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I have finally relented to my Stylists advice and made an appointment for a perm along with a normal cut and blow dry next Thursday. My Stylist is male (which helps) & although I trust him - there are a few 'awkward' questions that I'm just too embarrased to ask ...
My hair is fairly short ( very fine) & will only require perming on top for body ... aka Mickey Rourke (9 & 1/2 Weeks) style.
Will it be an acid perm he'll apply ?
How long will I have the rollers in ?
Will I have to sit under a dryer (it's a busy Salon) ?
Will the result really only last about 6 weeks ?
If any of you guys reading this message has had a body perm before - PLEASE relate your experience (hopefully positive !) before I take the plunge.
Thanks in advance.
A.
Possibly
Rolling can take about 15-25 mins. About 15-25 mins with the perming lotion on. Then a rinse for say 5 mins. Then another 5-10 mins for the neutraliser - that is cold. Then they take the rods out and then neutrailse a bit more then rinse.
Not necessarily - I have been put under a dryer or heating lamp in a couple of salons, but generally its not the case and not for a body perm. You just usually sit there with a plastic bag covering the hair and maybe a towel wrapped around that.
Possibly - depends on your hair and how tight the initial curl is. For me, when I had shortish hair, it grew so fast the perm dropped out very quickly. Also other techniques like jetting/root perms tend to drop out fast too.
Don't worry - it will be OK and it will look good too. I don't have a big fetish/fantasy about this sort of thing, but I have dead straight hair and when it was shorter I had regular perms to give it some lift and body. I also found the experience enjoyable too and gave me more chance to chat to my stylist - then again she was a real looker if you know what I mean :-).
Paul
This seems like a blanket statement to me. I would advise caution. Have your friends recommend someone who they have had success with. I know quite a few people with fine hair who have been burned (literally) by perms. My mother, for example, has been burned every single time she's had a perm despite her warnings that she has very fine, sensitive hair. I think each time it's been at a different salon. I don't know why she keeps perming her hair.
Victor
Victor is right - you can expect dry hair from now on!!! It does burn the hair as Victor says. Better for you to go through daily or weekly settings than ruin ytour hair with a perm. AJ.
From my experience, perms are no big deal. You tell the stylist whether you want a curly perm or a body perm. A curly perm uses smaller rods and therefore more of them and a body perm uses larger perm rods and therefore less of them.
The wrapping process takes about 20 minutes depending on how many rods are used and the speed of the stylist. The perm solution is applied and left on (processed) for a length of time (typ 20 min). The processing time is dependent on the strength of the solution, the condition and type of the hair and the temperature of the processing. (It's a chemical process that is subject to the classic rate of reaction doubling every 10 degrees Celsius). A dryer is sometimes used to speed up the process. After processing a neutralizer is applied to stop the processing. The neutralizer is left on for a short time (typ 5 minutes) and the rods are removed. A step recommended by most perm manufacturers is to massage the neutralizer throughout the hair after removing the rods before rinsing to make sure that all the hair is hit with the neutralizer. (This step not only makes sense but feels good after being in perm rods for a while). Typically a thorough rinse is done and then the hair is styled.
I have had more than a dozen perms over the past 20 years and have never been "burned" as was reported in this thread. My personal observations on fried hair attributed to perms is that it is caused perm on top of perm on top of perm. I suppose that could happen that an unskilled operator could screw it up on the first application, but this is not typical.
Your wet hair will look and feel different after the perm. You can choose to let it dry curly or blow it dry straight and have extra fullness that lasts.
N
Just a quick followup to my post to answer this one. I referred to my mother getting perms. She gets perms so infrequently that when she gets one it's always on virgin hair. Nevertheless, she nearly always gets "burned". Her hair is very fine. As a consequence, it is much more susceptible to burn than is normal hair. The point is that if you have fine hair, you need to proceed with caution.
Victor
I was wondering how your first perm went and how you like your new style.