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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2019, 11:15 AM Dec 2019

Perms... the scourge of the 70's [View all]

I'm in full reminisce-mode on Boxing Day. My late brother went out and had his hair permed 1977. OMG did we laugh at it!!

A few years later, I (@ 14) did the same thing. No pics (thankfully) but my best friend looked at me (with the roller rows still visible ) and said, "You look like a dog with mange".

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Perms... the scourge of the 70's [View all] Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 OP

This post needs pictures! Merlot Dec 2019 #1

You're right. It does. Harker Dec 2019 #4

Here ya go: Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #7

The guy on the left... Harker Dec 2019 #10

Maybe Roger Brady - architect? Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #11

Shit... Harker Dec 2019 #14

I did it a few times. MontanaMama Dec 2019 #2

OOH That Smell! Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #5

When my Mom and two younger sisters got home perms, that smell drove us out of the house! Archae Dec 2019 #8

My sister-in-law (a hairdresser who talked me into my early 80's perm) Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #9

I couldn't even walk past a hair place in the mall Leith Dec 2019 #21

Oh, yes... Harker Dec 2019 #3

I definitely would've taken that over "mange" Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #6

I used to have a crush Ohiogal Dec 2019 #16

The angelic aura Harker Dec 2019 #17

You should have experienced the 50's home perm variety. sarge43 Dec 2019 #12

Kids today eat detergent? Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #15

Oh yeah - Mom did one perm on me when I was a kid csziggy Dec 2019 #19

As long as we're talking about the 70s.... mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 #13

Some guys did it when they started losing their hair TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #18

Maybe some can rock it, and some can't? Bernie, Room 222: sl8 Dec 2019 #20