what are ingrown hairs?

Question

what do they look and feel like?

Answer 1

Ingrown hair is a condition where the hair curls back or grows sideways into the skin. It may or may not be accompanied by an infection of the hair follicle (folliculitis) or "razor bumps" (Pseudofolliculitis barbae). While ingrown hair most commonly appears in areas where the skin is shaved (beard, legs), it can appear anywhere.

Answer 2

They are hairs that did not break thru the surface of the skin. They hurt like mad and they look like zits but hurt much worse.

Here I googled it for you:

Ingrown hair is a common problem for men and women. Use this list to easily identify the causes and effects of ingrown hair.

CAUSES

1. Skin suffering from lack of moisture

2. Stiff beard hair

3. Embedded oil in the hair follicles

4. Build up of dead skin cells in the pores and on the surface of the skin can cause ingrown hairs - some are more prone to this than others due to genetics

5. Coarse curly hair growing in a curved hair follicle

6. Improper shaving technique with a blade such as too close a shave

7. Hair removal methods such as shaving, waxing, tweezing, electrolysis, often irritate the hair follicle.

Dead cells can accumulate at the site of the irritation and form papule which can also contain pus while the skin heals.

While this process continues any hair in the area can get trapped under the formation and is prevented from exiting the skin properly. Ingrown hair is the result.

EFFECTS

1. Constant tenderness

2. Trapped, ingrown hairs cause inflammation which result in the body forming papule - a small, raised, abnormality on the skin commonly known as a bump giving rise to the term 'razor bumps'

3. The body can also respond by producing a pustule - a blister on the skin containing pus

4. An infected pustule can become ruptured resulting in bleeding

5. Itching

6. Tingling

7. Pain - mild or severe

8. Hard, prominent, irregular scar tissue in the skin in chronic cases

Additional advice: If you carry out skin exfoliation regularly with a loofah or mesh sponge after waxing or shaving, you'll take off the thin layer of skin that's trapping the ingrown hairs and set them free.

Wet the loofah and squeeze to soften if preferred, then gently massage the skin, especially dry, rough areas.

Do not use the loofah on broken skin. Some beauty advisors believe using a loofah once a week for skin exfoliation is enough to keep the area exfoliated. Exfoliating too much will dry the skin and leave it sensitive and susceptible to ingrown hair.

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Answer 3

An ingrown hair either cannot get through a layer of skin or has looped back into it's folicle. An ingrown hair looks like a tiny bump of skin around a short hair or a small loop of hair. Ingrowns feel bumpy and can become irritated.

Answer 4

They are hairs that don't break through the skin, but keep growing just under the surface. Sometimes you don't notice them, other times, they will be red, bumpy and sore. If I can see the hair, I will take a needle and pierce the skin and try to free the hair and then pull it with tweezers. Be sure to use peroxide or an anti-biotic cream on it afterwards.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

THey are hair that has grown under the skin instead of through the skin.
For example of your legs you will see a black line just under the first layer of skin.

Answer 7

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