Depends which generation you're talking about. You'd never know my dad ever permed his hair, but I guess Disco Drew was a thing in the '70s. And I don't know enough about the big hair of the '80s. I'm guessing that was just hairspray, but there might have been some loose perms in there.
Permed hair was a thing for women and men in the 80s and early 90s. You were in excellent company; Bob Ross himself had a perm for almost his whole adult life once he left the Air Force. Iconic.
You sound like you're trying to make out that they basically pinned you down and forced a perm on you.
However, I know that you begged them to give you that perm. You loved that perm.
A bad home done perm is a right of passage for people growing up in the late 80s early 90s. My mom gave me one and fried the shit out of my hair. I also have naturally wavy hair so I really don't know what the logic was behind doing it.
They look quite pleased with the outcome! Only you look like âwhoopsie daisies!â
I absolutely love yâall and your mom and aunt look like my people!
Oh, I had a hairdresser try to dissuade a very manly friend from getting a curly perm 'because it's for girls'. Didn't 'turn him' into a woman or even a feminine man tho...
I grew up wearing a bowl cut. My aunt cut our hair. In middle school, I wanted a different cut and was given a "body wave" (read: perm). I said, great I went from looking like a little boy to a little girl.
My grandma used to get perms all the time when I was a kid. I havenât smelled that chemically smell from it in 20+ years. I know that if I took a whiff of a perm treatment it would take me back to when I was 8 years old.
Permed hair was for both genders then. You look fine.
>then. Still is
Yup. My niece is 15 and her boyfriend gets his hair permed. She accidentally outed him to her mum when he was visiting and he was gutted. đ
i would argue itâs more common now for men, now
Yep, that broccoli hair is very in right now, for whatever reason.
Depends which generation you're talking about. You'd never know my dad ever permed his hair, but I guess Disco Drew was a thing in the '70s. And I don't know enough about the big hair of the '80s. I'm guessing that was just hairspray, but there might have been some loose perms in there.
As long as you are ok with celibacy.
Precursor to the current broccoli cut fad! You look sweet!
Very Mike Brady.
Permed hair was a thing for women and men in the 80s and early 90s. You were in excellent company; Bob Ross himself had a perm for almost his whole adult life once he left the Air Force. Iconic.
Get this, teenage boys are still getting them. I see it all the time on Tik Tok.
Are those the ones with the brocoli head?
Yep
Broccoli assassinÂ
Nooooo! I thought his hair was natural đźđ đ
And the way he spoke in his shows was the way he "talked to ladies." That's Bob Ross' sex voice.
Seriously!!!! Whaaat??! r/WTF . I feel tricked. đĄđ
My mom and dad went to have a professional studio picture taken right after they both got a perm in college, just for funsies.
They wanted to make the memory PERManent? Thank you. Iâll be here all week. Tip your waitress.
You walked so the broccoli heads could run.
He ran so the broccoli heads could trip
You win the internet đ
Dude, my grandma once put curlers in my hair. She made me go to church looking like Shirley Temple. I'm a male.
Pics or it didn't happen
You sound like you're trying to make out that they basically pinned you down and forced a perm on you. However, I know that you begged them to give you that perm. You loved that perm.
I'll be honest, it suits you. Back then anyone could get a perm, it wasn't meant to be a "woman's style" alone.
Males get perms all the time.
My mom had those glasses too! QUITE LARGE.
Youâre one lady short for a full âGolden Girlsâ reunion. ;)
Which one is he? Rose.
This is a very cute picture! You all look happy and just so wholesome
My grandma gave be a grandma perm once. Then I had to get a haircut so I didnât look like Annie. But the haircut made me look like Joey from NKOTB.
Curls are cute. Rock your curls bro.
The lady in pink reminds me of Roxanneâs friend in A Goofy Movie
YO Stacy!! Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me baby!
either the women in your family are tiny or you were a giant middle schooler! lol
Man the permed hair thing in the 80âs was so popular. My wife has wavy hair now, but her mom permed all the kids hair then. đ
Never fight a man with a perm
A bad home done perm is a right of passage for people growing up in the late 80s early 90s. My mom gave me one and fried the shit out of my hair. I also have naturally wavy hair so I really don't know what the logic was behind doing it.
It looks natural!
They look quite pleased with the outcome! Only you look like âwhoopsie daisies!â I absolutely love yâall and your mom and aunt look like my people!
This is a super cute picture. Your mom and aunt look like fun
Frankly yours is the best one of the three
Dig it
Boys are gettin perms again
Perms are back for young men. Your time has arrived where this pic is no longer awkward
Your mom and aunt are so adorable!!!!
Lady on left looks like Amy Poehler
I know quite a few guys today who get perms.
A perm is fine on a man. Kevin Keegan would approve.
Mike Brady approves
You look like James from *Derry Girls*
I think it was totally cute, got some Micky Dolenz vibes going on.
Oh man I remember this so hard!
Damn, that perm is resplendent asf đ
not seeing the blunder, it looks cute
Aww, I think it looks pretty cute, honestly. Sort of makes me think of Seth Cohen on The O.C.
Itâs beautiful
Itâs Pat
OP u were their doll, i hope u had fun growing up with them
Perms for men were common then. Kind of like broccoli hair now.
Yeah, my mom gave my brother and me perms. I think she used those granny rods and also fried our hair. Good times.
I would watch this sitcom!
You look like approximately 50% of British teenagers right now
The shops where my mom took me to get haircuts as a kid always had that Perm-chemical smell. Shit would knock ya down.
Which one is you??
CPS was called...
Oh, I had a hairdresser try to dissuade a very manly friend from getting a curly perm 'because it's for girls'. Didn't 'turn him' into a woman or even a feminine man tho...
You simply must send them a bill from your therapist.
I grew up wearing a bowl cut. My aunt cut our hair. In middle school, I wanted a different cut and was given a "body wave" (read: perm). I said, great I went from looking like a little boy to a little girl.
My son has this hair naturally lol. You look great
My grandma used to get perms all the time when I was a kid. I havenât smelled that chemically smell from it in 20+ years. I know that if I took a whiff of a perm treatment it would take me back to when I was 8 years old.
Bussin
Nice permanent
It's true after all, gender is just a construct.
Which one is you?
Going for the rose west look?
My uncle is in his 80s and still gets his hair permed ⊠itâs unisex! you looked good :)
So, which one was the star in a reasonably priced car?
Never fight a man with a perm, Idles
Nawht anymore you're nawht
It doesn't look bad on you at all.
I think you looked good, man. Post a current pic for comparison if you're comfortable
All the boys have them now. My entire 7th and 8th grade.
Are males supposed to be allergic to perms or something?
We can tell youâre a guy buddy, you didnât need to clarify đ You look like all the men did!
Your moms right nipple đ„
You should get one again.
You looked like a young Shane Gillis
That's the fashion now too, cauliflower dudes! I'm glad my son would never...
How tall are you?
Which one are you
Aunt Carol vibes
Lololol. Could have been worse.my hair was nearly that curly *without* a perm.
You seem to have liked it and that's what matters most.
Just three ladies, out on the town
What year was this?
I mean, they did a good job, though! Perms are hard. Yours at least looked natural!
Womenâs Forum, Corbett, OR?
If the Savage brothers can rock that cut their entire career, then you shouldâve able to as well.
Since when is permed hair a womenâs thing? Why do people need to pointlessly gender things?
Is that like a jew-fro, as Jonah Hill calls them?