I dyed my hair black the summer before I turned 17. Permanently. My hair has bore the color of the feelings within me that I didn’t express. Red. Blonde. Pink. Now my hair is black....

Hair dye has been around for thousands of years as a way for people to express themselves, even dating back to 1500 BC. The Egyptians would use henna to cover gray hairs, and later, the Greeks and Romans...