A perm is a chemical decision that repeats an S down a section of hair. The wave is often more even than curls you inherited, because a rod does not care about the cowlick halfway down the strand. People asking what would I look like with a perm usually want that evenness: a pattern, not a cloud. This page tries to draw the pattern. It does not run the curly-hair control, and it does not pretend to be a salon ticket.
A prompt, because there is no perm setting
Hair-change has no perm value to send. It does have a wavy_hair value. We do not use that. Wavy hair in that enum is a different control, and pointing it at a perm question would be a quiet substitution. Bald edits and this one share a model instead: google/nano-banana-2.1/edit on fal, at a vendor rate of $0.0336 (Google's 1K list), which is not what you pay. The prompt asks for regular roller-set waves, and it asks to keep the face, the clothes, the background, and the approximate length.
Roller-set means a repeating width: S shapes that start and end near the same height. Genetic curl is allowed to be messy. A perm picture that looks like that mess has drifted toward the Curly hair filter. If our wave looks like loose curls, the prompt under-specified the roller. Compare the two pages. Neither is a slider on the other.
Length is approximate on purpose. A real perm can spring up a little. It should not turn a bob into waist-length hair or cut a long style into a wavy pixie. When the length category jumps, ignore the waves in that file. If you need the short version, start from a photo already near that length, or read the result beside the Short hair filter.
What "even" looks like when it is fake
Uniform does not mean plastic. A believable roller pattern still has a few waves that refuse to match, especially near a cowlick or behind the ear. The failure mode is the opposite of the curly page's frizz halo. Here the model draws identical chrome ripples, each the same width, with a highlight running along every crest like a cartoon. Hair does not polish itself into corrugated metal. If you could trace one S and stamp it across the head, the regularity is the generator, not the chemistry.
The face is the part worth protecting while you look at those waves. We ask for it to stay, along with skin tone. A perm does not narrow a jaw or lift a brow. Color should stay in the range of the photo. Warm waves painted onto black hair, or a surprise blonde, means the edit started redesigning. This is not a color page.
Roots matter. A roller set can leave the first inch calmer than the ends, especially if the hair is fine and the rod never got close to the scalp. The model sometimes starts the S at the hairline in a perfect arc, which lifts the root into a bump no roller would leave without a lot of teasing. That bump changes how tall the forehead looks. If the forehead "shrunk," check for a wave that begins too high and stands off the scalp.
Photos and the chemical thing this is not
Photograph the hair dry and worn the way you actually leave the house. A wet comb-down shows length and hides the wave your hair already has, so the model piles a second pattern on top of a slick shape. A bun hides the ends, which is where a perm shows its rod size. Shoulders in frame. No scarf compressing the outline into a tube the model will then ripple.
You will not get rod sizes, processing time, or a warning about breakage. Nothing here is a formula. Hair that is already bleached, or already curly, reacts to a real perm in ways a prompt cannot smell. If your hair is damaged, the picture of shiny even waves is the least honest thing on the screen. Use it to see the pattern on your face. Do not use it to decide that your hair can take the chemicals.
The checkbox reads "This is me and I am 18 or older." Adult faces only. Files that are empty, over 8 MB, or under a 256-pixel short edge never reach the model. Neither does a missing checkbox. A missing key fails without a charge.
The unpaid image, once, if you are logged out: 800 pixels on the long edge, diagonal EASYFACE watermark, remembered with IP and cookie. No refill the next day. No credits for signing up. HD without the mark costs 1 credit when the image succeeds, and a failed generation returns that credit or skips the free proof. How to use the perm filter is the sequence of buttons. The rest of the cuts are on Hairstyles. Face blur stays in the browser when the frame is not only you.
FAQ
What would I look like with a perm if I already have curls?
Like a fight between two patterns, unless the prompt wins and replaces yours with even S-waves. A real perm on curly hair is a chemical question this photo cannot answer. If the file keeps your clumps and adds ripples, it did not commit to the roller set.
Why isn't this the curly hair button?
Because curly hair is an enum on a different model, and perm is not a value we can send there. wavy_hair exists on that enum and we leave it unused. This page is a prompt for roller-set waves.
The waves look like loose curls. Did the perm work?
Maybe not. Compare the file with the curly page on the same photo. If you cannot tell them apart, this run missed the regular S and landed in curl territory. That is a miss, not a subtype.
Will my length stay?
We ask for approximate length. A small spring-up is plausible. A new length category is not. Discard a file that grows you a ponytail or cuts you to the ear.
Can the wave be uneven on purpose?
A little uneven is more believable. Stamp-identical ripples are the fake kind of even. There is no control for "messy perm" versus "salon perm." You get the prompt's single try. Last updated: 2026-10-08.
Last updated 2026-10-08.

