Care Of False Hair Pieces

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31412, 4 July 1967, Page 3

Care Of False Hair Pieces

False switches of hair are becoming almost as popular as hats used to be, but few women seem to know how to take care of their false hair.

Wigs can be very expensive, but the price of a switch is within the reach of most and whether you wear yours plaited, twisted, coiled or in a ponytail, to keep it looking like your crowning glory you need to know how to avoid that “dead straw” look.

Whether your switch is made of finest hair, of stronger bleached strands, of a manmade fibre, here are the rules:—

_ Clean the switch every two dr three weeks. Don’t shampoo it, but dry clean it with a spirit cleaner such as carbon tetrachloride (obtainable from a chemist); or give it to your hairdresser to clean and set.

Comb it out gently, starting from the tip of the hair and working to base. This is

particularly important if hair is inclined to matt. If hair has been teased, always comb it out before cleaning. Do not tear the comb through your false hair piece savagely or you will break the hair. Treat it as though it were attached to a sore head.

When the piece has been combed, set and is ready to wear, spray it lightly with a spray tonic to give it a soft sheen like living, healthy hair. If you want to tint your switch, have it done professionally. You tint or highlight a switch in exactly the same way as you would living hair, but great care has to be taken to, avoid damaging the base, or cord, to which the strands are attached. This can be weakened by repeated application of colouring solution. Too much colouring can split ends, too. It might be simpler to colour your hair to match the switch-