Do Human Hair Wigs Damage Your Natural Hair?

14 May, 2023
WentaoHu

Nowadays, more and more women are trying human hair wigs to get their favorite natural hair appearance. Human hair wigs are high-quality wigs, which are more durable and more natural than synthetic hair. Human hair wigs are also not easy to tangle and easy to maintain.

Human hair wigs are comfortable to wear and breathable, which can protect your natural hair and help it grow. However, human hair wigs can also do some harm to your natural hair, which is mainly reflected in your wrong selection of wigs, improper installation, removal and failure to maintain your wig and so on. In today’s blog, you will learn how human hair wigs can hurt your natural hair and how to avoid it.

How human hair wigs damage your natural hair?

1. The choice of wig

The wig is too small

The size of the wig is too small, and when you put on the wig, you will press your natural hair too tight, which will cause your natural hair to not breathe well and cause friction damage.

Fake human hair wigs

The human hair wigs you bought is not real. You chose a bad shop with bad reputation and were cheated. Poor quality wigs often have an unpleasant chemical smell and wearing them for a long time will harm your natural hair. You should confirm the ear reputation and wig quality of the wig shop before you buy it.

Glue wig

Choose the wig installed with glue. Glue will hurt your natural hairline. If you use too much glue or use inferior glue, it will easily lead to thinning and heightening of hairline.

2. Selection of hair care products

Inferior glue

If the glue you choose is inferior, then although you have installed your wig, it is harmful to your hairline and hurts your natural hair.

Alcohol-containing remover

If you choose glue remover containing alcohol to take off your wig, it will do harm to your natural hairline and skin.

3. Installation of wig

You didn’t wear a wig cap when you installed it, which will hurt your natural hair in some cases. The wig has a certain protective effect
When you fix your wig, it is too tight, which prevents natural hair from breathing better.
You overuse glue or use inferior glue to install wigs.

4. Removal of wig

You have used a remover harmful to scalp and hairline, which is too irritating.
When you remove the wig, pull it hard, do it gently without care and patience, and take it off in a hurry, which will hurt your natural hair.
You didn’t ensure the cleanliness and neatness of your wig, and a dirty wig will also have a bad influence on your natural hair.
You wear wigs too often. Wearing wigs for a long time will hurt your head and natural hair. You need to rest your wigs and make your natural hair more breathable and cleaner.