Your perm may not be gone. The way you dry it might be breaking up your curls.
Your perm may not be gone. The way you dry it might be breaking up your curls.
Your curls looked bouncy when you left the salon. Then you washed and dried your hair at home, and it puffed up. In many cases, the problem is not the perm but how you dry it every day. Here is how to change the airflow and bring your curls back.
When permed hair is wet, strands gather into small groups, and each group makes a curl. Strong air from one side, or shaking your hair the whole time, splits these groups and makes hair puff up.
Before drying, don't rub with a towel. Wrap your hair and press the water out. Put on curl product while hair is still damp, and set the dryer to low air and medium heat or lower. Part your hair while it's wet, so you touch it less later.
With a diffuser, tilt your head and rest the ends in the bowl. Slowly push it up to your scalp, hold for a moment, then pull away. Don't shake or rub it over your head.
No diffuser? Cup your palm, hold the ends up, and blow air from the side. Air from above flattens curls.
Timing matters for products: curl cream or essence when wet, nothing extra while drying, cool air when almost dry, and a tiny bit of oil on the ends once fully dry.
A tip from our designers: at your consultation, tell us if you use a diffuser and how you usually dry. We can match a curl size that's easy to keep at home. If curls still fade fast after changing how you dry, we can check your perm size and hair condition together.
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by APEAK HAIR
