After depilation - irritation: what to do? Cream after depilation

On which only victims women do not agree, if only to achieve smooth skin without extra hair. Over the past centuries, many ways have emerged to achieve this goal. In the fight against unwanted vegetation, wax strips, newfangled razors, electroepilators and even sugar paste are used. All these methods are good in their own way, but there is one drawback in them: after depilation - irritation. How to avoid discomfort and achieve smooth skin without purulent pimples at home?

Why does irritation appear?

The well-known truth is: "To fix the problem, you must influence the cause of its occurrence." Therefore, knowing the root of the origin of the red dots after depilation, many undesirable consequences for the skin can be avoided.

If after several hair removal procedures a woman has irritation, it means that this method must be changed. That is, the first reason is an individual feature. Waxing is suitable for one woman, and the skin remains smooth for the next 3-4 weeks, while another may experience redness or even itching on this procedure.

Any method for removing visible unwanted hair is based on aggressive effects on the skin. When shaving, this is damage with a blade of the upper layer of the epidermis, which is invisible to humans, and wax, shugaring and an electroepilator pull hair from the bulb, thereby violating the integrity of the skin. In all cases, the skin after depilation with improper care can pass microbes inside, which in the future can cause inflammatory processes.

What is ingrown hair?

Most often, after hair removal at home and with improper skin care after a salon depilation procedure, there is a problem of ingrown hair. This is when inflamed tubercles with a black dot inside appear on the skin. They look unaesthetic and develop uncertainty in women.

Beauticians note that the problem of ingrowth lies in a thick layer of dead cells of the epidermis, when the thinned hair after removal cannot penetrate through it. Then it grows along the path of least resistance inward. And if after depilation the irritation may pass over time, then it is very dangerous to remove the ingrown hair on its own.

Most often, the ingrown process begins after hair removal with wax, an electroepilator and a razor. Also, the causes are a genetic feature, damage to the hair canal and wearing tight synthetic underwear, which prevents the evaporation of moisture and contributes to the development of bacterial infections. A moisturizer after depilation, scrub and shugaring will help to avoid complications.

Home Remedies for Irritation

The razor leaves microporesis, and the electroepilator, wax and sugar paste provide access to the follicle freed from the hair. It turns out that in all of the above methods of depilation, the skin is injured. And if it is not processed, then irritation cannot be avoided.

Now 2 recipes will be presented, which are easy to prepare on their own and after their application protect the skin from inflammation:

• Recipe number 1. Turmeric is a natural antibiotic, which means that the spice has the property to inhibit the growth of living cells. Diluted with water to the state of turmeric gruel will perfectly cope with the problem of irritation after depilation. This mixture is applied 20 minutes after hair removal, and then washed off with water. Spice-dyed area is neutralized by kefir.
• Recipe number 2. To remove irritation after depilation in the bikini area, on the legs and armpits, moisturize the skin is able to cream based on shea butter. It is necessary to mix in the container 7 tablespoons of shea butter, 3 tbsp. tablespoons of almond oil, 20 drops of chamomile oil, 3 tbsp. tablespoons of distilled (possibly boiled) water and 15 drops of lavender. Beat all this and store in the refrigerator.

Home Remedies for Ingrown Hair

So that after depilation, the irritation, accompanied by ingrown hair, does not prevail on smooth and clean skin, it is necessary to start applying exfoliating scrub a week after the procedure:

• Recipe number 1. You will need 3 teaspoons of sugar, which are added 5 drops of orange oil and 3 teaspoons of almond oil. The finished product is stored for 1 month and applied to the skin against hair growth.
• Recipe number 2 takes a little longer and slows hair growth when applied. It is necessary to make an infusion of dope, for this 50 grams of stems, leaves or seeds of this plant are poured 300 ml of boiling water. The pan is closed with a lid, and the broth languishes for 15 minutes over low heat. In the cooled and strained infusion (200 ml) is added 1 tbsp. tablespoon of alcohol, 5 drops of iodine and 10 drops of tea tree oil and eucalyptus. The finished product is poured into a container with a spray and applied to the skin of the legs after depilation in a week. After contact with Datura, be sure to wash your hands thoroughly and remove the product in a place inaccessible to children.

Contraindication to the use of these recipes is individual intolerance.

Does shugaring save you from irritation?

After hair removal in beauty salons, there should not be any negative consequences. When the question arises, what to do if, after depilation, severe irritation, it is necessary to immediately notify the wizard about the problem. It is not worth it to independently treat the skin, especially when there is no information about what means the places of hair removal were processed before and after the procedure.

Modern methods of depilation in beauty salons are shugaring and waxing. The first way involves working with sugar paste, the second with wax. These two procedures are similar to each other, but shugaring has more advantages, one of which is the absence of irritation.

Firstly, the product consists of natural ingredients and is an excellent preservative, therefore it is suitable for sensitive skin, and secondly, the removal technique is based on hair growth, which does not break off, but pulls it out with the bulb.

Sugar depilation at home: recipe

For professional use, there are entire lines of tools for the shugaring procedure, including paste with different plasticity. But in stores, the cost of such a procedure, depending on the area of ​​removal, varies from 300 to 2 thousand rubles, so sugar depilation became the reason for the experiment at home.

Cooking pasta. 10 tablespoons are poured into a pan with a non-stick coating tablespoons of sugar, pour 1 tbsp. tablespoon of water and 4 tbsp. tablespoons of lemon juice. Before boiling, the ingredients are constantly stirring over moderate heat. As soon as the product begins to bubble, the fire decreases and the pan is covered for 10 minutes. Then the finished paste, while hot, is poured into a plastic container and cools.

Shugaring Procedure

Unlike wax, this procedure is less painful, gives a one hundred percent hair removal, and after depilation there is no irritation. Contraindications - diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, diseases and holistic disorders of the skin, moles, papillomas. The procedure is carried out in several stages:

• Degreasing and disinfection of the skin. Showering with soap or gel is suitable.
• Talc, powder or powder. Homes can be replaced with starch or flour. This is necessary to remove excess moisture, as the paste will not work when in contact with wet skin.
• A small ball of cooled paste rolls down and is applied against the growth of hair with translational movements. Everything is done slowly to give time to the tool to go into the mouth of the follicle and catch the hair. Then, holding the skin with one hand, the second hair growth product comes off.
• The remaining paste is removed with a wet swab.
  

Sugar depilation at home is a safe and inexpensive procedure that you can try to do yourself.

Tools after depilation

As already mentioned, any method of hair removal produces stress on the skin. To reduce it, it is necessary to use the correct cream after depilation (Batiste, Floresan, GreenMama, Velvet, Cloran). The presence of mineral oils is not allowed in the composition of such a product, as they clog the mouths of the ducts of the sebaceous glands, resulting in the development of folliculitis - a disease accompanied by the appearance of red nodules, sometimes itchy in nature.

Propylene glycol is also a prohibited ingredient in post-hair removal products. Frequent use of a cream with propylene glycol overdries the skin, resulting in irritation.

An ideal cream for smooth skin should consist of herbal ingredients. Menthol, which relieves itching, and papain, which slows hair growth, are beneficial to the skin. Moisturize the skin with fruit acids and plant extracts, such as aloe vera.

The consistency of the product is best chosen in the form of a cream or gel, without alcohol.

What is better for depilation: razor, wax, sugar paste, cream or electroepilator?

There is no definite answer to this question. After all, the cause of irritation can be individual in nature. Each method of depilation has its advantages and disadvantages (see table).

If irritation occurs, what should I do?

1. Change the procedure for hair removal.
2. After depilation for 20 hours, you should refuse to accept water procedures, baths and tanning salons.
3. The drug Chlorhexidine will soothe and disinfect the skin.
4. You can also apply the antimicrobial drug Metrogil (gel).
5. Use homemade turmeric and shea butter.
6. If the rash does not go away, consult a dermatologist.
   

In order not to raise the question of how to remove irritation after depilation, it is necessary to properly care for the skin after the hair removal procedure, namely, apply a special cream and do exfoliation on time.