Unfortunately, we sometimes go through a rough patch and experience serious illnesses, for example, alopecia, stress-induced or hormonal hair loss or other conditions leading to hair thinning. If you are unable to hold back the consequences of a disease, wearing a wig might be the only remedy. What’s interesting, you need the correct maintenance for human hair wigs. What does it involve?
Human hair vs human hair wigs. What makes them different?
Actually, they are quite similar. After all, natural wigs are made of hair given by women. There are a few differences, though, and they determine the way of caring for the wigs. First of all, our natural hair grows, falls out and is replaced by new hair whereas wig hair is the same and thus needs the right protection and conditioning. Note that you shouldn’t heat style your wig! Secondly, human hair is naturally protected by sebum whereas wigs don’t have this type of care.
Care tips for hair wigs
Wigs are like real hair for many people. They aren’t budget and neither are the products for their maintenance. Too bad they often contain artificial substances which don’t have a beneficial effect on the strands. For instance, they include SLS which is not essential for your wig. The products you choose should be tailored to the type of hair that the wig is made of.
How to care for a wig?
Here’s an example for slightly wavy hair wig: if the hair is very dry, apply a hair oil first. Then, rinse the oil, smooth a hair mask over. From time to time, apply keratin treatments and products with milk proteins and cysteine. If you want to use silicones, do it reasonably. Don’t overuse them with the first application and check how your wig reacts. Finally, style the hair as you like it. You can try plopping to enhance the wave.
Hair wig maintenance: sum-up
Make sure you treat your wig gently, use the right products on a regular basis. If your wig hair is curly or wavy, run the fingers through the hair rather than brush or comb it. Remember to apply hair oils designed for highly-porous hair! Plopping works well for styling wig hair.
