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🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 morePerm A chemical or thermal treatment that sets permanent waves or curls into the hair.Styled · Curly hair · 1872 WorldDread perming A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.Styled · Straight hair 🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreDigital perm Heat-set waves that look best when dry.Curls · Any hair

🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960 🇺🇸 United StatesSpiral perm A chemical treatment creating tight, vertical curls using rods.Curls · Curly hair

🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBroccoli haircut Tapered sides with curly, layered top hair.Cut · Curly hair · 2018 🇿🇦 South AfricaBantu knots Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.Styled · Curly hair

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Broccoli haircut: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, source
Perm: Louis Calvete, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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