Is there such a thing as a stylish perm?!

[Sockywockydoodah]

I quite fancy one

Probably. If it looks like a perm it's not stylish. If it looks like curly hair can be stylish. I would make sure you get a very, very expensive good hairdresser to avoid an 80s moment.

My hairdresser's is naturally quite 80s perm...

Yes go for it! I am so, so tired of poker straight hair. Everyone looks the same. And no, it doesn't mean looking like an 80's footballer.

I had one this summer - my hair is naturally wavy but it doesn't hold throughout the day. Won't stay straight either unless straightened within an inch of its life. The perm just lifted it and kept it curly all day.

My hairdressor is fab though and assured me it would not be poodle like - and it isn't. Looks very much like soft natural curls - I've got loads of hair (super thick) so it does look quite big anyway.

I've been really really pleased with it and will definately have another. Made my hair so much easier to deal with :)

They're called Digital Perms OP, to make them sound futuristic and trendy I suppose. I'd still be wary but Sali Hughes did a column on them which will give you more info.

i would love one on my long wavy/straight/can't make up it's mind hair. But i have been quoted £££s and told it would only last 6wks

My hairdresser in the UK is Japanese and she has a Japanese perm which looks lovely, but pricey and only for certain hair types.

My hair is about shoulder length and its lasted a good three months. That said I was unknowingly pregnant when I had it done and apparently shouldn't have taken at all!

I didn't have a digital perm (and I'm definately not trendy!) It looks quite rock chick-eque, sort of messy and casual which is very much my style I guess. Definately not a "groomed" look.

Please please please, I beg you to really consider it carefully.

< speaks From bitter, bitter recent experience>

Do yourselves a huge favour and by a curling wand, but I implore you not to have it done.

Remember, perms are for life, not just for Christmas (Kind of an exaggeration, but it sure as hell feels like it)

Oh running now I need to know more! What happened?

Oh no running! tell us more

£250 is, um, a little more than I would looking to spend...that said, I'm actually going to Japan next month. Wonder how much they are out there, and if I can trust the hairdresser not to massacre my hair (previous cuts out there have ranged from great to interesting).

Think 80's.

Think Kevin Keagan (but no mullet)

Think Poodle

Think texture and style of pubic hair.

My hairdresser and I are baffled as to what's happened, my hair was in great condition and BOOM, disaster!!

It looks like its been fried, I look like I've been plugged into the mains all night.

Straightening does not work, just makes the beast even angrier.

Now it's just coming out tufts, which is nice. So I'm booked in next week to have it all chopped off.

My lovely lovely hair, all I wanted was a sexy tousled wave.

My consolation is that people loose their hair in much, much worse situations

Oh god - poor you :(

I was a teen when Kylie, Sonia, et al were top of the charts (what i like to call the 'sophistication years'). People would often tell me how i should get my arse length, poker straight dark hair permed (usually people with dreadful home perms). A lot of them would fart on about something called a 'spiral perm'. I went to a salon for a consultation, where hairdressers with baaad hair pawed me, gushing about body and texture etc. (the look in their eyes was quite disturbing, the desperation to get their mitts on my locks was scary). I was quoted £80 even then . Thank fuck i reconsidered - a friend was not so lucky...

The perms were not as bad as the mousse scrunched into them tho. Why would anyone want 'crunchy' hair?