Is It OK to let my daughter, who's 12 get highlights?

Question

Is It OK to let my daughter, who's 12 get highlights?Apparently, this time she wants to get either auburn or blond or brown hilights in her hair, which is naturally black. But I'm a little nervous it about it because i heard it isn't good for your hair and my daughter strangly has white hair already. Her docter said there's nothing she can do and dying her hair wouldn't help. And mabye it's due to stress. But she's only 12! So, should I do it?

Answer 1

Your daughter is trying to define who she is and she's starting to experiment with her appearance. If highlights is the farthest she's going, consider yourself lucky! Imagine how you'd feel if she came home with a face full of metal and green hair!

I think it may be time to let her push the limits. Highlights is a small step and with your blessing she can push her boundries in a safe way. If you hold her back odds are that her next step may be more extreme and more directed against you and the limits you put on her.

I think you should let her do it. If you hold her back too much, you might just be seeing that green hair.

Answer 2

I have friends that got highlights at twelve but i would make her wait a year or two because besides being expensive and a lot of maitenence, it is very bad for your hair and if she keeps highlighting it, it will probably pretty damaged by the time she is 16 or so. (also i have a friend with white hairs mixed in with the black, she did get bothered by it in middle school but she told people that it was sort of a birthmark thing and i think it looks pretty cool)

Answer 3

No, she will only be a girl for a short time, let her get highlights when she turns about 15 or 16. Just let her be a kid for a little longer!

Answer 4

well she already has highlights,(grey natural hair) even that she didn't ask for it.
Now if she wants to color that ugly grey hair she can match the highlights with her natural collor in that way the unwanted hair will blend with the rest of the normal hair.
If she is asking you for different colors let her do it.
pehaps is not ok but think about it, is better the gray color?
I don't think so.

Answer 5

I let my daughter get highlights at 12, I did them at home, it was an easy compromise, she got highlights and I got to pick out the new school clothes.

Answer 6

well if she's getting white hair...then don't get highlights...just cover it with black hair color....it would be really difficult to highlight all parts of her hair that's white..and she'll want to keep changing colors everytime...if u keep it at black she wont think that you've actually giving the permission to her to dye her hair any color she wants just because she's has some white hair.

Answer 7

I say it's okay, I got my hair highlighted when I was 11. But my hair is dark dark black naturaly and I got carmel highlights.

Answer 8

I think highlights are a reasanably request. At least she's not asking for a body percing or a tatoo.

Answer 9

i imagine i replaced into about twelve or 13 even as my mom enable me spotlight my hair. i replaced into having a nasty day and feeling extremely self concious and so she keen to do something valuable for me. i imagine some subtle highlights might want to be valuable and by no potential do any damage. contained in the summer season my mom used to spray lemon juice into my hair and the solar might want to bleach it. Which replaced right into a valuable organic thanks to do it to boot.

Answer 10

If she wants to dye her hair let her. If it will make her feel better about herself its not going to hurt anything. As long as its not pink or blue I dont think its any big deal