Digital perms (also known as hot perms) use rollers or rods that are hooked up to a large machine that digitally ... the rods are removed and the solution is rinsed out and you've got curly hair!

Similarly, heat perms require the hair to be placed in rollers and rods. Rather than a chemical solution, the stylist warms the rods to activate the curl and restructure the hair follicles.

But Labrecque points out a major difference that makes perms so much worse for your hair. ... “Because the hair is placed in a perm roller that saturates the entire length of each strand.

Hair Historians Celebrate 100 Years of the Perm This year marks the 100th anniversary of the permanent wave, known in short as the "perm." One hundred years ago, a hairdresser created a several ...

The modern roller set is a great example of the current “nostalgia wave in beauty,” Timperley continues. “It taps into that ...

And hilarious. “I talked a lot, but that turned out to be, uh, funny, I ... but a lot of the cats were wearing perms and had rollers in their hair and we would get away with it. ...

Wavy perms should look OK growing out, but spiral perms are a different story. You need to either re-perm your hair, embrace the inch of straight hair growing out of your scalp or sport a ponytail ...

1. Zotos Design Freedom Regular Alkaline Perm for Normal Hair: A popular kit among professional stylists for its ability to gently deliver salon-quality curls and waves. This is a newcomer to our ...

Chloe Barcelou, 31, a stylist, loves hot rollers for their convenience; she often puts them in before doing her makeup.She has coarse hair and believes the rollers help smooth it out. “Growing ...

Amazingly--despite one roller falling into the toilet and thus being declared out of commission for this session--I did manage to get all my hair onto curlers. I'd been worried I'd need to own two ...

1. Zotos Design Freedom Regular Alkaline Perm for Normal Hair: A popular kit among professional stylists for its ability to gently deliver salon-quality curls and waves. This is a newcomer to our ...