Chinese Hair Dying - Youth in a bottle
Wall Street Journal today has a page one article titled - Youth in a Bottle. About how the Chinese Leadership all dye their hair black when needed, so you don't see any white hairs. I have seen this among a lot of ethnic Chinese in the US and I would say it's fairly widespread. On why this is done - my 2 cents is age discrimination does live, unfortunately.
I disagree on the author that it's a China only thing because of the majority of the Chinese in China are below 39, since I have also seen this with Taiwanese. I have also seen an increase in red accents in hair in ethnic Chinese women of all ages.
I guess I am lucky my daughter naturally has a slight red tinge to her hair, from my Mother's side that had some redheads.
I disagree on the author that it's a China only thing because of the majority of the Chinese in China are below 39, since I have also seen this with Taiwanese. I have also seen an increase in red accents in hair in ethnic Chinese women of all ages.
I guess I am lucky my daughter naturally has a slight red tinge to her hair, from my Mother's side that had some redheads.
Labels: Chinese Culture
posted by Ray at
12:30 PM
1 Comments:
This is a hilarious topic that I just have to comment on. Chinese people really do have a thing about going gray. They are rude to even point out gray hair. I have noticed that non-Asian Americans don't seem to have a problem with growing gray. There are Chinese tonics that claim to keep hair from grwoing gray, but I don't think they work. I pointed to my dark-haired, dark-skinned friend that they just have more melanin.
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