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Is this really a concern that needs to be addressed with a full force of well-funded science? Are people really that anxious about emerging gray hairs that they feel they need to cover them up?
Edit: geez, I’m sorry! I guess a lot of people take gray hair much more seriously than I do. I apologize.
Sure there's vanity, but there's also societal and cultural pressures to appear a certain way. Here's a great study of gray hair and people's perceptions of it. Gendered ageism and gray hair: must older women choose between feeling authentic and looking competent?