Hair Dye and Nail Polish

stch25 · October 2013

Hi, I am 6 weeks pregnant and my dr said to not use any hair dye or nail polish unless its OPI. My roots are so bad. Do you have any suggestions on what I could use to cover the grays? Thanks.

stch25 · October 2013

He is definitely strict. He doesnt want anything touching my roots. Ugh! How do all these celebrities look so good? haha

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nunzchucks · October 2013

Interesting. I had my hair dyed twice last pregnancy. Other than DD's third arm, everything is fine. :P
Honestly, tho, I would listen to your doctor. Mine said it was fine so I went for it. They are the professionals.

Kinipela7 · October 2013

I didn't know nail polish was a thing to avoid

emfoxc · October 2013

I just bought Scotch Naturals polish and polish remover online! There are three chemicals they want you to avoid that are commonly found in most nail polish products, that this brand has a good reputation for excluding.

stch25 · October 2013

He said its the only one that doesnt have certain ingredients in it that could possibly lead to autism. I have to ask him at my next appt what the ingredients are. Now I am just freaked out and dont want to do anything, at least not until after my first trimester.

FutureMrsChaney · October 2013

I totally feel you on the needing to dye your hair thing. Getting married next month and have some seriously out grown roots going on!!!

stch25 · October 2013

Yeah my hair is killing me- dont feel like myself. Congrats on getting married. When is the date. My husband and I will be married 1 year on Nov. 4th.

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Cherylwang · October 2013

I don't understand the whole hair dye thing. I've gotten my hair dyed several times during my pregnancy. I googled it and there is nothing proven that says you can't use hair dye. You don't Injest it or anything. My hair dresser (my friend) was pregnant at the same time as me while she was dying people's hair several nights a week. I can see that you cannot do certain things. Like sit in a hot tub it's too hot for the baby. Or eat sushi bc of the raw meat. But come on hair dye! I have to walk around fat and have roots? No way!

Cherylwang · October 2013

Also, while I would visit my friend and get my hair done thru my first 2 pregnancies. I have seen lots of pregnant clients in her chair

I guess you just have to do what seems right to you.

Jpinky9 · October 2013

I am 6 weeks and got my roots touched up yesterday. I am getting married next weekend and refused to walk down the aisle like that lol. I was concerned about getting it done but spoke to my stylets prior to it and she is 8 months pregnant and she said the aveda products are very natural and completely harmless. She said she is around it all day and has been dying her own hair since she was 4 weeks. My sister also dyed her hair during both pregnancies and now has two healthy boys.

Just my two cents

chusum · October 2013

I've heard it's OK and I've heard it's safer to avoid. The places I read it was OK said it was fine after 1st tri. Try a vegetable dye, or I also heard Aveda is the safest with less chemicals. I choose not to dye, but that's just me. And I had a lot of pedicures in third tri with my daughter, so I hope the nail polish thing isn't a problem!

Jenstricklen22 · October 2013

Yes, I'm a hairstylist, and if your worried id stick with aveda. Their company is known for being all natural.

MrsA71208 · October 2013

I got/get highlights/lowlights and my nails done all through pregnancy.

artroyer · October 2013

The dye shouldn't be transferring through your scalp anyways... I just got mine dyed yesterday. Last pregnancy I had highlights and figured foils were safer but I asked about it again and my hair stylist said that hair dye doesn't get into your blood stream so it's fine... Unless you eat it Haha. I've never heard about the nail polish thing. If you're worried, avoid the stuff, but I don't and I have a beautiful, perfect 8 month old baby

NoodleM · October 2013

stch25 said:

He said its the only one that doesnt have certain ingredients in it that could possibly lead to autism. I have to ask him at my next appt what the ingredients are. Now I am just freaked out and dont want to do anything, at least not until after my first trimester.

He is seriouslly linking nail polish to autism?

KristaU831 · October 2013

Your doc sounds overly cautious. Nail polish doesn't even touch your skin but if you're worried soya polish also is good and touts itself as being pregnancy safe.
As far as hair dye... I did that with my daughter and she's fine. in fact I colored my hair the day after I found out this time.
But I really am not a worrier and don't think something I do occasionally is going to cause autism any more than I believe that vaccines cause autism and Jenny mccarthy's son was cured of autism...
I'm off to eat some unheated lunch meat and I'll wash that down with a red bull

tbmadeamistake · October 2013

Nail polish does NOT lead to autism. That's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard. The biggest worry would be breathing in the fumes, so just crack a window! Even then, the fumes cannot cause autism. Your doctor makes me really freaking angry. There have been no studies to even begin to link this, it is a half-formed theory because parents want answers. You can paint your nails, you can get your roots touched up. If nervous, so for the all natural. If nail polish and hair dye caused autism, the 50s would have turned out a lot of it.

KristaU831 · October 2013

Oh also check out oil based hair dyes if you are really worried. If you do it at home garnier makes one.

jerseygirl612 · October 2013

Honestly ur dr makes me angry too. There are no studies supporting what he is saying. That's reckless to even say!!! I always dyed my hair while pregnant

chickpea912 · October 2013

stch25 said:

He said its the only one that doesnt have certain ingredients in it that could possibly lead to autism. I have to ask him at my next appt what the ingredients are. Now I am just freaked out and dont want to do anything, at least not until after my first trimester.

ljs4117 · October 2013

stch25 said:

Yeah my hair is killing me- dont feel like myself. Congrats on getting married. When is the date. My husband and I will be married 1 year on Nov. 4th. .

@stch25 - Nov 4 is our anniversary too!

It will be 2 years!

ljs4117 · October 2013

Oh, thanks for reminding me, I need to make a hair appt!!

stch25 · October 2013

Thank you for all the insight. My dr is definitely overprotective. I just want to be safe. I am totally going to dye my hair soon.

. Oh and get a pedi!! Aaaahh!

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