Method and apparatus for curling hair

A hair curler consisting essentially of:

• a cylindrical body having ends and an intermediate portion therebetween, said cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis and
• at least one unitary, rigid, removable rod extending through said body along said transverse axis thereof, said rod having a rounded end,
• whereby said rod, when installed, engages the head of the user on one and only one end thereof and thereby secures the curler against counter-rotational motion until removed and
• said hair curler is substantially obscured by the hair of the user when installed.

A hair curler consisting of:

• a cylindrical perforated body having two ends and an intermediate portion therebetween, said intermediate portion having a uniform diameter and said ends being tapered and having multiple protrusions, said cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and a variable diameter such that said body is smaller in the intermediate portion thereof and
• one or more unitary, rigid, removable rods extending through the intermediate portion of said body along said transverse axis thereof, said rods having rounded ends,
• whereby said rod, when installed, said rod engages the head of the user on one end thereof and thereby secures the curler against counter-rotational motion until removed and
• said hair curler is substantially obscured by the hair of the user when installed.

A method for curling hair including the steps of:

• curling hair in a first direction of rotation in a curler consisting of:
• a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis and
• at least one unitary, rigid, removable rod extending through said body along said transverse axis thereof and
• securing said curled hair to the head of a user by inserting said rod through the body of said curler along the transverse axis thereof,
• whereby said rod, when installed, engages the head of the user on one rounded end thereof and thereby secures the curler against counter-rotational motion in a second direction until removed and
• said hair curler is substantially obscured by the hair of the user when installed.