I’ve wanted a perm for years now, but with the amount of damage my hair went through with multiple bleaching sessions (I had ...

First off, what is a perm? A perm (short for permanent hairstyle) uses chemicals to change the texture of your hair. The process involves breaking down the molecular bonds in each strand and resetting ...

The kids are alright, they just want bigger hair. Getty Images Amy Hutnak, a mom from Cumberland, Maine, thought it was funny when her 17-year-old son Ben* started stealing her John Frieda hairspray ...

Much like the return of the relaxer, the rise and return of the perm has been a quiet reemergence — almost the Abercrombie & Fitch of hair treatments. Much like Abercrombie, perm solutions have ...

What Is a Perm? There are three types of perm methods: alkaline, acid, and exothermic. The latter two are part of the "hot" perm treatment process, which means the solution is applied before heat. A ...

The perm is back and at some salons and barbershops on Long Island, they’re quite popular … with men. Inspired by K-pop idols, soccer stars, hockey players and TikTok, where the term #manperm has ...

When 19-year-old Charles Chen got a perm in early 2022, it was a spur of the moment decision. "I was looking for something simple to style," he said of his "naturally bone straight" hair. But what was ...

Let’s hear it for the curly boys. It used to be the ladies who would settle in for the long haul of getting a perm. But now the young boys have joined the curly hair brigade, deciding once you go wavy ...

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