Beauty

[Anonymous032819]

I've read a couple threads in this forum about those who had gotten perms, and I was just wondering if perms were making a comeback?

[Dusty1]

And, the mullet is back!

[wildcat fan]

I've noticed several middle school girls with perms the past couple of years.  My mom gets them regularly and gets her hair styled at the salon twice each week. Sometimes I'd like to have one to give me some body as my hair has always been thin, but I'm afraid of how it might affect ct my hair in the long run.  Are today's perms damaging to the hair?

[CamilleP]

I've got very fine hair, and I've had two perms in the last year, the first one lasted a good eight months, and I got it refreshed/redone at that point because I had an important event to attend and wanted to look my best.  I just had a color treatment today, and my stylist said the trim she did after the color brought the curl right back, and the perm is in good shape.  I use WEN cleansing conditioner, and that keeps my fine hair in great condition, even with the significant chemical treatments I've been doing.  I remember getting home perms when I was a child, and I think they were more damaging than the perms I have gotten at the salon, but that might be due more to the better cleansing treatments I use (WEN) than to any change in the perm chemicals, I don't know.  I would recommend that, if you want a perm, you go to a professional at a salon who is familiar with doing perms, rather than trying a home perm, because they will be able to assess the condition of your hair and determine if a perm is a good idea, as well as how long to process your hair.  For all my hair is very fine, it is VERY resistant to curling, so I need to process for the maximum time, but my stylist is able to gauge that, where I probably couldn't (not to mention being far better able to use those rollers!).

[fthunt]

@wildcat fan Damaging = NO    By the time your hair grows out and you need another perm - the old hair is just cut off.  If your Mom's hair hasn't suffered why would you fear it?  Gives thin limp thin hair body - brush and go.............................

[KingstonsMom]

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@Dusty1 wrote:

And, the mullet is back!

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@Dusty1 

OH NO! Say it isn't so!

[Anonymous032819]

When I was a teen in the 80's I had perms then, and I always went to the salon to have it done.

Now that my hair is becoming more "salt & pepper", it just seems so much work to keep up with the color. I just might stop coloring my hair all together and instead get a perm again.

I am going to let my hair get some legnth first, before I decide one way or the other about getting a perm.

[I am still oxox]

Oh no I have had a few really bad ones I learned my lesson a long tme ago

[wildcat fan]

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@fthunt wrote:

@wildcat fan Damaging = NO    By the time your hair grows out and you need another perm - the old hair is just cut off.  If your Mom's hair hasn't suffered why would you fear it?  Gives thin limp thin hair body - brush and go.............................

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I appreciate your reply @fthunt .  I haven't had a perm in years.  The last one I got was a spiral perm and it was difficult to manage and made my hair really dry afterwards.  That was before I started getting highlights which I realize can also damage my hair.  I guess the key is finding a good stylist who knows what he/she is doing.  

[Icegoddess]

Perms never went away for me. I have been getting them for years. Gives me as close to wash to go hair as I'm sure I'll ever have.  They don't have to be horrible.  I have pics on here including some I posted yesterday under Curly Hair Product that Works.