A mom let her 5-year-old get her hair bleached and was criticized online. But experts say following kids' lead can build trust.

“My daughter asked if she could bleach her hair so she could put pink in it,” the influencer from Utah explains at the beginning of the clip, which gathered 7.7 million views on TikTok.

Maintaining Bleached Hair is Key The biggest part of a bleach job is understanding what you’re in for, especially after the fact. Maintaining a platinum dye job is much different than natural hair.

Mum slammed for ‘hard no’ bleaching of daughter’s, 5, hair. A mum who has labelled herself the “CEO of cool mum” has divided after letting her five-year-old daughter skip school to ...

"It's something nice to do. Hair grows back," said Hyams, 25. "I never thought hair to be a prize possession, but kids can be cruel, and if having hair helps a kid feel normal and makes them happy ...

You could bleach your child's hair if you're really determined to get a color streak to show up, but I'm not comfortable doing that. Hair bleach generally says you shouldn't use it on children ...