Hair colour and pregnancy

[Nicambhar]

Yep, I held off in the first tri and gave in by the second and had half a head of foils.
Honestly, I felt that if the foils didn't touch my scalp, I'd be fine..

[Jbelle]

yeh thats a good point...i think if u just foil the heck out of it its much better than a full colour directly on ur scalp

[~Aveta~]

i've been googling this one too...i'm so damn grey now i colour my hair monthly. apparently it's ok to colour, but i agree, i'm much more comfortable with going for the foils option. and if you have a local tafe that does hairdressing, you can have them done cheap there!!

[Miss K]

colouring is completely fine during pregnancy

I am a hairdresser the only thing I would not suggest is putting bleach on the scalp as you are producing alot more heat through your body being pregnant and sometimes can cause the bleach to liquidize so I would say if you are blonde do the foil option if you are a darker colour go for a demi-perminant its in between a semi and a permanent so it covers greys but does not contain the high peroxide levels

[SamiH]

Hi - if you do a search on BB you will find heaps of old threads about hair colouring - it is obviously something us girlies have all been concerned about!

[Jbelle]

Hi - if you do a search on BB you will find heaps of old threads about hair colouring - it is obviously something us girlies have all been concerned about!

Thanks, but I already tried searching and it wouldnt work for some reason.

Also I wanted to hear what new posters had to say aswell.

[snowchickie79]

I held off till this week (38 weeks) and I checked with my hair dresser and he said that yeah foils are best as very little touches the scalp. I feel so much better now just as my hair looks nice and i got a lovely cut as well. My SIL is a hair dresser and she had her hair done throughout her PG and obviously was doing other ladies hair the whole PG.

I was also worried about smell from the treatment but seriously there was no smell at all.

[Alyssas_Mum]

Perfectly fine, i did hold off in my first trimester just to be safe but i've had my hair done a couple of times. It's perfectly safe but i'd stick with what 'Miss K' said and steer clear of bleach. Also beware that hair colour sometimes doesnt take so well to preg womans hair (can be slightly dif colour to what you wanted) just be sure to let the hairdresser know and if it doesnt turn out they can fix it. lol

Good luck