Excessive hair dye use

[Halloweenbabyy]

I’m pregnant and have had a shitty week - so I’ve dyed and bleached my hair 3 times this week, 5 times in total this month 😱. I’m panicking that I’ve hurt the baby. Am I been stupid to panic this much?

You are stupid to dye your hair that much...

Have you got any hair left after bleaching it so much?!

It is bad for the baby, but you are also at risk of your hair breaking. So not falling out of your skin, but breaking off just above the skin. You need to find another way to cope with having a shitty week. How about a nice foot bath and then really getting your feet "sandal ready"?

If hair dyes were that bad for babies, we would know from hairdressers' babies. But your hair must be feeling pretty fragile. Maybe it's time to investigate some more positive coping strategies.

I dint think it will hurt your baby but your hair must be fried!

Why are you bleaching your hair so much?

FFS STOP!

Don't dye it again.

my hair is pretty much ruined yes. At this point I’m not really bothered about my hair just the baby really

It was a dip dye kit thing from L’Oreal so mostly on the ends rather than roots, rather than a full head of bleach. I don’t think much has touched my scalp thankfully.

But why??

I guess I just wanted to cheer myself up. And then it all went terribly wrong.

@Halloweenbabyy

Don't worry. I am sure your baby will be OK.

It's like we get advice to not touch a drop of alcohol when we're pregnant, but I had a glass of wine a couple of times a month when I was carrying my kids, and they were fine. Most stuff - in (small) moderation - is not harmful.

Don't bleach your hair again though. You mad peroxide babe!

Step away from the dye!

I don’t even do things like this normally 😭 I dunno what’s possessed me to do it 😱

Advice is that dying your hair while pregnant is fine, but you have gone a bit overboard. I very much doubt there would be any hair to LO especially as it has been on the ends not scalp. For now focus on deep conditioning the ends and trying to restore your hair and give dying it a break.

Harm to LO not hair to LO

It won't have harmed your baby.
Buy some opalex for your poor hair though

I feel like shaving it all off

That's excessive. I only use organic brown henna on my hair because I don't want chemicals to harm me. I definitely wouldn't use chemical dye if I was pregnant.

@SallyWD I only use henna normally. From lush. 😭. I have really bad SPD and most of the time I can just walk but I need crutches. The easiest shop for me to go into is super drug and I just keep going in there to get out of the house 😭 I’m pretty mortified with my self.

If it went wrong get a professional to correct it. You’re just going to make it worse.

Find a better coping strategy.

Baby will be fine but your hair might fall out...

If you are dying or bleaching your hair you should make sure you're in a ventilated room to stop you from inhaling all the chemicals. If you had used it on the roots I would say that's not a great thing to do.

As for trying to ombre your own hair that is just silly, hairdressers charge like £100 to do it as it takes skill. If you have knowledge on how to dye hair then yea the £10 packet could work.

Don't shave your hair off you will regret it.

@halloweenbabyy It sounds like a one off don't beat yourself up! I'm sure you won't make the same mistake again.

😱 I’m ridiculous 😭