How I Trim the Lace on My Wigs (if Necessary) & How to Prevent the Lace from Fraying 

Thank you for your in-depth tutorial, Michelle. You have quickly become my favourite wig RU-vidr. I trust your reviews and advice. I am fairly new to wearing wigs and need to trim my Zara Lite so I will follow your hints & tips. I used your video to learn how to re-style my United wig away from my face using my steamer. I look forward to all your videos. 💕

Thankful for taking the time for this video-so helpful.

Michele, this is very helpful. I have never trimmed the lace on my wigs but I cannot imagine the pinking shears being feasible. I have some sharp German small pointed scissors that will work well for this. Some wig companies recommend rubbing the lace front hairs to make the lace "melt", as you said, into the skin and the fibers to stand up but that worries me for the reasons you stated of damaging or stretching the lace. I wouldn't even worry about the longevity of these pieces (despite how expensive they are) if it weren't for the fact that sometimes the style or color are discontinued. So, I try to keep the ones I have in perfect condition. That said, I have a Heidi from 2013 whose monotop and lace are still flawless and I notice the higher quality of that wig overall, compared to more recent Jon Renau and Raquel Welch units. I am hoping they come out with a lace that can more easily be trimmed at home. Meanwhile, I am going to follow your guidance. Thank you!! 💖

I like your voice. I used to use pinking shears very expensive shears BUT I now use a fine embroidery shear and it’s working better.

I love your idea for marking! I did have my first wig start to fray, and it was one that was never trimmed. I forgot to remove my adhesive! Thanks for your wonderful videos!

Thank you so much for this video! No one else has shown it like this and its the only thing that will make my wig blend in with my hairline! :)

Hi!!! I got the 2 wigs and I really like them. But my husband said I looked dumb. So I won’t wear them. But thank u for letting me think I would look pretty .

Awesome !! Thanks so much … I’ve searched high and low on the Internet and have not found something of this descriptive for trimming my lace and I have ruined several of my $4000 John Va no lace front wigs because I just wasn’t sure how to trim them 😢

Thank you so much, Michelle! The lace on my Miranda Lite was so deep my forehead wrinkle was moving it every time I raised my eyebrows. Apparently I do that a bunch! It was also on top of my hairline at the ear tabs. It didn’t look seamless; now it does. THANKS!!

Thank you. i'm new to this and now I cant wait to trim some of that scratchy annoying extra lace from my Julianne Lite!

I just purchased three lace front wigs. Love them and LOVED your presentation. You were very helpful- thank you.

What a great tutorial. Very detailed. I find my lace front shows up in the sun and am self conscious about wearing it. I think l will try and cut back more lace, hopefully it will work. Thanks for all this information.

Great video. Thanks so much!

Pinking shears don’t stop any fabrics from fraying. A clear glue like substance found in fabric stores called Fray Check does, however. Also you can use a flexible fabric glue. Brush it on the wrong side of your lace front (make sure not to let any hair on the right side get glue on them), you don’t want to glue the hairs together.

Thank you for these tips for cutting lace fronts. I have had good luck using pinking shears. However, the idea of using a white eyeliner pencil to mark a line by which to cut, is great! I’m definitely going to try it!

Thank you for posting this demonstration how to trim lace. It's very helpful.

Thank you so much!!! Great video on trimming lace!!! I’ve watched a bunch of these and yours was the most informative and definitely helpful!!❤❤

😮 I didn't know we could trim this lace. I didn't think it was trimmable since it was so firm, unlike non mono tops.

Beautiful wig suits you a lot. Thank you for the tips ❤

This was very helpful, thanks!

Thanks for that, I've ordered my wig and I'm nervous of cutting it.x

Such a pretty colour on you!!

I never thought about using any kind of eye pencil to make my marks! I have a pair of Fiskars that are foldable embroidery scissors that I bought for such reasons. Thank you for your videos, they are good! Also, I really like that wall treatment to your left!

That helped me, I think I have damaged lace right in the front of my wig, the wig came that way and I’m so new to wearing a wig I never noticed it until a few days ago. I’m hoping I can fix it to be some better. Thanks

Thanks! It was a very helpful video.

Fantastic!

You have made my day. I was unaware trimming the lace to match my bio line, I have gorgeous wigs but was fearful of wearing them away from my face, So excited to follow this, where do you all find your wig stands?, my deceased mother had foam ones, I cannot find them. I have 23 wigs.

So helpful ❤Thank You 😊

Thank you!!❤ Looks great!!

Great video... thank you... did trimming the lace change the comfort of the wig... did it change the circumstance or make the wig feel like it's going to slip off? Thank you

I find that my synthetic wig feels hot. I have taken it off in the car on my way home from work. Does this lite Collection feel cooler?

Thank you you are absolutely fabulous. However isn’t the lace still distinguishable?

Great. Im in.

Gracias Michelle

Michele, how do you cut around the ear tabs of a human hair wig? Could you make a video on how to? The wig i purchased is a little too big for my head, the ear tabs are covering my ears.

Do you color your bio hair to match your wigs?

I really appreciate your video - but I noticed right away that the lace on the wig you are wearing is a different color from your skin and it creates quite a contrast (but i'm still watching your video and perhaps you are going to trim that away. TY so much for creating this vide - this is something i'm trying to learn

Hello there. My name is Abby from imwigs. We would like to work with you on a wig collaboration. How can I get in touch with you?

The hairline looks very unnatural and you can tell it’s a wig. You need to pluck out a bunch of hair along this straight edged hairline, and also create some baby hairs with scissors or a razor. It’ll look great then.