Is Hair Coloring during Pregnancy Safe?
Pregnant women often get suspicious about having their hair treated lest perms or coloring might somehow interfere with their condition. Actually – provided that certain caution is exercised – there’s no need to restrain yourself, and you can rely on a spot of calculated hair regimen indulgence for a better appearance and a better mood!
Of course going in for beauty regimen before pregnancy and during pregnancy should be undertaken differently. What you freely enjoyed before must be carefully considered now. Doctors are far from unanimous about getting your hair dyed, and some are disinclined to guarantee complete harmlessness. That’s because any substance that gets onto your scalp will be absorbed, and the chemicals that are used in hair coloring may find their way into your blood.
Hair Coloring the Safe Way
True, there is no definite scientifically proven chemical influence of hair coloring on the development of your unborn baby. On the other hand nobody would wish to become a part of medical statistics. So, to play it as safe as possible, you are well advised to put off coloring your hair until you are well past the first trimester: let your baby’s organs form without the risk of chemical interference, however slight that may be.
You can play it even safer if, your first trimester gone by, you will run a careful examination of hair coloring products. Some of them contain a limited amount of chemicals, you can find even chemical free stuff. Consider temporary hair coloring.
Hair Highlighting instead of Coloring
Opting for highlighting instead of coloring will further minimize the risk. Highlighting implies dyeing strands of hair which means that the likelihood of the dye getting absorbed into your body becomes significantly less. Hair highlights will be good for about two months before they require refreshing. Take care to buy over the counter highlighting kits!
Will Safe Hair Treatments Look As Nice As Before?
Now you have decided on the kind of hair treatment, there’s another precaution to take. Since the hormone level during pregnancy is higher than normal, your body’s – and your hair’s – reactions will be different. In this case some women find that during pregnancy hair takes color faster, and you may get quite an unexpected shade in the outcome! To avoid spoiling the overall effect try dyeing one stand first. Satisfied with the result? Fine, but keep an eye on the process to ensure that you’re getting just what you want. It won’t be a bad idea to rinse hair color a little ahead of time.
Hair Perming and Straightening
The risk of unruly hormones affecting your hair beauty regimen is even greater when it comes to hair perming or straightening – so much that the majority of hairdressers advise to put off these procedures until after the birth. The chemicals contained in perms and relaxers may not produce the desired effect. Gorgeous curls – or smooth straight waves – may come out in an unshapely mess that will make you shudder. So while pregnancy you better lay off perming or straightening altogether and fall back on a change of hairstyle and coloring to make heads turn.
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