Hair coloring - Can or can't??

[Fruitwood]

Hi, the article I was referring to is on page 34 of the May/June Pregnancy & Birth magazine and the article is called Pregnancy Health Quiz. It's $6.95 to buy.

[hindonly]

During my last preg' I didn't dye my hair at all but boy it looked horrible with all of the dark roots well and truly showing through!
But the idea of having a different color than what is s'posed to be scares me more! LOL.
Maybe I'll just stick to putting it up and using combs and whatever clever tricks I can come up with to cover it:-)
Thanks for your comments everyone!

[goldilocks]

Ooh, great question Hind! I've been wondering the same thing myself as my roots are starting to look awful and I need a touch up! LOL

I bought a semi-permanent rinse so I'm going to try that out...apparently the chemicals aren't as strong as in permanent dyes. Maybe you could try the same thing? My hair is blonde so unfortunately I'll probably need something stronger, but if you have dark hair a rinse might work really well!

I'm thinking about just doing highlights, at least for the first trimester. At least the dye won't touch my scalp so it should be harmless enough.

Good luck!

Love
Goldilocks
-xxxooo-

[kahmanya]

Guys it's perfectly fine, my sister is a hairdresser, the only thing that colour can do to you while pregnant is that the color may not work out, Foils are the safest bet as they do n ot touch the scalp, so what i do to hide the gray they put in blonde foils and it looks great.
I have got the What to Expect When You Are Expecting and it mentions that no clinical studies have been done to back up their theory.

[Liz]

I chose not to colour my hair, even tho my HD said it would be safe. I think too that you need to be careful that your skin/scalp isn't more sensitive during pg. I think it worried me more that it would burn my scalp or something.

ETA. I think it's interesting that people who assure us that colouring is safe then go on to say that foils are better because they don't touch the scalp?? So then ones that DO touch the scalp must be less safe afterall? Like I said, I chose not to colour. Mind you.. our pg was planned, so before hand I had my hair dyed to a colour that wouldn't show the regrowth as dramatically.