Can I perm or dye my hair during breastfeeding?

Everyone knows that there are many things that women need to pay attention to during pregnancy, including the need to adjust their diet. Not all foods can be eaten. Of course, there are many things that women cannot do during pregnancy, such as perming or dyeing their hair. Therefore, many women can perm or dye their hair during the breastfeeding period after giving birth to a baby, but in fact, it is not allowed during breastfeeding.

Can I perm or dye my hair during breastfeeding?

Maternal and child experts believe that perming hair during breastfeeding has an impact on the health of both the mother and the baby. Although perming agents and hair dyes are applied to the mother's hair, the various chemical components in the styling agents and hair dyes used in these perms may be absorbed through the scalp and then enter the mother's body through the heat steaming process, and then enter the breast milk through the blood circulation and be absorbed by the child, causing impact on the baby. Even though the concentration of perm agents in breast milk is not high, because the baby's liver and kidney functions are not yet perfect and the detoxification ability is poor, the chemicals in the perm agents are easily accumulated, which is very harmful to the baby's health.

The dangers of perming and dyeing hair during breastfeeding

1. Hair loss during lactation can aggravate hair loss

Hair loss during breastfeeding is the biggest headache for new mothers, and many mothers often suffer from postpartum depression because of it. However, hair loss is an inevitable phenomenon during breastfeeding, so there is no need to worry too much. Perming your hair during breastfeeding will damage the basic tissue of the hair and may increase and accelerate the extent and scope of hair loss.

2. Perming during breastfeeding affects the baby's health

Newborn babies have delicate skin and very weak resistance. Often after dyeing or perming the hair, it will appear inadvertently while taking care of the baby, and the hair will pass across the baby's body, hair, and face. These are very likely to cause allergic reactions in babies. These effects will often affect the baby's body, and the severity may cause the baby to need to go to the hospital for lead removal treatment.

3. Perming during breastfeeding affects the mother’s health

Breastfeeding mothers have low resistance. If the hair dye has quality problems, it is likely to cause a series of diseases in the mother, such as skin allergies, breast cancer, skin cancer, etc. Various tissues of the human body may undergo some changes after childbirth. Just because a person is not allergic to hair perming during pregnancy does not mean that he or she will not be allergic after childbirth, so breastfeeding women must pay attention to this point.

4. The effect of hair styling agents on perming during lactation

The styling agent used for perming contains Freon, which is harmful to the human body and produces toxins when inhaled. Although it will not directly enter the breast milk and invade the baby's body, the harmful effect of this toxic substance on the young body will definitely be greater than that on the mother's body.

5. Health concerns caused by bad hair dyes

If you choose bad hair dyes for perming your hair during breastfeeding, the chemical ingredients 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.