Paula Zygila, hair stylist at Anthony's Hair Inc. for about 30 years, said perms are no longer what they used to be due to increased technology and healthier products.

And while it’s true, this new perm has come a long way from those wispy mops of the '70s, still, in the famous words of Hall and Oates, I can’t go for that. No can do. But then, as I said, I ...

When 19-year-old Charles Chen got a perm in early 2022, it was a spur of the moment decision. “I was looking for something simple to style,” he said of his “naturally bone straight” hair ...

The modern men’s perm is loud for a hairstyle so soft. On TikTok, the hashtag #menperm, referring to one of the latest hair trends to be born from the app, has garnered more than 20.7 million views.

Perm power: It's only really the last two decades that the perm has come in for universal bad press. Pioneered in the 1920s during the early days of electricity, salon permanent waving became all ...