But, I may have to do that eventually.Co-signing. Exactly what I was thinking.CurliDiva said:Please ASK your doctor! Please don't trust your future baby's health to a HAIR product.
Good luck with your growing family!
Why take the risk? You can try it after you have the baby. Long hair is not as important as a healthy baby. Good luck with your pregnancy.
) That was news to me! stunningmane said:Harigeek, my little one is now 6 months old and I'm still nursing. I recently bought 2 big bottles of MTG after reading all teh rave reviews about it and have used it 2x this last week. I must admit that it had never crossed my mind to find out about the potential ill effects of using it while breastfeeding -so thanks for raising this question! I have asked 2 obstetricians / gynaecologists that took care of me while I was pregnant - one is an older (mid 50s), has been practising for years gynae and has a very carefree attitude without necessarily being risky and her view was that provided I wasn't dosing my daughter with it, it should be ok. The other is a much younger, just started out gynae and is keen to prove herself and she said that she'd do research on the ill-effects of sulphur based products. I just spoke to her today and she says that she can't say it's 100% ok - she suggests that I rather take the cautious approach and not use it. Fyi, I didn't tell them specifically what the product is - I just said that I'm using a sulphur based product on my hair - I heard it's really good for hair and dandruff etc etc. I made one last call to another gynae on Friday who specialises in checking for deformities in foeti - u kno, he checks for the chnces of the baby having down syndrome and that sort of stuff (I saw him 2x while pregnant) - I'm really keen to hear what he has to say as he is more of a researching type gynae. I expect to speak to him this week - I'll be more specific withhim about what it is and will post his reponse here. I'm kind of unsure what todo now - I really really like MTG. My hair's been rsponding to it very well - can't really assess growth at this stage but it gets a fab sheen from it and I really like that. Seems I'll have to do away with it for now - I'm expecting my surge to arriev any day now. So manybe I'll just use that until my baby's off the breast (which could be a while!!!
Blessings
stunningmane said:Harigeek,
I finally got a response from the last obstetrician I had on my list. As I said, this question falls within his line of work. He specialises in screening foeti for abnormalities at 16 and 20 odd weeks. He is also a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Fetal Medicine at one university here. I was (as I had promised I would be in my earlier post) pretty specific about the product - this is what I wrote...
"I have also read that a product called Shapley's MTG (Mane-Tail-Growth, originally developed by a barber) is good for stimulating hair growth. The MTG contains sulphur and some parafeinic product. Are these safe to use as I am still nursing? I have consulted two obstetricians for their view on the use of sulphur based products on one's scalp - one thinks it's ok, the other can't say that it's unsafe but has recommended that I exercise caution and not use it. I would appreciate your opinion as I think that this is more in your
line of work. "
His response was as follows :
"The second question whether your hair product that contains Sulphur is safe to use during nursing, the answer is yes, it can be used during nursing".
I unfortunately forgot to ask whether it would be ok to use when one is pregnant. So that's essentially 2 out of 3 obstetricians who have said that it is ok to use and both of these are extremely experienced doctors in this line of work. The third did not say that it is unsafe - she merely said that she cannot say with 100% certainty that is safe and it is better to rather take precautions and not use it. It's a relief to hear all this but I'm still unsure as to whether I am going to continue. I am so sold on MTG!
