Dress Code - Hair dye

[Annabelle Flee]

Do most hospitals still follow the “only naturally occurring” hair color policy? My hospitals dress code policy says nothing about color, only that is must be pulled away from the face and appear “professional”. I bought dark blue/black (phot of assumed collar result attached) hair dye and didn’t even think about it potentially being an issue until just now. I tried calling HR but they were closed for the day. 

[Davey Do]

On 5/19/2021 at 6:06 AM, klone said:

I have blue hair and gauged ears. I'm the manager, though, so who's gonna complain? 

 

17 hours ago, PollywogNP said:

Calling @Davey Do!

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

@klone, same with the ears, plus a nostril piercing and tattoos (sleeves). I usually covered my tattoos at work (by choice) before I went to a remote job. I have natural red hair, but I am quite fond of coloring my bangs - black, blue, purple, and currently burgundy. ? I love working at home, haha!

OP, is your policy manual accessible online? It should have dress code standards. I love the blue/black! 

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

At my employer (dialysis clinic), no unnatural hair colors. Many dialysis clinics don't enforce, as our sister clinics to the north, where I was a clinic manager up til just recently, crazy hair colors and styles, but our DO (basically regional director) a little further South enforces it heavily. Most patients love hair colors that vary from the norm and tats, as long as not offensive.

I love the color on the box, sorry I missed OPs pics. 

[caliotter3]

I once had my hair professionally dyed brunette with plum, as the first picture.  Got lots of compliments.  No problem at the job but job was not in health care at the time.  I would have kept it that way but was too cheap to pay for someone else to color my hair.

[verene, MSN]

On 5/18/2021 at 9:08 PM, PollywogNP said:

Worked at in patient psych hospital a few years ago. Nursing supervisor who was white haired used to color a small section pink, purple, blue, orange etc. The picture you posted actually looks nice.

I work inpatient psych - myself, unit psychologist, social worker, and our RN manager and at least two of the RNs on my unit all have either totally unnatural hair colors or have some fun highlights in unnatural color.  Totally fine under hospital policy, and my supervisor's only comment was "love the hair - that's such a cool color!"  The most critical comment I got was from a super manic patient who told me I "need to stop going to raves" and that he wanted to speak to my father about my life decisions..... but we worked through it once he was less manic. ?

Some of the places I did clinicals at though as RN student and NP student though... would not have approved at all of unnatural hair color.

[amoLucia]

Worked a Civil Service position where it would NOT have been tolerated if I became very 'hair artistic'. Nearest I got was that I would 'finger paint' littles wisps of my hair with 'hair paint' - neon pink, blue or purple.

Best thing I liked was spraying my hair with glitter hairspray. Used to be I could only buy the glitter hairspray for Halloween, so I'd stock up a few cans. Hairspray left a fine 'glitter'. Very understated, but really neat!

[SarahMaria, MSN, RN]

I have worked on a "conservative" inpatient psych unit where I was reprimanded for my visible tattoos and unnatural hair color.  Where I work now, they couldn't care less about my purple hair and tattoos.  It really depends on the environment.  Most of my patients think it's really cool.