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I am a mother of 1.5 year old child and i am still breast feeding to my child.so i want to straighten my hair.is it good since i breast feeding?

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Heat or chemicals: If you use a hot iron then there is no possibility of any chemicals getting into your blood stream and being transmitted in the breast milk as some hair straightening chemicals do.

Answered 7/2/2016

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