Can I style my hair while breastfeeding?

Breast milk is the feeding method chosen by most women. Only some mothers choose to feed their babies milk powder, goat milk or cow milk for other reasons. Can women do their hair while breastfeeding? Although the birth has already taken place and hairdressing will not affect the fetus, some of the chemicals used in hairdressing can be absorbed by the human body through the hair, and then affect the breast milk, which will indirectly affect the baby.

1. Can I get my hair permed during breastfeeding?

After ten months of pregnancy, the baby is finally born, and mothers who love beauty begin to think about how to dress themselves up. The first step, of course, is to start from the "head". There are two main ways to tinker with your hair: perming and dyeing. So, can mothers get their hair permed during breastfeeding? Experts suggest that mothers try not to get their hair permed during breastfeeding, because getting a perm during breastfeeding will have adverse effects on both the mother and the baby. We all know that hair spray is needed to get rid of perms. This substance contains various chemical substances. When it gets on the mother's hair, it will slowly penetrate into the mother's body and affect the breast milk, thus causing certain effects on the baby.

If you really have to do it, please wait until your baby is weaned or four months old. And be sure to avoid too much contact with the baby within one to two weeks after getting your hair done, as this may cause skin allergies in the baby. Moreover, the baby's organs are still developing, and inhaling chemicals is harmful to the baby's health. At the same time, for the sake of the baby's health, it is best not to breastfeed within one month. The mother should also drink more water to dilute and speed up the excretion of toxic substances in the body. In short, if mothers perm their hair during breastfeeding, it will have adverse effects on both the mother and the baby, so mothers must be cautious.

2. The harm of perming during lactation

There are several main hazards of perming your hair during breastfeeding:

First, the chemicals in the perm water penetrate into the breast milk through the mother's body tissues, causing adverse effects on the baby.

Secondly, the Freon contained in the fixative is extremely harmful to the human body. It will produce toxins when inhaled. It may also threaten to harm the baby's young body through the mother's body.

Third, it is inevitable that the mother's hair will inadvertently come into contact with the baby. The baby's resistance is weak and the skin is relatively delicate. The residual perming solution may bring serious consequences to the baby to a great extent.

Fourth, during breastfeeding, many mothers will experience hair loss. However, perming will damage the basic tissue of the hair on the basis of hair loss, accelerating the degree and scope of hair loss.

Fifth, the baby's liver and kidney functions are not yet perfect, and the detoxification ability is poor, which makes it easy for chemical substances to accumulate, which will have a serious impact on the baby's growth.

Sixth, it disrupts the mother’s hormone regulation function, leading to serious consequences such as premature weaning and allergies in the child.

Seventh, if you choose bad perming agents for perming your hair during breastfeeding, the chemical ingredients contained in them will enter the skin of mothers and babies, which may cause diseases such as skin cancer and breast cancer, and may also cause developmental deformities in the baby.

In short, getting your hair permed during breastfeeding does more harm than good, as there are many uncertainties involved. So during this period, mothers should try not to get their hair permed to ensure the health of their children.