Dr. Lynn: Can I Dye My Hair While Pregnant?

Coating your ear during pregnancy is generally considered safe. I mean there's lots of different ways of coloring your hair so highlights we always tell people are fine, because the pilots are usually done with foil. It doesn't touch your scalp and there's actually, no skin contact at all. Women have been coloring their hair for generations and generations, and we've never had any association with it and any kind of ill effects on fetuses. What I generally tell women, which has to do pretty much with anything, that's a chemical or a potential toxin, is again wait till after first trimester, because coloring hair is not a critical thing to do when you're pregnant it's more of a you know, I want to Look decent during my pregnancy kind of thing so again, because the first 13 weeks or organ system development will usually say. You know anything that involves a potential toxin wait till the 13th week is over and then you know if you can use a vegetable dye. It'S probably better, but you know the best majority of hair dyes are chemicals, but I usually tell people it's okay to color their hair after after the first trimester is over