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Re: The real truth about hair dyes and hair relaxers....

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:48:05 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Mona wrote: >
>I'm currently 20 weeks pregnant and in desperate need of relaxing and
>dying my hair however I first want to make sure it's safe to use hair
>relaxers and hair dyes during pregnancy.
>
>Is it also safe to use nail polish and nail polish removers? I read in a
>book that it was probably ok to dye and relax the hair after the first
>trimester cause those chemicals used in the hair dye and relaxer
>products are not absorbed through the skin and since the baby is fully
>developed the chances of birth defects occuring at that stage in
>pregnancy are very slim. Is this true? I just want to make sure before
>I actually go ahead and relax and dye my hair....

As long as you do all this in a ventilated area where the fumes won't make your sick, you shouldn't have any problems.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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