guyz and perms?

Downy as in, it follows the contour of my head so closely. I don't like that . My hair isn't very brittle, it's actually quite healthy and thick.

During the first six months of growing out my hair, I managed to keep it in some semblance of being strait, because I wasn't yet comfortable with the idea of having both long AND curly hair. My hair is naturally curly with a medium body (as I have discovered by navigating many estrogen-driven websites).
When I finally decided to stop keeping my hair straight, one of my fellow male co-workers had assumed that I went and got a perm. However, I had simply got a hair cut and began using Sebastian 'Wet' to keep my hair looking like it was always damp. My point is... it wasn't beyond the expectations of my former co-worker for a guy to get a perm.
I have one suggestion to offer to you... Make sure that you have stuck with the curly style for a while before you get a perm. That way... you know you like it (no perm remorse), and also, the transition from gel-ing your hair into curls to simply enhancing permed curls doesn't make your friends raise an eyebrow.

Do guys get perms? I'm kinda embarrased to go into a hair salon and tell them I'm looking for a perm. I have straight long, "downy" hair and wanting to make it curlier/wavier so i don't have to gel it all the time to make it look decent.