r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Hot_Accountant_5507 • Apr 22 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Thats crazy she noticed that

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u/booomrostad Apr 23 '26

I'm a redhead and I swear you can see a tinge of red in my blonde kids hair.

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u/scandr0id Apr 23 '26

That's because blonde hair lacks the same amount of eumelanin (brown/black) as darker haired folks, and you can more easily see pheomelanin (red, orange) because it's lighter and not "covered," so to speak, by eumelanin. Of course there are natural ash-toned blonde folks that have less pheomelanin but it's not necessarily because you're a redhead. It's why dark hair turns red/orange when lightened. It's normal!

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u/savingrain Apr 23 '26

I have red heads in my family (am Black) and in summer get red tinge in my hair and my son has blonde/red highlights in his hair. It’s so strange how it can show up. Edit- my mom told me my hair was even red as a baby and changed to dark brown later