COLUMN: The Hairy Grey Gay

<p>So, here's the deal.....you're ageing, bits aren't working the way they used to and then nature plays the cruelest of jokes on you - you go bald on top only to have hair grow "elsewhere"!</p> <p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4575668927.jpg" width="460" height="298" alt="Growing old gracefully?" title="Growing old gracefully?"/></p> <p></p><p>As your thatch thins, your ears suddenly become a playgrounds for what can only be be described as industrial strength pubic hair! As if that wasn't bad enough, you start to notice the odd (very odd) hair on your shoulder, sprouting on your neck well below your beard line, even on your ear lobe! Ok, that last one may be just me but you get the picture. I can’t be the only one with feet like an ageing Hobbit?</p><p></p><p>So why is it we grow bald in some places and still grow hair in others? And how much does it affect our confidence as we age - already a dodgy area even if you're not gay!</p><p></p><p>The whole area of us growing hair is a strange subject - we're born with some, it can change colour as we grow, it appears in places during puberty that we never had it before, it then disappears from some areas as we age and also changes colour again! Talk about keeping us entertained!</p><p></p><p>I did a quick straw poll amongst my twitter lovelies and it appears that the majority of us "folic-ally challenged" individuals are FINE with being somewhat thin on top. Luckily fashions change and we are no longer seen as thugs or skinheads if we shave our heads.</p><p></p><p>One of my favourite signs in Manchester of recent times offered scalp pigmentation as an option to losing your hair. This reminds me of the old “hair in a can” stuff that used to be available - and maybe still is? </p><p></p><p>It sounds like someone comes along with a can of whatever colour your remaining hair is and either sprays your head or slaps some paint on it! It smacks of desperation, but thats my own opinion, maybe I’d feel differently if I wasn't happy with the bald look!</p><p></p><p>Recent fashions have encouraged beards, moustaches, shaved heads, the most severe partings possible (even shaving them in) so it seems anything goes and for all ages too. No need to feel left out of the fashion loop if you’re 39 and 12 months…..however, maybe ask Santa for one of those lovely nasal hair trimmers - they work wonders and can take care of those tricky little buggers growing in your ears, nose or elsewhere….</p><p></p><p> </p>