Please list home treatments.
2007-01-19 06:01:00 · 6 answers · asked by chacha_waha 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
Generally, it means the new hair was rubbing against something (clothing, for example) as it was growing and was pushed inwards. It could also mean that your skin is thicker in that area and the hair could not push through, or that the hair was thinner and weaker and couldn't push through.
My good friend gets them all the time because her hair is so fine, and if it's the red-bump type, she pops it like a zit. I wouldn't recommend that because I would think it could leave scarring and get infected, but it's her home remedy. If you go that route, use a tissue over your fingers to help prevent infection and wash the area and put triple antibiotic ointment on it afterwards! If it's the kind that is laying just under the skin and isn't red, she just pulls it out with tweezers like a splinter. If you do that, make sure the tweezers are sterilized.
However, I've always read to lay a hot compress on the area to soften the skin and help the hair out, for ten or fifteen minutes a day for a few days, is the least invasive and least damaging way to do it.
2007-01-19 06:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by lrachelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK so you may not have an ingrown hair ... could be a risen. Which is infection and should be treated with antibiotics (a form oh staph infection
I do know that if you put peroxide on a wound like that it will kill all bacteria
If you aren't willing to go to the doctor ... you should open wound and let it drain, you may have to apply pressure around the area to get all the yuck out.
2007-01-19 06:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by ~Crystal~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will usually get an ingrown hair if the hair is thick or very curly. I would recommend getting a warm to hot washcloth and applying it to the ingrown hair for a few minutes. Then try picking out the hair with tweezers; with a final rub down of rubbing alcohol. Good luck and happy tweezing!
2007-01-19 06:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well sometimes the hair follicle is backwards and grow inward instead of outward. the best way to get rid of them is to tweeze them out. it will happen from time to time, especially in males. so just tweeze it away, and if it does bleed then put peroxide on it and go on.
2007-01-19 06:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by Becca 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to get them lanced out or u could pick the area and get the hair out but that might scar! u get them there if its thick or coarce or really curly
2007-01-19 06:06:07 · answer #5 · answered by moose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tweeze it with tweezers. Use peroxide if it bleeds when removing it.
2007-01-19 06:06:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋