"Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you, it was Venus." - Jesse Ventura

I'm in my 50's and have a full head of luxurious hair, with almost no gray. I don't say this to brag, but rather the opposite, it has never helped me in any way to attract women. In fact, if I let it grow out it looks terrible because I just look like an old man with young man's hair. Very disconcerting in the mirror. I guess my message is...hair doesn't matter as much as people are led to believe.

Teeth on the other hand...if they can grow me back a set of pearly whites instead of the tea/soda-infused yellow ones I have, I'll give them all my money.

I have the opposite experience. I have pretty long hair for a guy, and it's extremely wavy and full, and it attracts women all the time when I'm out. They love to braid it, and style it.

Women are attracted to you and start braiding and styling your hair whilst you're out?

I must be missing something.

Yes. I frequent bars a lot on the weekends, and it's almost every time. It's also a great conversation starter.

I can see how it would be a great conversation starter! If someone started a chat with "women can't help but braid my hair" then I'd be hooked.

Yeah. I was the guy who generally looked like a dweeb and never got any compliments or anything (besides the nearly backhanded “smart” comments or politeness from old people)

Grey my hair out and it turns out I have absolutely beautiful, curly hair. I would go out and nearly every time get complimented about how nice it is. I’m terrified of losing it because it’s about the only good physical quality I have.

Off subject: yellow is the normal color of teeth. Exceptionally white teeth look really weird, although the artificial, plastic, tv look is apparently embraced by some.

It's acquired taste (as many things are). That said, they would indeed look weird in Boris Johnson's mouth.

> pearly whites teeth I blame ads like colgate for this, natural teeth have yellowish hue.

Tot best knowledge, you can actually pay to have pearl white teeth. It's a quite basic procedure, costly, but doable.

My uncle used to care for Donald Fry (started Fry's original supermarket) at his mansion in Arizona. We got to visit and hang out with him and his wife. The place was a palace. And yet two of the nicest, down-to-earth people I ever met. They insisted on us staying the night and fixing us breakfast in the morning. This was a couple years before he passed, and he was already suffering from Parkinson's, but I'll always remember how sweet they were, and nothing like I expected.