Male Perm: Did you have one?

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Turning the Male Perm Into a Very Good Hair Day

CARA BUCKLEY
Some people may have silently rejoiced when untold thousands of white men stopped wearing their hair in tight curls, sometime around 1982. But not Roman Pietrs, a graphic artist who is single-handedly trying to bring back the male perm.

Mr. Pietrs, 36, contemplated going curly for years. The male perm, he believed, was a shamefully neglected hairstyle in dire need of respect — and revival. But recently, he decided he had a purpose for getting a perm. He wanted to raise money for a childhood friend who had developed a potentially paralyzing illness, and vowed, through his Web site, www.maleperm.com, to get a perm and wear it for one week for every $1,000 raised.

I think this guy is great. A lot of people shave their heads in solidarity with their friends going through chemo. I think it takes real balls to have your locks coiffed into an early 1980's style perm in this day and age.

So tell me, how many of you men had a perm back in the day? :confused: Come on now don't be shy. Show us the pics of your perm days. :biggrin1:
 

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i had a perm - once - back in the late 70
s

i am now olderthan that - but still remember
 

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nice rod bod and face - i would've never guessed u'd pierce that ...
damn 9i olnly lived in brroklyn 4 such short time meself...
just razzin, mate
 

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Oh come on! :irked: Y'all are the most manly and respected men on the site and yet you cringe at the thought of showing a picture of a minor Glamour Don't which took place almost 30 years ago? :eek: I am so disappointed. :tongue:
 

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Oh come on! :irked: Y'all are the most manly and respected men on the site and yet you cringe at the thought of showing a picture of a minor Glamour Don't which took place almost 30 years ago? :eek: I am so disappointed. :tongue:

There was no almost about it it WAS 30 years. I refuse to post pics of myself that are sepia :redface:
 

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A schoolfriend of mine who had a scarily huge perm about a decade after it was fashionable to do so actually sent me a 'thank you' note a couple of years ago for having remained his friend back then... he'd been looking through old photos and was beyond horrified at the error of his teenage ways. :rolleyes:
 

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I did. Like most teenage, London ravers, in 1988, i wore my hair in a long, grown-out bob. I took the further step by having it corkscrew permed (i was thinking Michael Hutchence). It was a step too far!!