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has anyone noticed that perming hair helps to ease the growing out process? I had mine nice and wavy and because of that extra wave it made growing my hair out much easier...it is not real long...about 6 inches on top and 4 on the sides and back but it is growing....just wondering if anyone has had the same experience?
Do you think getting a wavy perm is better than getting hair straightened like some other guys have been discussing? As far as I can tell, it's the same kind of chemical process, but the hair is "permed" straight. It seems like that would be easiest to keep looking good.
I really don't like the idea of either straightening or perming, because they use strong chemicals that can be bad for your hair. What I've been doing is using straightening balm on my hair, then setting it in the back on large velcro rollers. The directions with the balm said to use either a flat brush or rollers, and but I found that only when I use rollers does my hair stay straight for a long time. I use a blow drying on my hair when it's around the rollers, let it completely cool off, then do that again one more time. The total time is about ten minutes. Maybe some people think it's weird for a guy to use rollers, but it's the only way I've found so far to get something close to a smooth sleek look with my hair, which tends to get frizzy and curl in different directions the ends.
Doug,
It sounds like your routine works really great...good for you! This is just my personal opinion..i can't say it works for everyone...my hair is very very thick and coarse...it dries quickly....it was also very straight..when it got even a little long, it was a pain in the neck and looked like garbage...however, with the waves, i achieved a nice style and people gave me more compliments than I had ever received before.
Just to complicate things, this will probably freak you out...but the perm actually came out too curly..it was done on pink rods.....which I now know is a little too tight for me. Two days after it was done, i bought straightener to relax it and then i got the result that I wanted. Not recommended to anyone but it worked for me. I conditioned the hell out of it to keep it healthy (or at least somewhat healthy).
I don't recommend that anyone go out and get an afro perm (unless that is what you want)...however, a body wave is recommended, just uses bigger perm rods.
I guess it all goes back to wanting hair differently than what god gave you or something like that!
Darin