Q&A for How to Get Gum Out of Your Hair

Walk into any restaurant, fast food place, or gas station with a soda fountain, and ask for an ice cube. Then go to the restroom and put the ice on your hair until it hardens, then you should be able to remove it.

Wait until you are on break, then go to your school's health office and ask for an ice cube. Place the ice cube on the gum, and wait until the gum hardens enough for you to pull off. This may take about 15 minutes.

Dissolving products and ice are good for getting gum off of other items. Ice is a painful process to get gum out of your hair, but it works very well for hard objects. You can also purchase a freezing spray at a home improvement store. After you freeze the gum, you can chip it off with a butter knife. A baking soda paste is best for soft objects that might get stained by the oil in lubricants.

The longer you leave it in, the more it will harden and the more difficult (and painful) it will be to remove.

If you burn it out, you risk losing your hair. Don't burn it out, because if the fire catches onto your hair, it won't be good.

Use any of the methods above, except freezing. It may be more difficult and/or more painful.

No, it shouldn't be any harder to do any of these methods on a boy's hair.

Using shampoo will not generally help get gum out of your hair because it won't dissolve or loosen it.

Yes, you may have to resort to cutting it.

This risks ruining your hairstyle. If you are at this stage of wanting to deal with it, see a hairdresser.

Resort to using the ice cube method to getting it out. Mayonnaise will also work to get the gum out.

No, it won't likely do anything but make the gum stickier and more difficult to manage.

With the ice, maybe 15-20 minutes. Maybe 5-10 for the other methods, depending on how fast you are and how much gum is caught in the hair.

Yes.

Rubbing alcohol or mayonaise work, too.

You won't need scissors. Apply ice to the gum for a few minutes and comb the dried gum out. Otherwise, get a hairdressor to take it out proffesionally.

Yes, it will act as a lubricant. Like olive oil, the gum will slip out (or use a comb).

You can resort to cutting it, but make sure you have an experienced friend to help you.

Spread peanut butter or mayo on it, then take a shower.

Nothing. It probably won't work, but use it after other methods to get rid of the strong smells.

Slowly pull the gum out and wash the excess out. If it’s still there, use one of these methods above or cut it.

Do it at night. All this method consists of is putting products on your hair and pulling/combing it out.

It depends on your personal preference, but any of the methods should work just fine to get the gum out of your hair.

Peanut butter is your best bet. Rub some on and it’ll get the gum out. Oil might work, depending on how bad it is.

Just put ice on it and slowly take it out. Then wash your hair really well.

Cashew and almond butter also work, unless they're chunky. If you use chunky, the chunks will get in your hair and will be stuck with the gum.

Pull over at a gas station or restaurant that has a soda fountain. Harden the gum in your hair and gently remove it.

There should be a restaurant or somewhere to stop. Ask for ice and remove the gum in the bathroom.

Since the layer of "skin" in a bubble from bubblegum is thin, you should be able to take it out with hand soap, shampoo, or water. After washing, you can comb it out after.

No, not yet. See if you have ice cubes or ice chips. Wrap a paper towel around the ice. Carefully lift the portion of hair with the gum and put the ice underneath the hair, so you're icing the gum. The gum should get hardened (you may need to retry the ice several times). Carefully try to use a comb but start combing from the ends until you reach the hardened gum. Try working it downward with the comb. If the gum is still gooey or tacky, you should try the ice longer. It helps to have another person help with combing. Remember not to lie on that section while any gum remains in the hair.