Is there anything wrong with men wearing hair curlers in private or public?

Question

I am a man with fine hair who likes to look as good as I can. I have had my hair permed and it looks good for four - six weeks but then the perm starts to grow out. My hair stylist suggested setting my hair on small curlers which she did. The result was good and I have continued to set my hair. Some people think I am crazy and it has been suggested that curling a mans hair like that is "not right!" On occasion I have been seen in public with curlers in my hair and there have been some rude remarks and lots of strange looks. So the question is - What is wrong with men wearing hair curlers and what is wrong about going out in public with curlers in a man's hair?

Answer 1

if its good for your hair and you want to look your best keep on roller setting your hair, There is nothing to say that it is illegal or wrong for a man to set his hair in the privacy of his own home or in a salon, However it is socially frowned upon for a women let alone a man to be seen in public wearing hair rollers

also due to stereotyping most men and women would view a man wearing rollers in public as being either effeminate or gay and therefore you will attract rude remarks and strange looks as people are not used to seeing you in rollers.

Please note I do not know of anywhere in usa , canada and europe that it is illegal to wear rollers in public.

But if you ever visit bermuda you will find that it is unacceptable to wear rollers in public there

Answer 2

Men In Curlers

Answer 3

I saw a lady walking down the street with curlers in her hair and it was, well, weird. It should be kept for home or the hairdressers. There is nothing wrong with setting your hair to make it look good. Don't worry what other people tell you!! Be proud of your hair! (Just don't wear curlers out in public...)

Answer 4

My mother wore curlers, I would wear hair rollers in bed. Curlers is a word that my mother used to use back in the late 50's early 60's. This is not doing my street cred any good admitting to going to bed with rollers in my hair!

Answer 5

It's not wrong to go out in curlers some women do it too. Back in the 80's a lot of guys had perms and curls and it was common to see a man in hair rollers out on the street.

Answer 6

There is nothing wrong with a man wearing curlers. if you like the results you get I say go for it. I think that anybody, male or female, would get strange looks going out in public with curlers.

Answer 7

Hey, what's wrong with a curling iron? Curlers?? Didn't they go out with the dark ages? Even the beauty shops did away with the hair dryers and curlers...is your beautician like in her 80's? Get a curling iron, silly.

Answer 8

If you want your hair to look good later, then wear rollers outside. I do all the time and I know men that does the very same thing. It's better to hear that your hair looks great, than what happened to your hair?

Answer 9

I set my hair or a friend does regularly. I do not go out in public with my hair in rollers, but do while working in the yard or getting the mail -- sometimes while driving to work if my hair is not dry. I get no negative responses, but I am sure it would be possible to be privative.

More men would like it if they tried it.

Answer 10

Men generally aren't vain enough to put that much time into their hair, so it is kinda strange. You should NEVER wear curlers out in public whether you're a man or a woman.