Anyone wearing a wig for a long period of time will give you the T on wearing wigs, one of the horror stories that you hear more often than not is that they began losing their edges. This is common and it is a right and wrong way to wear wigs, the right way will protect your edges the wrong way, well you know the rest. Let’s explore the right way.
Let’s clarify that edges are exactly that the edge of your hairline all the way around your head from the front circling around to the back and coming around to the front of again, the full circumference of your head and her line. With that being said here are a few ways to protect your edges from being damaged while wearing a wig.
How to Protect Your Edges When wearing Wigs
Wear a wig cap: wearing a wig cap is really underestimated as generally speaking we think that they just protect the hair on the top of our heads, but they also protect the edges from being worn and having to Endure friction over and over while wearing your wig. Of course, if you’re wearing a wig depending on the type you may also be applying glue, applying the glue to the wig cap instead of the heretic cell actually protects the hair from much unneeded damage
Wear a glue-less wig: yes there are such things as wigs that do not require glue, as stated in the above wig cap solution glue can really destroy your hair especially overtime. Glue used for an extended period of time when it comes to wigs leaves us in the position of ultimately making a big chop and starting over. Glue less wigs can look just as natural if not more natural than traditional wigs and instead of using glue in the elastic band is used in order to keep the wig tight and secure.
How to Protect Your Edges When wearing Wigs
Where a wig grip: with the same concept as and we kept a weak grip it’s more like a headband and it prevents the wig from slipping back and forth when wearing. It limits the friction on the edges when wearing wigs and hold your edges backward, so your edges are not tangled into the wig itself. I think we grip is the ultimate protector and I use it personally with great results.
These three solutions will help to protect your edges and mine when wearing wigs. Wearing wigs is wonderful experience however let’s not lose what we worked so hard to grow just to be stylish temporarily.