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Can we talk about how everyone says you have to use a 1/4 inch section for perms
A stylist at a Charlotte salon told me my sections were too big for a body wave, so I switched to a 1/2 inch and the curl pattern actually held better on coarse hair, has anyone else found this?
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davis.noah6mo ago
Is the quarter-inch rule really that serious? I've seen stylists get so hung up on it, but hair isn't a math problem. My friend with thick hair always got limp perms until someone used bigger sections, and it worked way better. Sometimes the textbook method just doesn't fit real people.
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mason336mo ago
But hair isn't a math problem is exactly why the rule exists, to give you a starting point that works for most people before you change it.
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brooke_hernandez6mo ago
Actually the rule is more like a guideline than a strict starting point. A good stylist should know when to break it. Like with your friend's thick hair, bigger sections make sense because the perm solution can't penetrate a thick, dense section evenly. Same with fine hair, you might go smaller. The textbook gives you the "why" so you know how to change it for real people.
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