I once went to a new hairdresser for a perm. She didn't believe me that my stick straight hair takes a perm fast. I looked like Little Orphan Annie. I was visiting my parents and my mother hid all the scissors.

I don't get perms anymore. I recently, and with great trepidation, switched hairdressers after 15 years of the same one. I've very glad I did. I wear my hair short so I need to go every four to five weeks.