles have reduced their melanin output and that
someone is me.
I’m not that concerned,
to be honest; plenty of people grey far earlier than me. That said, it raises the inevitable question: how long before I switch from
Grease-era John Travolta to any-era Leslie Nielsen? I reckon a
couple of weeks.