How to Change Hair Color After a Baby Is Born

Many hair care experts believe that coloring the hair while pregnant is safe, although some caution women against it. The main concern is the hair color gets absorbed through the scalp and enters the bloodstream. After the baby is born, mothers who are breastfeeding are concerned about the dye entering the breast milk. Fortunately, there are a few ways to change the color of the hair safely after the baby is born.

Instructions

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Highlight your hair. One advantage of highlighting is that you apply the color up to 2 inches away from the scalp. This means that the color doesn't touch the skin, or enter the bloodstream. Highlighting the hair changes the look of the hair without using permanent hair color. When highlighting, use rubber gloves that come with the kit and use it in a room that has plenty of ventilation.

2

Apply a semi-permanent color to the hair. Semi-permanent hair colors wash out in about six shampoos. Look for semi-permanent hair colors with no peroxide, or low or no ammonia. By containing less chemicals than permanent hair colors, these semi-permanent hair colors may be best for mothers worried about dyes and chemicals entering the breast milk.

3

Brush on hair mascara. These are temporary hair colors that come in a large tube resembling mascara. The hair color is easy to brush on the hair, and dries quickly. The mascara only coats the hair, so the scalp doesn't absorb the hair color. This is probably the fastest way to color the hair after giving birth.