Originally Posted by
martina12 
In the UK its a 'permanent wave' at the hairdressers..in other words hair in curlers with some sort of 'perm' solution applied which leaves a permanent curl or wave..I am not a hairdresser but there maybe someone here who is better qualified than me to elaborate on a perm!!
Ta M, spot on. I am going to steal this and use this definition in my book.
