RE: this site

> Always be honest with your stylist.I've had many> clients come in who deny they've used color, bleach or> other chemicals in their hair.I guess they assume we> won't do the perm but we have perms specifically made> for these hair types.For the most part we can tell but> I did do a perm on a woman once who told me she used a> store bought color once or twice and after completely> frying her hair, which was half-way down her back, she> "remembered" that she had been bleaching her> hair for 2 yrs "but that was a year ago".> Had she been honest with me it would of saved her a> lot of misery and me a lot of guilt. P.S. I had only> been doing hair 1 year and didn't have the experiance> it takes to know the different porosities of the hair.> There's new stylists entering the work world every> day.Do yourself (and the stylist) a favor and be up> front.Hi- in response to your comment, "Be upfront with your stylist", the "stylist" that permed my hair was working on my hair for months doing highlights and full color also. She knew my hair well, so I didnt just go to someone I didnt know to get a perm. She should have been more professional and definitely needs more training. I asked her all kinds of questions, as a matter of fact, they are questions she should have been asking me, but she was pretty dumb anyway. Since she was good at cutting my hair I thought shed be good at perming it. She did not express any doubt in perming my hair, despite the bad perm experience I had when I was 15 (10 years earlier) which I explained to her. Besides she used a perm for color treated hair and it still fried it. Stylists make mistakes and are not perfect, but there are really no excuses for ruining a persons looks. Especially when they are single and dating. No man likes a woman with a gross head of hair that looks like a chia pet. Whats worse, is a stylist who doesnt care that they have literally screwed up your whole self-esteem and social life. They ruin their own reputation by doing that and the reputation of the salon. All my frends said "what happened, and who did that to you"? I had to tell them and thats like 20 people I know who wont go to the salon. It is really important for stylists to ask questions to their clients because clients go to stylists for their professional opinions as that is suppossed to be their job. I am not the one who went to beauty school, I shouldnt be the expert on hair porousness or all that. You know? I pay them to do something good for me.

> I'm glad I found this site and I really appreciate the> comments and personal experiences. If anyone else has> had any bad perm experiences and would like to share> them, I'd really like to hear about it (it makes me> feel better when other people can share my misery).> Thanks again!> -lisa> ps- can anyone recommend an awesome hairstylist in> Chicago (North side-city) that charges less than fifty> bucks?Always be honest with your stylist.I've had many clients come in who deny they've used color, bleach or other chemicals in their hair.I guess they assume we won't do the perm but we have perms specifically made for these hair types.For the most part we can tell but I did do a perm on a woman once who told me she used a store bought color once or twice and after completely frying her hair, which was half-way down her back, she "remembered" that she had been bleaching her hair for 2 yrs "but that was a year ago". Had she been honest with me it would of saved her a lot of misery and me a lot of guilt. P.S. I had only been doing hair 1 year and didn't have the experiance it takes to know the different porosities of the hair. There's new stylists entering the work world every day.Do yourself (and the stylist) a favor and be up front.