Creamy crack, perms, relaxers — known by many polyonyms, chemical hair straighteners have been a fixture in the Black beauty space since their inception in 1909. But now, with the FDA proposing a ban ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. When it comes to throwback hairstyles, perms are pretty much as iconic as it gets. Although we ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new study has found women who used hair straightening chemicals were at higher risk for uterine cancer. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) compared ...

OnMilwaukee's senior writer Molly Snyder got a perm without having to time-travel back to 1987. Here's how it turned out. I got a perm – as in a permanent wave for my hair – without having to ...

Perms (short for permanent) are a hair treatment that alters the curl pattern and texture of hair via chemical intervention. While perming kits are sold at beauty supply stores for DIYing, they’re a ...

Which hair perm kit is best? A hair perm, short for permanent, is one of the easiest ways to change the look of your hair and keep it changed. While the perms’ peak popularity has passed, they’re ...

I’ve wanted a perm for years now, but with the amount of damage my hair went through with multiple bleaching sessions (I had a pastel pink phase), I had to wait until I had a full head of virgin hair.

Editor’s note: German inventor Karl Nessler patented the first permanent wave machine, which used borax solutions and electric heated rollers to curl the hair, in 1909. About a decade later, this ...

The phrase “old lady hairdo” isn’t the most sensitive thing one can say. But some of us can still picture specific hairstyles when we hear it — and it isn’t used in a flattering way most of the time.