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csziggy

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19. Oh yeah - Mom did one perm on me when I was a kid

Reply to sarge43 (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 27, 2019, 05:41 AM

Dec 2019

So sometime around 1960 or earlier. It fried my hair - I looked as though someone had run a blow torch over it, damn near singed it. That year my hair was really, really short for my school pictures.

I've never had a perm since.

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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