Nurse's hairdo's

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Hi. I am considering getting my brown hair highlighted with a lot of blonde streaks. My hair will probably turn out mostly light blonde. I have always wanted to go blonde, but I am not sure if we as nurses can have 'hip' hairstyles if you know what I mean. I once read that nurses are to keep a conservative look with basic hair color. I will be graduating before too long and don't want blonde highlighted hair to keep me from getting a job. :anbd: What do you as nurses think of highlighted hair? :rcgtku:

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God I hope not. Having to get my new hairstyles/colors approved was one of the things that really bothered me about the military.

I think as long as you can get it up out of the way when you are working it should be fine.

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

I'm "black Irish" and have currently bleached my hair platinum blonde in a style similar to Heather Locklear's. I'm way hip and plan on staying that way after I have a nursing license ;)

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Specializes in Adult Acute Care Medicine.

This is NOT an issue where I work. We have many 'hip hairstyles'.

Although it is most likely not encouraged by management, we also have a few nurses with pierced noses (studs) and visible tattoos.

As long as you are well groomed and professional you should be fine.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

I could see worrying if you dyed your hair hot pink with neon green hilights. Highlights are no problem as long as they aren't some outlandish color. So do it if that is what you would like to do with your hair.

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It shouldn't be a big deal. I have a lot of blonde highlights in my hair and no one cares. Most policies are just that it be of a natural color (not blue, green, pink, etc). Blonde highlights are fine.

We were actually allowed to have pink extension clip in things during breast cancer awareness month because we're an onc floor and one of our nurses has breast cancer.

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Blonde hightlights should be fine. A lot of the nurses where I work have highlights and really hip/cute hair.

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Highlighting your hair blonde is NOT going to keep you from getting a job. Now if you did it with bright red or purple, yeah employers are going to have a problem with it. The crap that they teach you in school about how you have to look "plain" does not apply to the real world.

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If it will make you look better you will be fine.

I would recommend consulting with a reputable colorist first.

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I just accepted a job as a GPN. And I had just (the day before the interview) had a lot of blonde and golden highlights added to my dark hair (its not jet black dark..or even dark brown dark. My hair is a caramel color naturally)

Obviously, this facility doesn't mind highlights or hip hair styles since the DON and the staff development nurse both had highlighted hair. One had the "plainer" cut but the other had an awesome cut (spikey, on the short side)..I loved it and commented to her what a great cut and color she had. (maybe thats why I landed the job :chuckle)

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Specializes in ICU, Psych.

most of my hair fell out, hope thats ok.....:D

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most of my hair fell out, hope thats ok.....:D

I say thats fine Michael. One of the top "hair styles" for men these days is bald :loveya:

Most of the actors/sports personalities I find very attractive are bald :yeah:

My hubby says if his hair ever starts falling out (which is doubtful since his moms dad had a headful of hair up until the day he died) he will shave it bald. Umm, yeah, bald won't be a good luck for him, he's got a head the size of a bowling ball (he knows it LOL) and it will only look bigger with no hair :D

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