How To Dry Hair Extensions Of Different Types And Textures?

The maintenance of hair extensions is very easy. Just need to learn some right ways to do it. One of the trickiest part where you can actually make and break the look of your extensions when you are washing them and drying them. If you dry them in the wrong manner, it could lead to frizziness, tangles, hair breakage, and loss the shine. So you need to just take care of how you are drying your hair extensions so that not only do they retain the texture but still have a good look and look clean and perfect.
Well, this blog is going to teach you how to dry your hair extensions of different types and lengths. So, let’s jump right away.

Firstly, we will talk about the different kinds of hair extensions that you wash and the right technique to dry them.

If you want to dry your clip-ins you should use the air drying method. After washing them, gently squeeze out the remaining water with the help of a microfiber towel. Make sure you’re not rubbing the towel against your extensions but just dabbing them. Put your damp hair extensions flat on the clean towel and let them air dry. If you want to drive them faster, put them in a clip hanger and let them dry naturally. Try to avoid blow dryers to have a longer shelf life for your clip-in hair extensions. But if you really want to make them dry in minutes, go for a cool setting at a blow dryer and give it a shot. But make sure it is not your regular habit.

The tape-in hair extensions have adhesive at the beginning, so you have to make sure that while trying, you do not apply any method that affects the glue of your tape-in hair extensions and makes it all bad. So make sure that once you have washed your hair, you are not using a towel roughly near the adhesive tape and try to keep it untouched as much as possible. It is required to use a blow dryer at a low heat setting that directs the airflow in a downward direction so the cuticles are smooth. The most important thing that you have to take care of is that your hair extensions are completely dried before you jump off to bed. Otherwise, your hair extensions might slip off.

You have to be sure that when you are drying your human hair extensions, they are completely dry because even if they are left a bit damp, there are very strong chances that you can create a buildup underneath, and it could lead to fungal infections later. So, after washing your hair, you need to dab on your scalp with a dry towel to remove the moisture. Then, use a blow dryer on a low heat setting and point towards your head so that the moisture is soaked in. Once your roots and tracks are completely dried, try to keep your hair exposed to air for air drying. This way, your hair will stay good for the longest time and no chances of undue dampness, and adorable will happen.

The best way to keep your wigs dry after washing is to let them air dry. If you are using a blow dryer with extensive heat, it could lose the hair from the lace, and it might start falling out. So, after putting them out of the water, lay them on a microfiber towel. Then, put it on a wig stand and let it dry. You can also use blower dryer only if necessary and make sure you’re doing it on a cool setting, especially if there are synthetic or remix human hair wigs. You can also apply a heat protectant after the wash so that the frizziness does not happen to your wigs and tarnish the quality.

In the section above, we learn how to dry different types of hair extensions. Now let’s talk about how to deal with hair drying of different kinds of textures. Well, you can apply this method to your natural hair as well.