Anyone get away with a "questionable" hair shade?

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Every nursing program I know of has a "no unnatural hair colors" policy. I've heard of people doing funky things with natural colors, such as two-tone color or multi-colored highlights. Personally, I'm interested in playing with reds and going a solid plum or ruby; my skin is fair and such colors complement my skin tone nicely. However, I wonder just how strict nursing schools are. Does anyone have first-hand experience with this? What unusual hair colors have you seen in your classes, if any?

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lol thanks! Its not this color anymore, but this thread has inspired me, I think I might go red again!

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

That color is awesome! I hate seeing just blonde. It seems like everyone thinks they need to bleach the crap out of their hair lately.

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Specializes in LDRP.
That color is awesome! I hate seeing just blonde. It seems like everyone thinks they need to bleach the crap out of their hair lately.

i know, i was the only one in my clinical group that didn't have blonde hair!

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I like it!

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Funky hair colors didn't fly in my nurse aide class clinical so I suspect it won't fly during nursing clinical.

You need to check with your school, and probably wherever you will be having clinical. You will have to abide by those rules.

I wouldn't consider that shade of red too funky. It's really a darker shade of a natural color. That's the same color my SIL has. I used to have that too until I stopped dying my hair 2 years ago.

The colors I'm saying are funky are blue, purple, green....You know, crayon colors.

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Ashley,

I LOVE your hair!!! I am thinking about going "RED" for fall. Did you do it yourself or go to a salon?? What is the exact shade of red is that?

Thanks!!!

~~Sherri

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Ashley,

I LOVE your hair!!! I am thinking about going "RED" for fall. Did you do it yourself or go to a salon?? What is the exact shade of red is that?

Thanks!!!

~~Sherri

I think in that pick I used henna.. but i dont recommend it, its messy!! I am severely allergic to most permanent hairdyes, so that was one of my only options.. I'm going to my hair dresser this week though, she has a permanent dye that wont hurt me (i hope!) called TIGI.. they have a color called indian red that is pretty similar to that that im going to have her try on me.

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I'm not a fan of crazy hair, but that color looks good on you and isn't *too* distracting. I've seen people with deep reds/plums and was never really a fan of it, but you pull it off nicely.

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Specializes in NICU.

I had purple hair right up until the first day of clinicals in my nursing school. I went to a religious nursing school, so they pretty much told me I had to change it before I went into a hospital. I love fun hair colors - but for nursing school, I was somewhat willing to compromise and have a "normal" hair color - though I chose black and became thought of as a goth. Ah, good times...

I think if you were to maybe transition it in slowly, you could get away with a slightly less than natural hair color. It becomes less noticeable when you change it slowly. Plus, plum colors are quite nice looking. My hair is a shade of burgundy now, and none of my coworkers or patient's families think I'm a "sideshow" nurse.

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. One argument I have to shoot down is the: "you have the rest of your life to play with your hair color" argument. The older you get, the higher expectations are of looking "normal" and "professional". If nursing school is .strict, hospitals and other facilities can only be stricter, non? It's better to do experimenting in one's youth, I think. :p.

First, nursing school for me (and we are talking clinicals here, not classroom) and most others is far stricter with dress codes than hospitals are. Second, if a 40 year old wants to dye her hair purple, and a 20 year old wants to dye her hair purple and one is threated differently due to age, that's called discrimination and it's illegal. Not only that, there are plenty of nursing students in their 40s and 50s. My boss who is 5 years older than I am has a magenta streak on one side. It looks great, I might add. :up:

And with regards to people who "didn't even do anything wrong" being singled out, mistreated, and failed? That's called discrimination, and it's illegal. No one should stand for it. Just my :twocents:

They are telling you what you are likely to encounter based on years of observing the things you are asking about. That's all. You have to know what nursing school is like. You could fight back and do all sorts of things to stake out your position but you have to ask yourself if those things are honestly worth hindering your progress to becoming a nurse.

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