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Absolutely everything Zummarrad said and I'll add one note; with fine, straight hair you not only have to perm it tighter to get noticeable results, but when it grows out you then *have* to have the roots done or it will look way too flat. Perms on fine straight hair work better with layers - curl lasts longer and overall less damage or at least not as noticeable. If you love the length of your hair, I would NOT perm. Go for 3/4 synthetic hairpieces (category is "fall") or even a clip on synthetic ponytail. Try "wigs.com" - I love the "Wig Pro" brand and they have lots of fairly reasonable ($75 - $120) pieces. You should buy their "color wheel" sample first to get a good color match to hairpiece since your own hair will be showing.
My hair is baby fine, very layered medium length curly permed and semi-permanently colored and every hairdresser I've ever been to says that keeping it in shorter layers is what is allowing me to do this much to my hair. I like what curls do for my face; I just get either 3/4 curly falls or curly ponytails that match my hair color (dark auburn) and people can't even tell it's a hairpiece. The only reason I don't wear a full wig is that it's too hot!
I also do not think it's worth it to invest in a "real" human hair piece - the synthetics are so good now there is no reason to pay $400. Also, synthetics are lighter weight and easier to care for than the human hair ones.
Besides "Wig Pro" another very high quality synthetic wig is "Rene of Paris" but they tend to run anywhere from $25 to $50 more. I have a couple and they are awesome.
My hair is in great condition; curly, colored and layered so well that I basically slap on some shampoo, leave-in conditioner, a bit o' gel and run out the door to class, "fluffing" with fingers once in a while. I'm just waaaaaay too lazy to deal with curling irons, rollers and can't imagine having to "deal" with blow drying my hair every time I shampoo which is every other day due to oily scalp.
Hope this helps, unless you can do at least some long layers, I hate to see you risk damaging all that length of straight hair with a perm that would have to be pretty curly to have much effect. And the touch-ups would have to be "root perms" a couple times a year and while cheaper than full perm, it ain't THAT cheap.
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