Resolved, thank you! Getting mini bonbel type wax out of hair

I googled this and came up with nothing for soft wax like this.  Apparently ice works for hard wax, like candle wax, but I'm dealing with the soft pliable kind.

My 3 year old got a huge chunk of soft wax stuck in his hair right above his forehead, I don't know where he got it from, but it appears to be the type that is wrapped around the mini bonbel cheeses.  I was able to remove the bulk of it manually, but there is a LOT of wax residue in there, and it is sticky as hell.  What is the least traumatic way of removing it?  Unfortunately he is 3, so things like repeatedly washing his hair count as traumatic.  Is there anything that can help remove it while still being gentle on his skin?  Will olive oil work, or will that just add to the mess.  Is the poor baby just going to end up with a buzz cut?

I might try a hair dryer to melt it and then try combing it out.

You could try olive oil or other vegetable oil.  (from experience, oil is useful for pine pitch and adhesive from stickers; usual advice for chewing gum in hair is peanut butter, also oily)  

Good luck, hope you don't have to cut it out.  But a buzz cut is cute too, and summer is coming.

mjc said:
You could try olive oil or other vegetable oil.  (from experience, oil is useful for pine pitch and adhesive from stickers; usual advice for chewing gum in hair is peanut butter, also oily)  

Good luck, hope you don't have to cut it out.  But a buzz cut is cute too, and summer is coming.

 He's blond (no idea where he gets it from, both my husband and myself are brunettes    ) and a certain family member who will not be named makes a fuss if his blond hair is too short because they claim he "looks like a skinhead."  Yeah, a little 3 y/o neo Nazi, ok   

I'll try the hair dryer first, he *might* sit still for that

He made it clear he wasn't going to sit still for the hair dryer.  Before going to olive oil I tried VO5 de-tangler with a fine toothed comb.  It took some doing to keep him still, but it worked. 

I appreciate the discretion...

(Oops - did I type that out loud?)

It’s just that he’s cute as a bug in hair - most mammals are