The Return of the Curl After a long stretch of pin-straight, glass-hair trends, the perm has waltzed right back into the ...

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

The perming process alters the structural bonds in your hair through chemical or heat treatments. This can weaken the cuticle (outer shaft) of the hair, making it susceptible to dryness, chemical ...

Perms (short for permanent) are a hair treatment that alters the curl pattern and texture of hair via chemical intervention. While perming kits are sold at beauty supply stores for DIYing, they’re a ...

Editor’s note: German inventor Karl Nessler patented the first permanent wave machine, which used borax solutions and electric heated rollers to curl the hair, in 1909. About a decade later, this ...