Bakayoko has had the moody Blues because when his strike came it was just a temporary equaliser in a miserable 2-1 defeat at bottom side Crystal Palace on October 14.
Nonetheless, pressure has risen from Chelsea fans.
And the 23-year-old has at last relented - just as the Blues are preparing for another potential banana-skin fixture at second-bottom Bournemouth this Saturday.
Bakayoko, a £40million summer buy from Monaco, actually bagged his first Blues' goal on September 12, a deflected effort in the 6-0 Champions League mauling of Qarabag at Stamford Bridge.
But his blue-die thinking came a month later - just before a shock loss that was the first and only win so far for new Palace chief Roy Hodgson
Bakayoko went into that match saying: “As soon as I score a goal I will change the colour of my hair. Possibly to blue. I like changing the colour from time to time.
“I don’t go completely over the top, but sometimes I find it brings me good luck. Since the Man City game I put some white in my hair.”
The powerful all-round player - compared by Yaya Toure - has taken his time to deliver the change.
And Chelsea boss Antonio Conte must hope he himself is given similar time to improve the champions' so-so form.
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