Bleaching would be a good start. I believe the Celts used to use lime in their hair to make it stand up, and I would guess that that would also whiten it.
> "Perms" are a modern invention and involve, as far
> as I know, a
> chemical process. (Yet another use for trollking
> urine?)
Since the chemical process seems to involve ammonia, that seems quite likely.
Yet rennaissance and later hairdos were *very* elaborate, so it must be possible somehow with pre-modern methods. I have a few friends who may know, as they re-enact that sort of period, but I gather that what they themselves do is have short hair and a wig :(
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