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They’re dropping advice from ChatGPT—aka “Chat”—as if the OpenAI bot is their most trusted consigliere, counseling on everything from business strategy to whether you should let your friend get a perm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

"My fringe keeps receding and won't stay up, so I can't get a perm or use wax properly," says Lee Won-woo, 33, who lives in North Chungcheong province.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

“Mrs. Carter put a perm in my hair in ‘79.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

"He looks better. Much cooler in terms of perm and with regard to chain."

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

Then he smiled at me wistfully and went to sit by a girl with braces and a bad perm.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

She ate more black beans, lathered her scalp with French soap and opted for root perms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

Gone were the fluffy perms that are the definers of K-pop stardom - here instead were "eggheads", anonymised buzzcuts of soldiers on the frontline.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023

Henson started getting perms when she was 6 years old, but as she grew up, she became more conscious about keeping her hair healthy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

Only chemical treatments like perms or straightening can change these bonds.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

Today was supposed to be special, because TJ had learned how to do perms at school, and he was going to give me one as a birthday present.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Huddleston likes to get her hair permed and, according to her daughter, “remember what it was like when Dad was here.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

One way he did this was to save money on haircuts by getting his locks permed.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021

Asawa’s mother got her hair permed for the first time and socialized with the other women at the camp, activities her hardscrabble farm life never allowed.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020

If all that is happening on the street, why not sit back and have your eyelashes permed while taking a break from your shopping?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2018

And somehow, even though I’ve cut bangs and permed my hair over the years, I haven’t been able to chop it off.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Then, at a salon, an aesthetician cleans them with a degreasing solution, and a perming gel is applied to break down the existing bonds in the hair.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

She said most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2020

Most beauty schools focus on salon safety and sanitation, and the use of heat styling tools and chemicals for straightening, coloring, perming and relaxing.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2020

The owner, Hatice Utku, is perming the hair of a woman who looks unusually sombre.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2014

I told her this while I was perming and cutting her hair, because when you’re a hairdresser you have to chat with the customers and make them feel good and act like everything is toasty.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride