Covering the grey hairs made me look younger – but at what cost?
I have never really worried about getting older. When you didn’t think that much of yourself in your prime, you’re not that bothered about fading away. It could even be argued that a low peak makes the decline much more palatable. My eye isn’t going to get any lazier. (Actually, a quick Google has revealed that it can, in fact, get lazier, so that is something to get anxious about.)
This year, I have noticed that grey hair has begun to appear on my head and – shock-horror-yuck – in my beard. I say I noticed, but in reality it was pointed out to me by my friends, who all love to tell each other when something about them looks shit. About 10 years ago, one of my friends used a steroid cream to remove a skin tag on his head, and it left him with a bald spot smack bang on the back of his skull for about a year, as if he had nits and they had made a crop circle. Some of my fondest memories of that time were of us riffing different ways to take the piss out of him.
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