While hair dyes do not promote hair loss, they are widely known for causing dryness. This means that you risk exposing hair, which is dryer than usual, to the factor causing additional dryness. Now, imagine you are doing so in winter – the season where you normally have to fight increased hair dryness due to cold weather. All factors combined, you may end up with breakage in your hair, so the colored hair will not eventually look prettier.

Also, mind that hormonal changes affect the normal condition of your hair type, so that it may change the way it behaves, become coarser and frizzier, more or less absorbent, and generally unpredictable. Thus, getting your hair colored, do a patch test even with the hair dye you have been using for ages, and do not blame your stylist if the tone is lighter or darker than intended – your inner changes may be responsible for such a result.

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All in all, dyeing hair while pregnant is quite safe. You may further minimize the risks by ensuring proper ventilation, choosing more gentle dyes instead of bleaching, or going for balayage and highlighting.

Most importantly, feel relaxed when you dye your hair – anxiety and stress may cause much more harm during pregnancy than bits of chemicals potentially entering your bloodstream.