Twice now, MyeongHee has tried to give me a perm. Not a huge curly-ass thing, just some waves. Whatever perm goo she uses on the azummas here to give them the low-maintenance, piled high on top look just doesn’t work on my Caucasian hair.  The best I’ve gotten is a couple of wings around my ears.

The first time she tried it, she left the goo in for about 30 minutes. Almost nothing happened. Just a small lift over the left ear. The second time, she left it in for over an hour – almost twice as long as the normal Korean head. Now I have two wings. Big deal.

Either Asian hair is much different and responds to their goo better than my fine hair, or my hair just doesn’t go perms well. When I got one in Texas, the goo didn’t stay in long, but I got some short-lived waves a la Patrick Swayze in Point Break.

Good thing my girlfriend owns the hair shop and her work doesn’t cost me anything.