They call it the Clooney Effect – the greyer the hair, the more attractive the man. Because, let’s be honest, society views men such as George Clooney as “silver foxes” – sexy, powerful and wise. Even the bird kingdom isn’t immune, with British ornithologists discovering that when certain male birds go grey, it sends the female of the species into a flutter.
Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for “silver vixens”. Letting nature take its course is still often taboo for women, and those who do embrace 50 shades of grey can be accused of letting themselves go.
A recent European survey, for example, found that more than 50 percent of executive women dye their hair, as opposed to just 3 percent of men. As one of the survey respondents put it: “Grey hair makes a businessman look distinguished, but it just makes a woman look old and tired.”
There are lots of reasons hair turns grey: genetics, stress, poor diet. The science behind it, though is simple: as we
