What could be more frustrating than shaving your bikini line and seeing an ingrown hair appear!?
And yes, unfortunately this inconvenience is not lost on hair removal enthusiasts. Not only are ingrown hairs unsightly, they can also be very painful. Bikini line, armpits, beard, legs, all hair removal areas are concerned...
Here's everything you need to know about natural solutions to treat ingrown hairs and protect you from it for the future.
Ingrown hair is hair that grows under the skin without being able to get out. You can see a redness on the skin. Sometimes you can even feel a kind of heat and swelling in this place like a small lump. It's a kind of pimple under the skin. You have to be careful because if you grind this area too much and if you try to get the hair out, the area can become infected.
When epilating hair (with wax for example) the objective is to get the entire hair out of the follicle. Unfortunately, as we epilate in the opposite direction to hair growth, it often tends to break just above the surface of the skin or just below. And when the hair grows back into the skin, the body reacts as if it were a foreign body. This is when the symptoms appear:pain, itching, redness etc.
This is when ingrown hairs can form. Most often it occurs in areas with thick hair such as the armpits or the bikini line.
Some hair removal methods are more likely to give you ingrown hairs. It is important to choose the one that will suit you best if you are often prone to it.
Men are also affected by ingrown hairs. Although they do not resort to hair removal as often as women, they still repeat a daily gesture of shaving on their face and are not spared either! Here are our tips for a shave without ingrown hairs :
Beauticians will never tell you enough:it is very important to exfoliate so as not to have hair under your skin . This removes dead skin cells and will make hair removal more effective. Exfoliating her skin allows the hair to point upwards and grow in the correct direction away from the skin.
Whatever type of hair removal:shaving, cream or wax; the skin needs to breathe. Clothes that are too tight can irritate freshly shaved areas, but weeks later can encourage hair to grow back into the skin.
Many products are created to help combat and prevent ingrown hairs before they appear , containing exfoliating and moisturizing properties. It's much easier to prevent them before they appear than to tackle redness and bumps later.
In most cases, you don't need to treat ingrown pubic hair. Often, they will manage on their own without treatment. Although it is tempting, you must at all costs avoid trying to remove the hair yourself with forceps or by pressing on the area! First follow our advice:
If ingrown pubic hair become infected, the bumps may be painful and filled with pus. This can quickly turn into a cyst. In order to treat the infection quickly, you may need to see your doctor.
While waiting for an appointment, remember to apply hot water compresses. Once your consultation is done, the doctor will probably be able to prescribe an antibiotic cream and treatments to be carried out at home. In more severe cases, the infection requires taking an antibiotic by mouth.
If you believe in old mothers' remedies and the benefits of 100% natural recipes, then you can try these 2 tips to cure your ingrown hair :
Prepare a lemon and clove infusion and let it steep overnight. For this you simply need the following ingredients:
Apply your filtered lotion on a cotton ball then massage gently on the painful area and wait, this should make your hair come out quickly and you can finally remove it.
If you have eggs in your fridge, then break it open and remove the membrane inside the shell. Position this slightly sticky texture on your ingrown hair and wait about ten minutes. That should be enough to get your hair out!
Now you know how to prevent hairs under the skin and how to treat them quickly before they become infected. If you liked this article, discover our 11 tips to get rid of blackheads.
