Gum in my hair: any good ways to get it out?

Question

I don't have a whole wad, just a little piece clumping a little chunk of hair together.

Does anyone have any ways to get it out before I use scisors?

Answer 1

I was a very hairy kid. As a joke my brother and his friend put a big wad of chewing gum on the back of my leg while I was sleeping. We ended up pulling it off bit by bit and eventually I had to shave a portion of my leg to remove all the gum. After the fact people began to give me tips on how to remove gum from hair. Some that I can remember were using peanutbutter, oil, and butter. My sister always used two ice cubes, and its always worked. Anyway... here's the methods:

Peanut Butter Method
If the gum is in a small amount of the hair, just apply peanut butter or all over the area and mix it in until it comes out. Then just take a shower to wash out the peanut butter.
If the gum is spread out, use more peanut butter, or if it is not near your scalp, use ice.



Ice Method
Ice it for about fifteen minutes and it should have hardened enough to just take it off.



Cold Cream Method
Apply cold cream to it. It will disappear quickly.



Vaseline Method
Fill your hair with vaseline.
Spread the vaseline around the area of the gum.
Take a wide tooth comb and comb the gum and most of the vaseline out of your hair.

Answer 2

Well, my mother used to put some floor cleaning liquid called lestoil. It worked pretty well. Also try the peanut butter, I've never done this but think about it, if it doesn't work just eat it and you'll at least feel happy and peanut-buttery. I love peanut butter

Answer 3

well, isolate the bit of hair that is captured by the gum, and use any of the following:
goo-b-gone
turn air in a can upside down and make sure it doesn't hit your skin
or get a nice little product that removes gum from floors by freezing it, which is the same thing the air in a can upside down does.
that or you can try to freeze it out. put icecubes on it and when it's frozen enough try to pull out as much as you can

Answer 4

I haven't tried it but I've heard that mineral oil can help you to gently work it out of the hair. It'd take some time to do because the oil has to get between the gum and the hair bit by bit.

Answer 5

well supposedly rubbing peanut butter right over the gum will help it come out. but i prefer using ice a little ice will harden it and u can just break it out of your hair. with out pain and it usually works just fine that way.

Answer 6

Definitely peanut butter!

Answer 7

Gojo hand cleaner with lanolin is the best thing I have used. (I have raised 4 children in case you were wondering .) Any hand cleaner with lanolin will work. The lanolin makes your hair soft. I used to use Downey fabric softener on my hair when it was shoulder length. It works better than conditioner!

Answer 8

Peanut butter and wash out afterwards. or just try scraping out with fork or somethin

Answer 9

Definitely use peanut butter

Answer 10

Peanut Butter , or Ice will work