Straightening hair is now seen as being like your nanna getting a perm

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So says my friend's gorgeous but no filter ASD daughter! I was there for dinner tonight, had a bath and washed my hair before I went. As I left I said I needed to get home to straighten my hair before bed. And then she came out with this! I mean, I'm not that bothered if it is because my hair is a mess if I don't straighten it tbf. But... is it?

I mentioned it in the context of being able to tell your age. As OP said no one younger straightens their hair.

Most of the younger people wear sports socks pulled up over leggings. When I was a teen we would’ve died, the trend was no-show socks, which I still do now, ergo I’m ancient!

Cross posted, I’m now reading the advice above my post . Thanks

Lots of teen boys have (had) perms in the last couple of years because curls/frizzy volumous hsir is in for that age group.

It's all centre parted poker straight hair where I live (for the teenage girls - the boys are all channelling Timothee Chalamet).

Older people trying to keep up with young person trends is pointless. Wear your hair the way you like it and wear the clothes you feel good in. To hell with the opinion of others.

It's so boring how nearly all young women look exactly the same these days. Same hair, same lips, same nails and makeup, same " I just stepped off the Apprentice" look. No individuality.

It’s an age thing !
young girls with straight hair usually has long hair ! They will always look good whatever they do !
Middle Ages woman with shoulder length or shorter that had straightened its looks like nannas perm ! What ages people is sticking to the same hair routine throu there early twenty’s and beyond ! This is ageing !

This is very upsetting news. I'm terrible at getting good results from blow drying alone and have frizzy, wavy hair. I'm doomed 😂

I understand what you mean but it's just a trend isn't it they come and go. As a teenager/young woman In the late 80s my peers all looked the same.

I'm the same, @LateLessAbleToBeBothered . My straighteners don't give me poker-straight hair, but they do tame uneven waves and random curls popping up in the wrong places. I wouldn't bother if I could just have nice soft curls.
When I blow-dry it, it retains some body and bounce, even after straightening. I came home the other day with an ironed-to-fuck cut and blow dry, and my DD, who's neurodiverse and needs to work on acquiring a filter, blurted out that it made me look ten years older.

Lots of teen boys have (had) perms in the last couple of years because curls/frizzy volumous hsir is in for that age group.

Only further showing the disassociation from "Nannas". "Nanna's perm" is not something teenagers would say, I don't think.

Here you go:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Cvp4btKeMV0?si=IOgThHctLob6TlUa

(You can tell I have a teen DD).

Do teens even want to look like their mums? I think it’s weird when middle age people do what I consider teen things like wear Nike tech and go on e-scooters. (That goes for men/boys as well ) Surely those things fall out of fashion when older people adopt them.

I think that straighteners are used to make waves rather than straighten like the early 2000s but my kids have hair that always so straight that they’ve never had to straighten. They don’t look out of place when they are with peers who sometimes have the same hair. Personally I think it’s good that waves and curls are celebrated at the moment so people with that kind of hair can look great too.

As a teen in the 80s too, we all looked diifferent. Some with short hair, some with long, some gothy, some not.
Course we didnt have fillers and Botox and Turkey teeth and social media then, so there was room for beautiful imperfection.

sadly she's right - at least you heard it straight right? She's done you a favour

Yes and 90s supermodels.

It’s known as “rich girl blowout” apparently..

I assume that she’s not in social media either because there’s loads of young people in hair videos with curlers and other heat less curl gadgets

Does anyone just not care? I am supposed to age, I am supposed to be older and look different to younger people. Circle of life and all that.

Well I need to.learn how to use the rollers then haha

I know it's very, very wrong of me ('vile' even I've just read) but I can't help laughing at how the generation that helped to popularise a silly, ageist phrase react when they hear it used against them.

I mean…Nana’s perms were quite glamorous..!

Oh fgs, I have "cheap hair" myself, which I'm very happy with, but know exactly what pp meant by "expensive hair". It means that very glossy, high-maintenance, subtle look that can only be maintained by regular visits to a skillful stylist/ colourist. I have neither the money or time for this, but am not offended.

No - no - this is not true !

Makes sense of why teen DN and her friends are wearing their hair ‘natural’ and are almost competitive over who has the most natural waves/curls.

Don't use heat. Put some serum or leave in conditioner on the ends when it's wet, brush through with a wide toothed comb or tangle teaser and leave to dry naturally. Never brush when it's dry.