How to Remove Lace Glue from Wig?
Your lace wig glue is an essential part of creating your perfect hairstyle. Its main function is to stick the lace wig to your scalp and keep the lace wig in place without letting it fall and move.
However, when you wear the wig for some time and you need to take it off, replace the wig or wash your hair, are you worried: about how to take off the wig smoothly without destroying the edge of the wig, or praying for a thousand wouldn’t it hurt your hair or break your hair?
It turns out that when you understand the process of how to remove wig gel from your hair, you no longer have to worry about how to safely and smoothly remove the wig on your head. The dissolution mechanism of wig removal is not very complicated, Cantik gives you a simple, safe, and effective guide to remove lace wig adhesive.
How to Safely and Effectively Remove Lace Glue?
You should never do it casually when you want to remove a lace wig from your head. If you’re not careful, you can damage your expensive lace wig, or in severe cases, your hair, or even your scalp. This is a painful situation and we hope you never go through it.
So it’s important to be careful when learning how to remove lace wigs. Follow our guide and you will have no trouble getting the job done.
- Tie your hair
If you’re wearing a long lace wig, tie it into a ponytail so you can see the edges of your lace and avoid getting a wig remover on the wig.
For short lace wigs, you can use bobby pins to secure the sides of the wig to the top of your head, which will give you a clear view of the edges and prevent the glue from dripping onto the wig and damaging the wig fibers.
- Do a skin test in advance
Before using the wig to remove the glue, it’s a good idea to test your skin’s sensitivity with a small amount of glue. We sincerely recommend that you apply a small amount on your wrist, wait 10-20 minutes, once an allergic reaction occurs, such as itchy skin, redness, or even small red spots, wash the skin immediately until it is clean, and finally use alcohol Sterilize it and throw it away. If no adverse reaction occurs, continue to use the wig remover on the hairline.
- Remove the lace wig from back to front
Many people remove lace wigs from the front to the back, and as a result, the hair may be pulled, causing pain and damage to the wig. Therefore, it is best to remove lace wigs from back to front.
- Be light and patient
Although with wig gel, the edges leave the scalp after a while, that doesn’t mean you can just take the wig straight off your head. Lace wigs don’t simply slip off with a pull when you use the solvent, Instead, you may need to carefully pull on a small section of the wing so as not to tear the delicate edge.
So please be very careful throughout the process. If you’re getting impatient with the process, remind yourself that you’ve already spent quite a bit of money on a wig, and it’s expensive to replace and repair.
- Cleanse the skin
When you take the wig off, you need to wash the wig glue from the scalp. After all, clean skin, healthy scalp, and hair will make lace wigs last longer.
- Clean the wig
If you have been wearing a wig for a while, you must wash and condition your wig with a sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner, because with prolonged wear, your wig may also get dusty, the shampoo is sulfate-free Salt, you can avoid damage to your wig.
Wet the wig first, then apply shampoo, wash the wig like you would wash your hair, then rinse off with water, then apply the conditioner to the wig while avoiding the scalp of the wig. Let stand for two minutes, then rinse again.
- Dry Lace Wigs
After washing and caring for your lace wig, let it air dry on a wig stand. After drying, use a comb to remove tangles or knots, keep the wig looking frizz-free, and use it again.
