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 ...

Katie Holmes sported curls in New York City on Feb. 16, 2023. “Because of the recent trends of people wanting to embrace and enhance their natural hair texture, the perm of 2023 tends to lean towards ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

My hair is naturally straight with a slight wave throughout, which becomes more accentuated the shorter it is. I also have incredibly thick and heavy hair, so when I style it with a curling iron, I ...

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 ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? According to Sacramento-based optometrist Jennifer Wademan, OD, you can think ...

She says Curl Cult’s perm kit gives her “loose waves no matter how humid it is outside” Portia De Rossi/Instagram Portia de Rossi is showing us all how she keeps her hair looking good. It’s no secret ...

A hot new coif has cropped up on social media. Teen boys are propagating across hair salons for perms to recreate the viral “broccoli cut.” Characterized by a bounty of bouncy curls atop the noggin, ...

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 ...