Perming short/men's hair

[ColourBoy]

anyone done this before? I've got a client who wants a perm and his hair is about 2 inches long..
what direction would I put the rods in? would it be too fiddly to even attempt?

 

[daydreams01]

Do a brick wind pattern, you will need small rods for hair that length though, may need to use a hair net when rinsing to stop rods falling out! hope I get asked to do a men's perm soon, I love perming but last one I did was years ago! We used to do quite a lot of men's perms in the early ninetys! (showing my age!)


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[KHS]

I never have set ways perm,.. I ask how they normally wear their hair,..
If they have a side parting I will laya couple of the rods in that direction - the back always brick weave.

I find if I perm a set way different to how the client wears it, it will go frizzy and uncontrollable, perm the way their hsir goes

If that made sense lol

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[LAPirate]

Are you perming the full head or just a section? What result do you want? I agree with KHS , directional is usually best on a guy...

 

[ColourBoy]

it's short back and sides and long on top so just the top. wants it curly/wavy.. so just go in the direction it sits?

 

[LAPirate]

it's short back and sides and long on top so just the top. wants it curly/wavy.. so just go in the direction it sits?

I'd directional wind in the direction he wants to wear it.. I'd imagine reds or red/blues would be the largest you'd get a curl from at that length...

 

[KHS]

If he doesn't want it all going back, as it is too short for a definite parting with curls, roll the forehead rod forwards, if he just wants mass of curls, brick weave it or a certain way, direction it

As we've said, find out how her wears it first, because you don't want to send him out looking like a frizzy Hilda Ogden

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[stevensanderson]

Directional wind.

I personally think the curl would be nicer if the hair is around an inch longer. When perming shorter hair, it appears more Afro-like than a defined, natural looking curl.