arcadia
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Hair Dye!
Posted: 10-31-06 13:06pm
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Hey babies.
Happy .Halloween!!!
I have a quick question.
For .Halloween, .I'm going as a black
cat.
&.I want to dye my hair a natural
black.
I've been wanting to dye my hair anyway,
so this seems like a perfect
opportunity.
&.I know they say don't dye your hair
in the 1st trimester.. But what about the
2nd?
I'm 20wks & 1 day. Should .I play it
safe &
not dye my hair, or is it okay to do?
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:17pm
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As far as I know you shouldn't colour your
hair at all while pregnant as my sister is
a hairdresser it gets into your
bloodstream and therefore the babies. I
got mine done a couple of weeks ago when I
didn't know I was pregnant though
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Melissa_20
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:17pm
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Doctors say its not a good idea,but
honestly everyone that I know that has died
their hair while pregnant,was just
fine.Its not like your drinking or smoking
or anything
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arcadia
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:20pm
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Yeah, .I just looked up a whole bunch of
stuff about it &everything .I've read
says that not even close to enough would
get into your bloodstream to reach your
baby, so it's not a problem to do it. But
not that many studies have been done, so
maybe .I'll just not do it.
Mel, .I love your new avatar!
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:20pm
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It's fine, they just say to do it in a
well ventilated area. I think the reason
most say not to do it is because you don't
know how it will turn out, like if you
were going for blonde you could end up
with green. But I think it's more like
perms and chemical treatments that could
turn out badly.
We want pics of you in costume!
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:20pm
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| arcadia
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mel, .I love your new
avatar! |
me too! You look so exotic!
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arcadia
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:21pm
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If I can freakin' find some cat ears,
.Bridg! Lol, .I can't find anywhere that
has cat ears. Not even the halloween
costume place at the mall has them!!
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Melissa_20
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:23pm
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Aww, I have a pair of cat ears  they're black with
pink fluffy bits coming out of the
inner-ear, and one of the ears is pierced.
So cute! I wish I could mail them to you
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:23pm
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Hon, there's two schools of thought on it.
Some say it's okay after the first
trimester. Some say that it isn't okay
at all. This issue actually started a
pretty nasty discussion here before back
in like january or something. My
personal opinion on it is that it's safe
in the second trimester as long as you use
common sense and 1) do it in a well
ventilated area, 2) wear gloves to protect
your skin (which you'd do anyway), 3)
don't leave it on any longer than
necessary, & 4) rinse your scalp
thoroughly (which you'd also do anyway).
I died my hair in my second and third
trimesters( I have brown hair and I hate
it). Chu has no birth defects. Have
fun!
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arcadia
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:26pm
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| ayamiyaki
wrote: | | aww, I have a pair of cat
ears they're black with
pink fluffy bits coming out of the
inner-ear, and one of the ears is pierced.
So cute! I wish I could mail them to
you |
.Awh!! Me too! Quick quick! Jump in
your car!
I'll meet you halfway!! Lmao.
&.Thanks .Kay! If .I do it, .I'm
definitely opening windows everywhere
&.I always wear gloves. I think .I'll
just hold off, though. Chris might be mad
if .I dye my hair, lol, he loves the color
it is now. Which is, for the first time
in years, my natural color! Hahaha.
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:34pm
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Scientifically, there is no way that the
dye could enter your bloodstream unless
you have an open wound on your head. I
took a biology class a little while back
when I was going for a bachelor's of
science (before I got pregnant obviously).
Let me ask you this... If you were to
take a permanent marker and write on your
arm with it, would you think that it would
enter your bloodstream? No. It would
not. There is no scientific way that it
is possible unless you have an open wound.
Your skin is made of several layers of
tissues. Your veins are located below the
layers of your skin. The marker would
seep into the layers of your skin, but
your veins are protected by a coat of film
to protect intruders (such as hair dye and
markers). I discussed what I learned with
my uncle who is a pathologist. He said
that it is fact that the dye will not get
into the bloodstream. The only reason
doctor's caution the use is because of the
fumes that the chemicals give off. It has
nothing to do with the dye entering your
bloodstream.
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arcadia
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:37pm
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Thanks, .Meg!
Lol, my dad used to yell at my sisters
&.I when we were little. We'd write
things on our hands in marker or pen or
something, &.He'd get furious
&tell us that the ink was going to get
into our bloodstream &poison us. 
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:40pm
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You could use a black headband and some
black paper and make some cat ears.
They do have natural hair dyes that do not
contain all of the chemicals, ask your
nurse at your dr's office, see what she
says about coloring your hair, heck, it
looks dark like it is. It is your
choice though.
Don't forget the pic!
Happy halloween to everyone!
Good luck!
Last edited by sandyallen on 10-31-06 13:43pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:42pm
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Lol my mom did to, she stopped when I
started pre-med tho:) b/c then I could
prove her wrong hehehe... I dyed my hair
when I was about 20 weeks. Most people
don't think of it that way, but if they
did, they would know how impossible it is
to affect the baby. It's like how they
say not to paint while pregnant. It's not
b/c if you touch the paint it will enter
the bloodstream, it's b/c of the powerful
fumes that the chemicals give off.
Inhaling the fumes can be somewhat
dangerous if you are directly inhaling
them. The only reason it is dangerous,
however, is because of the effect it has
on your respiratory system. You're not
just smelling the chemicals, your inhaling
the particles into your lungs. It's like
cigarette smoke, but invisible. 
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:43pm
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These are my cat ears~
do you have a party city where you live?
*edit*
fuggin' link won't work right.
Okay, let's try this.
H
ttp://partycity.Com
halloween, accessories, ears & tails
it's the "downtown cat black leather ears"
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:44pm
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If you google it you'll find different
things. I just did cos ive heard of long
term use of hair dyes might be linked to
cancer. Here's something I found-
dyes that are intended to "stay put"
contain materials that actually penetrate
the hair shaft. They can in some cases
add minerals such as lead (black dyes),
manganese (brown dyes) and copper (red
dyes)
for the long term, we have very recently
learned from the london hazards centre
that permanent dyes can enter the
bloodstream from the scalp, and can be
found in the urine 40 minutes after the
hair is dyed. Recent research has linked
them to bladder cancer; over 4,000 women a
year are known to suffer from balder
cancer, and 1,600 deaths are caused by it,
with a high number of hair-dressers being
included in these.
Because the dye enters the blood, we
advise people very strongly to avoid hair
dyes while the ova is ripening, and during
pregnancy and breast-feeding. It is
really only sensible to keep from all
avoidable causes of cancer once you are a
mother - and obviously, if you decide not
to dye, it will be doing your hair-dresser
a good turn too!
The wash-in/wash-out dyes appear at the
moment to be less suspect, but we have
insufficient research on them to be able
to give total reassurance. We will try
and give further updates in forthcoming
foresight newsletters.
Foresight association
april, 2004
so it can get in your bloodstream through
the actual hair not the skin?
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:49pm
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I don't know allie. I don't think i'd
entirely trust the source though, I
noticed a few spelling errors.
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arcadia
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Posted: 10-31-06 13:51pm
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| ayamiyaki
wrote: | these are my cat ears~
do you have a party city where you live?
*edit*
fuggin' link won't work right.
Okay, let's try this.
H
ttp://partycity.Com
halloween, accessories, ears & tails
it's the "downtown cat black leather
ears" |
!!!! Those are soo cute! I checked to
see if we have a party city, but the
closest one is 2 hours away from my city.
*sigh* .I'm about to give up! Why
didn't .I get my .Halloween stuff together
a week ago!? I still have to carve the
pumpkins! Lol.
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