From a medical point of view, ingrown hairs are not dangerous, but often cause redness, pus-filled sores, hyper- pigmentation, and even small scars.
If you have noticed ingrown hairs on the skin, primarily change the way you do the hair removal.
You’ll need to a small break, do not wax the hairs until the inflammation is reduced. When you resume the procedure, work in the direction of hair growth.
It may take a little more time, but this way you will reduce the existing inflammation.
Waxing is not recommended in case of ingrown hairs.
In this procedure, the hair is removed in the opposite direction of their growth, which often breaks and distorts them, leading to inflammation and irritation, which ultimately leads to growth of hairs under the skin.
The best, quickest and easiest way to obtain a smooth skin is still shaving with a razor blade.
Also, in the struggle with ingrown hairs, the regular exfoliating of the skin with a sponge or special gloves is highly helpful.
When removing the coarse part of the skin, ingrown hairs are closer to the skin surface and after some time they can be removed.
You can do this by yourself at home. Steam the skin with warm wet compresses of chamomile or calendula tea.
After that, grasp the hair with a clean needle and remove it with tweezers. Clean the wound with alcohol.
Regular exfoliation prevents further ingrown hairs. After the peeling, do not forget to apply moisturizing cream or lotion.
To achieve visible results, this peeling should be carried out every day. As a variant of home peeling, you can use a mixture of olive oil and sea salt, yogurt and salt or sugar, coffee, etc. Gentle massage with the prepared body scrub and apply it to the body with a cotton glove.
Every day, before and after shaving, treat your skin with a peeling with any fermented products (yogurt, kefir, sour milk, etc. with salt, sugar, coffee or oats).
Such piling provides fast, smooth shave, without additional irritation (in bikini area) and without the need to pull the razor twice on the skin.
After the hair removal procedure, use anti-inflammatory and soothing agents, for instance, tincture of calendula, vegetable glycerin or ichthyol ointment.
If you again did something wrong and caused skin irritation and redness -- take two aspirin tablets and mix them with glycerin, lubricate the skin and the redness will disappear immediately (this is advice from a dermatologist).
To avoid the occurrence of ingrown hairs after the hair removal, follow these simple steps:
- before the procedure, take a shower with hot water. The skin gets steamed, the hairs become softer and easier to remove;
- thoroughly clean the skin before waxing and do the above peeling of the skin, which removes dead cells and prevent ingrown hairs;
- do the waxing in the direction of hair growth;
- after waxing, use the above treatments to soothe the skin;
- exfoliate the skin on a daily basis;
- do the depilation in the evening, before bedtime, but avoid performing it on an irritated and inflamed skin
