Healthy Pregnancy Over 40 - Hair Dye Questions
Many of us older moms had been coloring our hair long before we got pregnant.For mor on environmental factors as well as chemicals related to infertility, visit: www.getpregnantover40.com
I've often wondered about the safety of using these chemicals. This article explains some of the risks and other healthier alternatives:
From the article:
In 2008, the World Health Organisation said there is some evidence that hair dyes increase the risk of bladder cancer for hairdressers who use them all the time. The American Pregnancy Association however, said it was unlikely that hair dye could harm an unborn baby- too little of the chemicals would reach it- although it did say that pregnant women should avoid strong chemical fumes from ammonia in dye and might want to wait to get their hair dyed until the second trimester.
Solution: There isn't strong evidence of a link between hair dye and cancer, however unhealthy it feels to keep applying smelly chemicals to your hair. However, there is, as shown by the studies, some association. If you are sure you don't want to go grey, you might want to try plant-based hair colour such as henna, make sure you don't leave dye on too long, rinse it off thoroughly and do it less often. Or you could go blonde – it seems lighter dyes have less risk.
from: www.guardian.co.uk
