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I can't seem to avoid them no matter what i do, what are your methods?

2006-08-12 11:33:34 · 10 answers · asked by buttcheeks 3 in Beauty & Style Hair

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What does a guy know? Make sure the water is nice and warm, soak for 15 minutes. Use soap, and go with the grain. Like an exfoliation!
Waxing is too painful. Hey guys, try that on your face! Wait, even better...give answers from what you know! How do you keep ingrowns from showing up on your face after shaving?

2006-08-12 11:41:18 · answer #1 · answered by FairyGurl 3 · 2 0

Use an antibacterial bar. To help clear up the inflammation, wash the ingrown hair area twice a day with a Panoxyl bar, an antibacterial soap of 10 percent benzoyl peroxide found at your local drugstore.

Dab on some cortisone cream. Apply an over-the-counter hydrocortisone preparation such as Cortaid around the ingrown hair according to package directions. It will soothe any inflammation and speed healing.

Change your blade. If ingrown hairs are inflamed and infected, change your razor blade each time you shave until the ingrown hair is gone. Otherwise, you can reinfect yourself.

As for preventing future problems, as with many skin problems, preventing an ingrown hair is fairly simple. Here's what I suggest. :)

Shave, don't wax. If you're prone to ingrown hairs, remove unwanted hair by shaving rather than waxing.

Waxing is traumatic. It rips out your hair at an angle. When the hair grows back, it grows back at the same angle instead of growing straight up, piercing the side of the hair follicle instead of reaching the opening on the surface of your skin.

Moisten hair. Try to protect your hair follicles by keeping a barrier of moisture between you and the blade. You can use the expensive foams and gels if you like, but a mild soap like Cetaphil will also do the job. :))

2006-08-15 07:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Ingrown hair is amazingly effortless contained in the pubic section because the hair there is mostly lots thicker than in different places on the body and at the same time as it grows it merely finally ends up growing back into the exterior. i'd not see the use in plucking out the completed hair once you get a whitehead...i could pop it once you're in or once you've merely were given out of the bathe (pimples of all sorts and places pop a lot less confusing and with a lot less discomfort and an infection at the same time as warmth and clean), make use some tweezers or something equivalent to make confident the hair isn't nonetheless attempting to boost inward, and also you're reliable. assistance on a thanks to stay away from ingrown hairs in to exfoliate in the previous shaving to make confident each of the lifeless epidermis cellular you could get are lengthy previous. also, you're "meant" to shave contained in the route of the hair. I say "meant" because i have under no circumstances found doing that receives the area shaven. Ingrown hairs are a actuality of existence at the same time as shaving...ultimately the alternative of dilapatories (like Nair) or waxing would artwork, yet for now merely exfoliate, keep clean, do not pluck out hair (ouch!), and discover some lotion for tender epidermis to positioned on after the bathe. reliable success!

2016-11-24 22:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Always shave at night, skin is less puffy. Soak for a few minutes to soften hairs. Use a good new sharp razor. Stretch the skin while you shave to get nice and close. When you have ingrowns, get them out with a good pair of tweezers.

2006-08-12 12:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0 0

There is a product called Tend Skin that can be used by men or woman that is good for ingrown hairs--prevention and maintenance. You can buy it at Sephora or on-line.

2006-08-12 13:04:37 · answer #5 · answered by Roxy 1 · 0 0

Let the hair grow or try waxing

2006-08-12 11:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by superd44688 2 · 0 1

waxing instead of shaving helps a bunch.

2006-08-12 11:38:39 · answer #7 · answered by W. Coastal Eddie 3 · 0 1

their are only two solutions.
stop shaving or have it "permanently" removed(electrolysis/laser)

2006-08-12 11:45:40 · answer #8 · answered by biggun4570 4 · 0 0

my wife had one that was like, two inches long

I guess that doesn't help

2006-08-12 11:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by Aleksandr 4 · 0 1

go to doctor if that dont helpwax

2006-08-12 11:39:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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