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Everything (and We Mean Everything) You Need to Know About Getting A Modern Perm

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The year is 1987. Bon Jovi is blasting on every radio station, Dirty Dancing is in theaters nationwide, and the only thing people want more than the numbers of Jon and Baby's personal choreographers is their curly perm hairstyles. Fast forward to today, and a lot has changed since then: the top 100 list, "cool" dance moves, and especially the state of the perm. In fact, the look today is a lot more modern. "The original perm was done with bare tongs that fit together, which were heated on the gas stove, said Philippe Depeyrot, co-owner of Salon Bisoux in Washington DC. "The treatment has come a long way, from hours upon hours on a machine that could burn a person to quick and painless." Today, the style is back and bigger than ever - but the techniques and formulations have been fine-tuned to make it easy to get whatever kind of curl you're looking for: kinky coils, beachy waves, or even just some added body and bend. Even people with the strai