Dying Hair in Pregnancy

Seen a lot of people ask this question and I found this in the Health section of the Ninemsn website in regards to commonly held taboo's, the article is called "What's Good For You: Pregnancy do's and don'ts":

"Taboo number eight: you can't dye your hair

This one's been doing the rounds for a while, that dying your hair can harm your baby. You'll be glad to know this one is false.

During a dying session, very little chemical is used, and it's certainly not enough to cause problems if it's absorbed by your skin.

Rest assured, if you can't live without your 'do' — you don't have to."

They say to avoid it in first tri.

The two drs I asked and chemist said it was false and I was fine to dye my hair :) if I have a red baby I'll let ya know hehe

Every time I buy a packet colour I ask the pharmacist and every time they say its not a problem.

The only reason to avoid colouring your hair is you may end up with a different colour than you intended as pregnancy changes the composition of the hair. In my 10 years as a hairdresser I have never seen it happen and it never happened to me.

As long as I use the same colour and brand I never had a problem, when I tried to dye my hair brown it went black and faded to deep red go figure! I wasn't preggers at the time though. I dyed my hair at 3wks preg and was really worried my local dr at the time said it was perfectly fine to dye your hair. I moved suburbs and found a dr who knew what she was on about and asked her and gave her the packet I intended to use and she said it was perfectly safe as did the chemist. I found that article and thought it would be of interest as it seems to be a commonly asked question. My mum bleached, smoked, drank (a little) and is a caffiene addict the drs said I'd be a small baby but was nearly 9lbs and 24inches long she said if that was small she was happy she didn't quit lmao