Here I sit with a plastic bag over my head, my hair covered in a baking soda paste, trying to get this awful sulfur smell out of my hair. After 5 shampoos, 3 conditions, and a round of tomato juice to top it off, I’m feeling defeated.
I’ve never had a perm before and have always wished to have some soft wave curls, especially since my hair refuses to hold a curl for more than 10 minutes. My friend, who is a hairdresser, suggested a perm, my mom backed up the idea, as did my best friend. I looked up pictures, thought it’d be the perfect solution to my boring hair problems. WRONG!
I went in today and had it done, completely unaware that not only would it not look how I expected or really even work, but it would also make my hair smell so badly of sulfur my boyfriend could barely stand it and was nonstop sneezing. It’s itchy, it smells, it doesn’t look that good.
My boyfriend and his parents say it looks good, but I don’t think so. Only my bangs took the perm, everything else is as straight as it was before. It looks weird. Was told to not wash for the first 48 hrs because it can remove the perm, so I’ve been washing it. I want this gone, even if it means $80 bucks down the drain.
I know I should had done more research about it, but I naively trusted that my friend would tell me everything or tell me to not do it if she didn’t think my hair would take it. Alas here I am, with a stinky, bad perm.
TL;DR: got convinced a perm was the key to my hair styling dreams, it was not. Now I’m sitting with sulfur smelling hair that won’t go away despite my efforts and a perm I really don’t like. Learn from my mistakes, people of the world.
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Hats are cool.
If you aren’t satisfied, go back to the stylist who did it. There may be things they can do to help you achieve the look you desire.
3 days til you get what you hoped for, and stop fucking washing it.
Looks like this ‘permanent’ solution just became a ‘perm-anent’ problem.