A Perm and Wearing a Hat
Will I still be able to wear a hat without ruining my perm? Or will my hair look flat and straight whenever I do wear a hat? Any advice you have would be much appreciated!
A: Well, properly executed, a perm should leave your hair to behave much the way naturally curly hair would behave. Obviously, wearing hats will have an effect on your hairstyle, but that effect will depend largely on the type and style of hat and how long you’re wearing it.
The other two-thirds of the hair’s strength come from physical side bonds of salt and hydrogen. (These names are derived from the types of changes required to alter them: i.e., the physical side bonds are altered by heat and moisture manipulations, while the chemical side bonds can only be altered using a chemical reaction.)
Wearing a snug-fitting cap in winter can result in permed hair being “mashed” just as it can with nearly any style. You simply need to take the other factor into consideration when planning either your hairstyle or your winter weather wear.
Either choose a hairstyle that will be compatible with wearing a hat, or select an option for winter wear that won’t wreck the style you desire to have when you go out in cold weather. Perhaps a loosely wrapped woolen scarf?
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See also:
How perms work
Winter hair care advice
Winter hair problems and solutions