Dying hair at 26 weeks?

cheza382 · September 2014

I know there are many reasons they say not too dye your hair when pregnant in the 1st trimester, but I was wondering if anyone hear has done it at around 26 weeks or more and what their experience was like? What type of store brand hair color is best? What did your doctor say?

gmeyer1019 · September 2014

You can professionally color your hair at any time during pregnancy. However I dont know about box color as there are many more dangerous chemicals in box color.

PacoCat33 · September 2014

cheza382 said:I know there are many reasons they say not too dye your hair when pregnant in the 1st trimester, but I was wondering if anyone hear has done it at around 26 weeks or more and what their experience was like? What type of store brand hair color is best? What did your doctor say?

I see you are new, so welcome!

There have been lots of threads on this question, you should be able to find them using search.

I dye and highlight my hair every 4-6 weeks. I use whatever my stylist puts on my head. I'm not concerned.

bowlwoman · September 2014

If you like a reddish brown, you could consider henna. It's a bit messy and a pain in the ass, but it's 100% vegetable based and gives a great conditioning treatment to your hair. Just another option if you want to go more crunchy. I started doing it this year due to the pregnancy, and I'll probably never go back to chemical color, professional or not.

nolanova85 · September 2014

I have colored throughout my pregnancy (gasp! even in 1st tri!) using a box mix. Last weekend my mom treated me to salon color & highlights for my birthday. Baby is still alive & growing. Color your hair if you want to.

Lauradi1010 · September 2014

I would be reluctant to dye my own hair, especially since it would be tougher to keep the dye off my own scalp. I feel my hairdresser has more experience with not letting me get chemically inundated w/ dye since he has a lot more practice than I do at it. I actually made a decision not to get my hair dyed until it was absolutely necessary. Third tri is going to be my breaking point. If you want a more natural brand of hair dye I would find a salon that uses more natural products. I think an Aveda salon may be one, but I'm not completely sure.

weezy29 · September 2014

As many women in this country dye their hair, I think you will be just fine! Seriously though, a lot of women do it and it seems to me if there were a real link to complications, it would have been discovered by now.

I do think your hormones may cause the color not to react in a normal way so you might not end up with as good a result as you want.

freakyfast · September 2014

Rileymom1 said:

As many women in this country dye their hair, I think you will be just fine! Seriously though, a lot of women do it and it seems to me if there were a real link to complications, it would have been discovered by now. I do think your hormones may cause the color not to react in a normal way so you might not end up with as good a result as you want.

This is correct. Most of the time, they warn you that your hair might not give the normal results because of the hormones. Dying your hair at any time during your pregnancy is fine. I have dyed mine since the beginning and will continue through the pregnancy.

gmeyer1019 · September 2014

If there was any proven problems with hair color and pregnancies, my doctor would have told me to stop working. I get color on me all the time, same with perm solution and nail chemicals. So I'd say your pretty much safe to srtay beautiful if I'm safe to keep working lol.

cheza382 · September 2014

Hello, and thank you for the welcome!
I will look into it!

cheza382 · September 2014

I agree I was just looking for other opinions,I don't see what the harm would be in that sense, but my doctor said I'd be better of waiting because there isn't to much to prove negative effects and what not.. To be safe... I'm still debating and will prob do do for another month

Cryssteen · September 2014

There was an old study that thought to link neurofibrmatosis to hair dye in pregnancy. About 10 years ago, that was proven to have no statistical correlation - meaning no proof. Do some research.. A consideration is highlights, in which the dye/chemicals don't actually touch your scalp.

jayellekay · September 2014

I had my hair professionally colored and highlighted last week at 26 weeks. My salon uses a very natural brand of color, so I don't worry so much about the chemicals. However...my hair did not react the same way it does when I'm not pregnant, so we had to do an extra rinse of toner to keep it from being so brassy.

Kmm1023 · September 2014

Just colored mine myself the other day. It is more about the fumes then anything. I just kept windows open and fan on. I also had colored my hair with DD who is now seven.

ColoradoBoat · September 2014

I did highlights at an Aveda salon at about 20 weeks and loved the result. I'm thinking of doing a box red/auburn for the fall, but I'm waiting til my next hair cut to see if the highlights still look ok or if I need to cover them up with color.

I also may try henna, have heard good things.

cheza382 · September 2014

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Kmm1023 said:
Just colored mine myself the other day. It is more about the fumes then anything. I just kept windows open and fan on. I also had colored my hair with DD who is now seven.

What brand did you use and did it take to your hair? I haven't died my hair in about 8/9 months I was trying to let it grow out but it just looks brassy now n I don't feel so hot! Lol

desertsun · September 2014

I have colored my hair at home in both my pregnancies. I do try to use a semi-permanent color that is on my hair for less time. It doesn't do quite as good a job covering my grays, but it's better than nothing! I have dark brown hair and use L'Oreal Healthy Look. Hope that helps.

cheza382 · September 2014

Thanks for all you replies and advice ladies. I went ahead and dyed my hair today. I went from a strange copper n blonde bc I was letting my old hair dye grow out, to a dark chestnut brown... Did it with a box brand it was not a permenent but it was amonia free n so on.. I used it as a trial to see how my hair would react n if the cor would take with the hormones so if all is well in a few weeks I will eventually dye it the color I am interested in keeping for a bit!

mariaairam · September 2014

New here - just as a side remark its recommended not to dye your hair at all during pregnancy here in Denmark where I am living. Same goes if your doing IVF etc. Interesting how different it is around the world.

AnonnAni · October 2014

Gotta re hash this VERY old thread ladies for a fast re-cap and question... When some of you ladies say "dye" do you mean like brown to brown or do you mean "bleach" like dark brown to blonde? I have never bleached my hair out during pregnancy but I am getting to the end of being "ok" with no blonde hair lol pretty sure I will do it just wondering about the resulting color if there have been any issues getting the results you wanted. Or if anyone was flat out told they could stay within the same family of "dye" but "bleaching" was out the question.

arynras · October 2014

My doctor said it was fine to dye my hair. I avoided it in my first trimester just to be safe. I colored it around 6 months and just recently colored it again at 31 weeks. I got it done professionally though, not box color. Not sure if that makes a difference.

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