Another Perm?
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Topic: Another Perm?
Posted By: Bob
Subject: Another Perm?
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 1:51am
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My hair is 3 or 4 inches long and I had my first perm ever on June 9th. My wife has made an appointment for another perm at the end of July. I like my new hair style and it is starting to grow out, but is it safe to have another perm already? What are the pros and cons? I would appreciate any advice. Thanks!
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Posted By: KAREN
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 1:51am
Hi Bob,Congrats on your perm. The rule of thumb is to wait a minimum of 2-4 weeks between chemical applications like perm or bleach or color.A lot depends on the condition of your hair. If your hair is strong and full and healthy, 2-4 weeks is fine. If your hair is weak or thinning or damaged, you should, in my opinion, wait as long as possible.One important plus that you have is that you are going to a professional. If you are going to a professional who has expertise in perm treatments, they will be able to warn you if your hair can not handle a perm in this time span.The other question to consider is how much of your hair are you perming? Are you doing just the roots or the entire head? This is also significant. If you are perming over the previous perm, this can make your hair more fragile, if you are just perming the grown out part, this would be better and the time frame would be fine if your hair is basically in good shape.Are you trying to grow you hair longer or keeping it shorter? If you are keeping it shorter, you can always have the last permed hair trimmed off and have the majority of the new perm applied to the new hair growth.If you are growing your hair longer and want to perm over the previous perm, make sure that your hair is strong and healthy to handle another perm on that previously permed hair.One thing you can do to protect your hair is to do a deep condition once a week, every week, until you have the perm treatment done.You may not want to condition your entire hair if the conditioner would make it too soft. However, I definitely recommend you condition the ends which can take the most abuse.I also advise you to discuss all these issues with your stylist to make sure you know what to expect.Good luck.Karen> My hair is 3 or 4 inches long and I had my> first perm ever on June 9th. My wife has made> an appointment for another perm at the end of> July. I like my new hair style and it is starting> to grow out, but is it safe to have another perm> already? What are the pros and cons? I would appreciate> any advice. Thanks!
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Posted By: Bob
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 1:51am
Thanks Karen. Your advice was exactly what I was looking for.> Hi Bob,> Congrats on your perm. The rule of thumb> is to wait a minimum of 2-4 weeks between chemical> applications like perm or bleach or color.> A lot depends on the condition of your hair.> If your hair is strong and full and healthy, 2-4> weeks is fine. If your hair is weak or thinning> or damaged, you should, in my opinion, wait as> long as possible.> One important plus that you have is that> you are going to a professional. If you are going> to a professional who has expertise in perm treatments,> they will be able to warn you if your hair can> not handle a perm in this time span.> The other question to consider is how much> of your hair are you perming? Are you doing just> the roots or the entire head? This is also significant.> If you are perming over the previous perm, this> can make your hair more fragile, if you are just> perming the grown out part, this would be better> and the time frame would be fine if your hair> is basically in good shape.> Are you trying to grow you hair longer or> keeping it shorter? If you are keeping it shorter,> you can always have the last permed hair trimmed> off and have the majority of the new perm applied> to the new hair growth.> If you are growing your hair longer and want> to perm over the previous perm, make sure that> your hair is strong and healthy to handle another> perm on that previously permed hair.> One thing you can do to protect your hair> is to do a deep condition once a week, every week,> until you have the perm treatment done.> You may not want to condition your entire> hair if the conditioner would make it too soft.> However, I definitely recommend you condition> the ends which can take the most abuse.> I also advise you to discuss all these issues> with your stylist to make sure you know what to> expect.> Good luck.> Karen
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