You want to look great, and how your hair looks plays a major role in how you look and how you feel. Coloring your hair may give you the subtle improvement to your look that you want, help you look years younger or express your unique and vibrant point of view. However, if you currently suffer from some form of hair loss, you may have several questions and concerns about the role hair coloring plays in the health of your hair.
Instead of improving my look, is coloring my hair damaging my hair and leading to increased hair loss? Is there a safe way to dye my hair that will prevent hair loss or even protect my hair? Especially, you also want to know, if you can color your hair after a hair restoration treatment. Let’s take a look at these questions now, so you can have the best looking hair possible and protect your hair, too.
What does hair coloring do to my hair?
First, let’s take a look at how hair coloring can affect your hair. Typically, hair coloring treatments rely on an application of ammonia to lift up the protective hair cuticle on each hair strand. This helps the dyes penetrate into the hair as well as coat the hair, so you get the best possible results. You might also receive a peroxide treatment (a type of bleach) if you need to remove color before dying. Further, you can expect your colorist to manipulate your hair several times during your dye treatment which ensures that as much of the scalp and hair receives the dye as possible.
Finally, after your dye treatment, your colorist will apply a conditioner to your hair to help close the cuticle opened by the ammonia. As you can see, hair coloring affects your hair in many ways, both chemically and physically. The addition of chemicals, dyes and the repeated manipulation of your hair during your cosmetic treatment can have adverse effects on your hair; however, dying your hair can also help protect it. We’ll look at all the possible effects of hair coloring treatments in more detail in a moment, including whether dying leads to hair loss or will impact your recent hair restoration treatment.
Does coloring your hair cause hair loss?
Let’s answer the most important question of all first. Does coloring my hair lead to hair loss? Hair coloring can lead to one type of hair loss — specifically hair breakage. All the chemical and physical manipulation of your hair can structurally weaken hair strands which can break off, leading to shorter and fewer hair strands. The longer you leave these hair dyes and chemicals in your hair, the weaker your hair strands can become and the more breakage you may experience. Also, the more your colorist manipulates your hair, the more telogen hair strands you may lose. Telogen hairs are hairs which your body is naturally in the process of shedding, but which will regrow.
However, hair breakage is not hair loss. Hair loss occurs when hair follicles fail to grow new hairs. In other words, you could have healthy, hair-producing follicles even though you experience hair breakage further along the hair strand. This also ignores an important fact — some acid-based, semi-permanent hair dyes can actually protect the hair cuticle and strand, preventing breakage, so the type of dye treatment you choose matters, too.
Is it safe to color my hair after my hair restoration procedure?
As you are probably beginning to realize, yes, you can safely color your hair after a hair restoration procedure, provided you follow some general, common sense rules. Hair coloring will not lead to hair loss, but it will lead to hair damage, so if you can color your hair but minimize the damage, you can enjoy a vibrant and attractive head of hair even after a hair restoration. Here’s how you can reduce hair damage when you color.
First, avoid bleaching your hair. Peroxide can significantly weaken hair strands, leading to breakage. Second, select a hair dye close to the color of your scalp; this minimizes contrast and helps give you a healthy look. Choosing ammonia and peroxide-free dyes can also help reduce hair damage, and vegetable-based dyes can color hair more gently. Semi-permanent coloring can be more gentle on hair than permanent dyes, so use semi-permanent options if you can. Also, limit the amount of time you leave the dye in during application, lessening the overall effects it can have on your hair. Most importantly, treat your hair gently whenever you dye or style it.
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