age to dye hair?

red_devil

Someone i know has let their 14 year old son dye their hair black from his natural colour of fair?

My first thought was i thought 14 was a bit young he is just 14?

maybe it isnt too young what do people think?

Would you let your 14 year old dye their hair?

pigpen

No I wouldn't but a lady at school dyed her 4 year olds blond hair to black because she was doing hers and he asked her to!!!! That is a bit :eek:

thankfully the high schools mine are at do not allow dyed hair even to natural colours so I just go with that .. though none of mine have ever wanted to which I am quite pleased about.. though I can see DD2 with bright pink or purple hair in a few years!

neneromanova

I dyed my hait 13-14, well my mum did anyway. This was only because I'd had nits for years and nothing worked so mum had a spare bottle of blonde (my natural colour) so we tried it. I never got nits again

I do wish now though that i'd never done it as I wish i knew what my real colour was at this age

poppy_f1

i started dying my hair when i was about 14 so i dont think its too young

Fuzzy_Duck

I would say it depends on the dye. When I was 14 I was allowed to use a mousse that intensified the natural red highlights in my hair. My mum also let me use a few semi permanents, again red in colour, but as my hair is naturally darkest brown she must have known full well it wasn't going to make a jot of difference to my hair, maybe a tint if I was lucky!

I think on my 14th or 15th birthday I was allowed to go to the hairdresser to get my hair dyed, but again I only wanted it red which is still a natural colour. My hair went a delightful shade of orangey-brown and I had to grow it out.

I would say this is acceptable because the only time permanent dye was used was at the hairdressers, and it was a natural colour that wasn't going to make much difference. Dying blonde hair black is pretty extreme- I wasn't allowed to do that until I was in college! Black hair dye is the most severe and the only colour that made my head itch after applying. It's also unlikely to come out as even a semi permanent is going to stain blonde hair.

rachbc

My ds first asked me about 9 if he coudl have highlights - I found this hilarious but rather than cause it to become a big deal I said yeah, of course. Once we got to the hairdressers he changed his mind and hasn't asked since ;-)

Now if he asked (just turned 13) I woudln't have a problem - I started henna-ing my hairs at around that age - and am now wondering if nearly 40 is too old to go back to pillar box red and get a tattoo!!

neneromanova

rachbc wrote: »

My ds first asked me about 9 if he coudl have highlights - I found this hilarious but rather than cause it to become a big deal I said yeah, of course. Once we got to the hairdressers he changed his mind and hasn't asked since ;-)

Now if he asked (just turned 13) I woudln't have a problem - I started henna-ing my hairs at around that age - and am now wondering if nearly 40 is too old to go back to pillar box red and get a tattoo!!

Go for it, you only live once

RazWaz

I started dying my hair at that age, I always went for purple - only used those ones that last 6 weeks though. I don't really see a problem with it, who really cares what colour a few dead cells are, it's not like he's getting a tattoo or piercing that will be there forever. Hair grows, even permanent dies are gone eventually.

balletshoes

red_devil wrote: »

My first thought was i thought 14 was a bit young he is just 14?

Would you let your 14 year old dye their hair?

at 14, yes I would (I don't think I was that much older when I first started dying my hair - remember Shaders and Toners???). Semi permanent only though, because it really doesn't look good when the re-growth starts showing .

balletshoes

rachbc wrote: »

am now wondering if nearly 40 is too old to go back to pillar box red and get a tattoo!!

nope - go for it!!! I would love to have bright pink hair - or that bright red Rihanna has at the mo!!

hellokitty08

im with them!

I was about 14, but only used the mouse and semi perm colours, as we were not allowed ot die our hair at school, so school holidays only for me.