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what if a lycanthrope dyed his hair in his human form then changed would his hair still be dyed

No, hair color would be determined by genetic data. Hair dye just puts a layer of color over your hair.

ravaged_warrior wrote:No, hair color would be determined by genetic data. Hair dye just puts a layer of color over your hair.

jup i think so too...the Basic Haircolor will come back after every shapeshift

Maybe there'd be a splotch of dye on his head, where his hair would be in his human form. So the rest of his coat would be fine, but for that.

Depends on whether the Wulf retains his/her Human hair or not.
If yes, then the dyejob would still be there, a splotch as already said.
If no (or the Wulf fur grows over the Human hair) then no.
Remember, dye is a coating over the hair. It will fade and fall out eventually.
Better to ask: If a Were' had a body-dye job, what would happen to it?
(I think the skin would turn that color, myself).

*mental image of a werewolf wearing a bad toupee...*

RedEye wrote:Better to ask: If a Were' had a body-dye job, what would happen to it?
(I think the skin would turn that color, myself).

Depends on whether or not they absorb the hair back into thier bodies when they shift back. That's the annoying thing about discussing things like this, the whole "depends on the werewolf" thing.

ok i looked but did not find one like this

Spike_Wolf wrote:what if a lycanthrope dyed his hair in his human form then changed would his hair still be dyed

yes...its been mentioned. I can't remember which thread though.

oh ok well I looked to make sure and I did not find it so sorry

Spike_Wolf wrote:oh ok well I looked to make sure and I did not find it so sorry

That's ok.

I think someone asked about the tattoos as well.

Perhaps it will only show up in wolf/werewolf form if they want it to.

I started thinking about this and my head almost exploded. There's just so many directions one can go.

So the werewolf with head fur a different color on the tips....kinda punky or goth depending on the color. Think about the body art aspect of it. Weres that dye their hair in human form, including the hair on their arms and legs, just so it looks a certain way in Gestalt or wolf form. And if tattoo hair grew out to be the color of the tattoo ....the thing about shaving a design into your hair cut would be tame.

And what about fingernail polish? Or eyeshadow? Some pretty freaky weres out there.

Personally, I go with the theory that the hair grows out so the under layer of fur will always be the right color. Nails fall out and re-grow (fake nails would get expensive...) . The hair that I've seen growing out of tattos on someone's head, is the same color as the rest of their hair. So it would not make any difference.

Makeup would get covered by the facial hair... so in the end it wouldn't make a difference.



Now, what if you got your hair dyed as a werewolf? What would it look like when you shifted back?

I suspect that if it's the Hair (as the stuff that hangs out on one's head), unless that also grew along with the Fur...it'd stay the same.
Green Spike-haired Werewolves, anyone? (With the obligatory navel ring, natch.)

Hmmm....what if you ran into a Were' with a tongue piercing complete with the ball? What if you recognized the ball? What if SHE made a pass at your Girlfriend-or Boyfriend???

The possibilities are endless...

Hair dye applied to one form, followed by a shift, would in my storyline's lycanthropes lead to the hair either falling out or the lycanthrope getting poisoned as the hair retracted into the body--mostly bits of both. Careful selection of the right products could allow one to have wild hair styles followed by temporary tattoos, and less than bright young lycanthropes might use spray-and-shift techniques as a way of getting high. Or, militant anti-lycanthropy individuals might spray on lead-based paint in protest. (Yet another way for said persons to reduce their life expectancy) Death or substantial injury by these methods are rare, as the body does a good job ripping off and rejecting contaminated hairs. But, it's a good way to get very skinny and starved rather quickly--something you don't want to be if you're still getting used to living with lycanthropy.

By the way, to those who've actually read my works and wondered (yeah, both of you), Elodea Taylor wears hair extenders to get the vertical halo and long ponytail look. It's tied in, and can be unfastened in about a minute. A sudden shift will cause the hair to rip off, but it only hurts briefly. She uses all natural organic products with trace herbal scents--no perfumes--to go with it.

Kelpten wrote:Maybe there'd be a splotch of dye on his head, where his hair would be in his human form. So the rest of his coat would be fine, but for that.

I agree with you and RedEye

Yes, I agree with you Mostiewolf. Becasue if a werewolf died their hair a different color, say red as th example before, and their body hair was a different color, say like blonde. Then the werewolf in wolf form would have a head that is red and a body that is blonde. Which, I think, would not look very good at all.

Depends on the method used to transform.

Biological methods being:

Grow out: in which case you would have the wolf form's fur color, or if that is based on the human's hair color, that color with tips the color of the eye. Unless head hair is kept.

Shed: we have seen full body skin shed, and just head hair shed, in which case the dye would fall off, and when regrown for transforming back have the natural color. Unless its the special type of regrowing that remembers the hair style and length in which case it could have a bio-nanite design where pigmentations are kept from human memory base to recreate the dye color naturally. In which case after your first transformation the color wouldn't be dye but an adaptive design meant to hide your true nature.

The latter part of the above can also be magical in origin.

Magic also has the polymorph: in which case its code memory so what ever you looked like regardless of tatoos, or hair dye, and as seen often even clothing and jewelry somehow. Can switch.

Of course there is also the body switch, the person has two bodies, at any given time one is stored in a mystical void (sub-space dimension pocket for the sci-fi crowd) so when transforming the two switch. Which is the whole puff of smoke, magical energy version of it where a person just magically changes place with an animal form.

This isn't exactly about Dyed hair...but what about Dreadlocks on a Were'? And I don't just mean the head...

a were-dog of this breed would be funny to see

RedEye wrote:This isn't exactly about Dyed hair...but what about Dreadlocks on a Were'? And I don't just mean the head...

That would look pretty cool The 'mane' on the back of their neck and head would be dreads with regular wolf fur everywhere else. For body dreads, they would need long fur and to stay in gestalt form for a while. Shifting back would most likely tear the body-fur dreads off though...

And that dog is disgusting looking Looks like a molten-s*** monster

And on topic, I agree that dyed human hair would most likely stay in were-form. Proably would move down further back the head and/or on the fur tips...I dunno...