do people still get perms?

[SophieofShepherdsBush]

I'd quite like a gentle wavy curliness to add life to my fine thin greying hair. And to reduce the need to make it look neat, straighten it etc. Can a perm do this? I don't want to look like a bad eighties throwback a la Anita Dobson!

Yes they do.
Yes it can.

Oh thank you back I will ask the hairdresser without fear of ridicule!

check out digital /japanese/Korean perm - gives you lovely curls without the poodle look

Thanks Katharina I will! Off to Google.