Perming Bleached Hair?

[Lainey Belle{★}]

  Howdy everyone!  I dyed my hair brown a couple months ago and have been bleaching it back to blonde. I want to give myself a perm, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea with bleached hair. I want a perm, but I would also like to keep my hair! LOL.

 

Does anybody know the least damaging way to perm bleached hair? Or if it's a HORRIBLE idea?

Thanks!

[[e-mail]]

Hi there. I'm a licensed cosmetologist and I do recommend not perming your hair alone. Especially after lighting your hair. Perming Is very drying to the hair. I would stay away from perming Your hair for awhile, and seek a professional if you just have to do it. Do not do at home.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Heather Moss

[Rocket J]

Take it from someone who's done it all, perming bleached hair is not a good thing to do.  You're going to wind up with wet, squishy linguine that has the texture of your Barbie doll's hair that time when you were five and decided you were going to wash it!  It probably won't even hold a curl in its bleached state.  Your best bet is to wait until all the bleached hair has grown out before perming.

 

You didn't say - are you a natural blonde and dyed your hair brown and then bleached it back again?

 

Sorry I don't have better news!

[Lainey Belle{★}]

Rocket J, I have a natural DARK "dirty" blonde hair. I prefer bleached/platinum. I've had bleached blonde hair for years now and I just decided to go brown for a bit, but quickly decided I'm not done with platinum. hehe. Awww, sad news, but it would be worse if I did it and discovered myself. Thank you ladies

[Miss Nikki Sin{★}]

Worst idea ever.Do not do it. I've seen what it does and it will burn your hair so savagely!!!!

[Betty Maraschino {Madam}]

I wouldn't say its the worst idea ever (trust me I've had a few to beat that ;) ) but I would strongly recommend getting your hair in the best possible condition, not doing it until a few weeks after you bleached it, and going to a professional.
That is how my grandma has been doing it since she was 55 (shes 90 now)

Good Luck and I hope this works for you.

Ive been working up the courage to get a perm just so I dont have to curl my hair every morning before work. Lazy I know LOL

[Miss Mandible]

Agh! Don't do it! My best friend went to a salon that was iffy on the situation of perming her bleached hair and it totally damaged her hair almost beyond repair. They made up for the bad decision to follow through with it with some aftercare products, but it took a couple months for the damage to be somewhat repair, still wasn't better all the way. Bleaching your hair damages it a lot in general. Definitely go to a salon for this decision and let them help you decide. If they seem hesitant, don't let them do it.

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

Lainey, I was wondering the same thing. I have bleached mine back to platinum, and plan on cutting it short, very mid 1950s style. Those women had their hair permed to make the it easier to curl, and I was thinking of doing the same thing. However, after reading this, maybe not. I guess weekly trips to the beauty parlor for wet sets will have to be enough.

[GypsiHairGoddess]

Bad idea! Bleached hair cannot hold nor can it handle a perm! Simple fact of hair does and don't.

And I know that it is believed that in the day, women permed and bleached their hair to be able to wear curls. Most often, the perm being very different then, would also lighten hair. The truth is, if a blonde by bottle dye, they were setting their hair in rollers and would go from wet to dry to get the looks we think are permed. Bleached or any color treated hair should hold a roller or pin curl set- taken from wet to dry- for days. You can get ionic hood dryers now for under $50 at any Sally's Beauty Supply to use at home, . Learn how to set your hair and go for it! AND without the risk of chemically burning it off that lovely head of yours sweetie. 

And on a side note: Ladies never, NEVER bleach out hair color ladies, that is so old school and so damaging to your poor hair. Professionals use a product that is a Sulfur based pigment remover(zero damage to the hair), to remove hair dye pigment and leave the natural hair pigment, then they bleach it if needed. Bleach simply eats the dye out of the hair while eating away at it. TIP: hair color can't remove or lighten other hair color. Any questions on this matter, please message me, and I will be more then glad to give you my professional advice. My best advice...seek a hair color specialist and stay away from damaging box hair color if you are a model or simply love your hair.

[Julie Lane]

great answer!! your hair can only handle so much damage! I do have a question for ya,just wondering what you thought of someone having black dyed hair both from box and pro dye and having it black for 10 years is it possible to remove it? to another color not blonde,because i noticed all non-blondes all have short hair and i like long hair, i know the hair either just breaks off,tears off,like butter over time,when you go blonde...so any suggestions?

GypsiHairGoddess said:

Bad idea! Bleached hair cannot hold nor can it handle a perm! Simple fact of hair does and don't.

And I know that it is believed that in the day, women permed and bleached their hair to be able to wear curls. Most often, the perm being very different then, would also lighten hair. The truth is, if a blonde by bottle dye, they were setting their hair in rollers and would go from wet to dry to get the looks we think are permed. Bleached or any color treated hair should hold a roller or pin curl set- taken from wet to dry- for days. You can get ionic hood dryers now for under $50 at any Sally's Beauty Supply to use at home, . Learn how to set your hair and go for it! AND without the risk of chemically burning it off that lovely head of yours sweetie. 

And on a side note: Ladies never, NEVER bleach out hair color ladies, that is so old school and so damaging to your poor hair. Professionals use a product that is a Sulfur based pigment remover(zero damage to the hair), to remove hair dye pigment and leave the natural hair pigment, then they bleach it if needed. Bleach simply eats the dye out of the hair while eating away at it. TIP: hair color can't remove or lighten other hair color. Any questions on this matter, please message me, and I will be more then glad to give you my professional advice. My best advice...seek a hair color specialist and stay away from damaging box hair color if you are a model or simply love your hair.

[Sunny]

I've been wanting to do the same thing. But after this I think I'll stick to just my blonde hair and curl it on my own :p

[Teresa-Ann Baldy]

Yay great advice! I was gonna tell her the same thing! but I found out the hard way! (Many years ago)

[e-mail] said:

Hi there. I'm a licensed cosmetologist and I do recommend not perming your hair alone. Especially after lighting your hair. Perming Is very drying to the hair. I would stay away from perming Your hair for awhile, and seek a professional if you just have to do it. Do not do at home.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Heather Moss

[Lainey Belle{★}]

How much does it cost to do that? I never knew!

And thanks all! I know, I was just trying to get an easy out. It takes awhile to do my pin curls....and with 2 toddlers it can be hard sometimes. But I rather keep my hair....Dang it!

Roxy Tart {Madam} said:

Lainey, I was wondering the same thing. I have bleached mine back to platinum, and plan on cutting it short, very mid 1950s style. Those women had their hair permed to make the it easier to curl, and I was thinking of doing the same thing. However, after reading this, maybe not. I guess weekly trips to the beauty parlor for wet sets will have to be enough.