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NikkiB
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Topic: Colouring hair Posted: 02 February 2007 at 12:24pm |
Hi
I was wondering, would you dye your hair (with a semi-permanent colour) within the first three months of pregnancy?
I'm booked into see my hairdresser next week and I'm in two minds.
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 12:35pm |
I got foils done at about 8 weeks
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 12:37pm |
Hair dresser here I wouldnt worry, if I can go through 9 months of colouring hair and OB's not worrying im sure you can get your hair coloured. Your choice though, but Id go for it.
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 1:10pm |
i personally wouldnt for the first 3 months, but yeah its up to you.
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 2:29pm |
Ha ha - good point kell! Hairdressers have babies too!
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 3:00pm |
But remember hairdressers wear gloves and its not thier hair its going onto.
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 3:25pm |
We breath it, we wash the bowls the product has been in, we wash your colour out, and if anyone is like me gloves or not it ends up on you. Granted its not on us in large amounts like it is you, but you add up all the colours we do in day and it would be the same if not more KWIM? but like ive said its a personal choice, and for the record to this day there is no proven documentation that suggests its bad for you.
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 3:27pm |
I was iffy about getting coloured, but was fine with highlights, that said, I cancelled all my appointments as I didn't want to sit in the chair that long.
I think the concern was more with older style dyes that aren't used now anyway.
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 3:49pm |
yeah another hairdresser here and I used to always colour pregnant ladies hair. I havent personally ever coloured my hair while pregnant mainyl becuase my scalp and skin is very sensitive while pregnant.
You may notice your skin and hair might slightly change during pregnancy, but then again it may not.
I have been told your not allowed to colour your hair at all by some people, but Im not sure where they got that from as I never got told not to colour pregnant womens hair in my training.
My friend also worked in the salon till she was 8 motnhs pregs and never had any problems her boy is healthy as.
And yes no matter if your wearing gloves or not it gets all over hehe
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Posted: 02 February 2007 at 11:04pm |
Hi, another hairdresser here, I agree with other h/d comments, I coloured my hair and had no adverse effects and was also working while early preg, no probs. If you are really concerned then maybe look at having foils done instead that way you almose eliminate the colour coming into contact with your skin apart from washing. BTW do you wear gloves while doing all your cleaning, dishes, in contact with laundry detergent there is about the same level of contact with chemicals.
Also with a semi perm colour it should be an acid base colour and shouldn't contain ammonia and other chemicals that a perm colour does. IMO it would be safe BUT if you are going to worry or stress about it you are best not to do it untill you are happy
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Posted: 03 February 2007 at 1:12am |
Its funny as I was in the haridresser years ago and a pregnant woman came in and they refused to do it!
"Is it safe to colour or perm my hair during pregnancy?
Marie McDonald answers:
No one has enough information to promise with certainty that using chemical dyes during pregnancy is completely safe, so many pregnant women wait until after the first trimester. At the same time, no one has any human data to show these chemicals cause birth defects.
Over the years, people have conducted animal studies trying to shed light on this matter. Some, but not all, studies have shown a few of the chemical compounds in hair dyes to be teratogenic (causing birth defects). However, in many cases the animals were exposed to extremely high doses of these chemicals, doses in no way equivalent to the exposure of the woman who colours her hair every month or two.
Clearly, the chemicals in both permanent and semi-permanent hair dyes are not highly toxic. These chemicals have been around a long time, and no research shows they cause defects in newborns, so colouring your hair during pregnancy is probably safe. Plus, if you apply the dyes safely (using gloves in a well-ventilated room, and not leaving solutions on for excessive periods of time), you don't really absorb much of the chemicals into your system.
One alternative you might consider is highlighting, painting, or frosting your hair. You absorb hair colouring agents into your system through your skin (scalp), not through your hair shaft. So, any process - such as streaking - that puts less of the chemical in contact with your scalp reduces your exposure to the compounds in dyes.
Some experts recommend vegetable dyes as a good alternative to synthetic chemical agents during pregnancy. Many of these dyes also contain some of the same synthetic chemical compounds that the major cosmetic companies put in their permanent and semi-permanent dyes. Pure henna, which comes in a number of colours, is the exception. Henna is a semi-permanent vegetable dye considered to be very safe, though not everyone loves the hues it may impart!
It's important for women to feel good about themselves during pregnancy. Whether colouring your hair will make you feel good or cause you to worry needlessly for nine months is something to think about. If you do colour your own hair while expecting, wear gloves and work in a well-ventilated space to minimise your exposure to the harsh chemicals used in the colouring process."
Personally I wouldn't risk doing it in the first trimester but each to their own I guess!
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Posted: 03 February 2007 at 9:16am |
I asked my midwife the same question and she laughed (very bubbly woman) and said unless you were dying down there ... then it is fine. So I dyed my hair right through pregnancy and Rhyley is fine.
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Posted: 03 February 2007 at 11:32am |
Thanks so much for all the advise! I really do love this forum!!!
Its really hard to know if I'm being paranoid or not!!!
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Posted: 03 February 2007 at 2:45pm |
I dont think your being paranoid, there is such confusing info about this one its hard to know what to do. As i said, personally i wouldnt during the first trimester because that is when baby is developing and things can go wrong. This is going to sound really far fetched but the biggest reason i wont is because I dyed my hair when i was about 6 or so weeks pregnant with Kobe and he was born with a cleft lip, which developes around that time. I know, more than likely nothing to do with it but still...... There is absolutely no family history on either my husbands or my side of the family and our daughter was born with no problems at all (made sure i stayed away from anything in the first trimester with her) Yeah I know hairdressers come into lots of contact with hair dye but still, when you get your hair dyed you are sitting with it on your scalp for about an hour so its longer than just a bit here and there. Chances are its safe, Im sure 99% of the ladies that do dye their hair have no problems at all but for me, its not a risk Im willing to take anymore.
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Posted: 03 February 2007 at 5:11pm |
My hairdresser said she wouldnt color my hair until i was over 10 weeks pregnant as the hormones can cause the dye not to take correctly. I dyed my hair but i wouldnt bleach it or anything like that.
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Posted: 13 February 2007 at 1:42pm |
Thanks for all the advise.
I've decided to go with my gut feelings and not use chemical dyes. I have, however, found that Lush do a 100% natural hair dye!! I'm going to give that a try
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Posted: 12 March 2021 at 11:26am |
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Posted: 01 September 2021 at 4:19pm |
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