Girls for whom the problem of excess body hair is always relevant can tell a lot not only about removal methods, but also about their growth. What are the roots of this trouble? It usually occurs after procedures such as hair removal at home. During these cosmetic measures, the hair is removed under the root or pulled out of the bulb. Then, the hairs growing at this place become thinner, weaker and sometimes cannot penetrate the skin layer, and therefore they bend, twist and grow in the opposite direction. This is also due to the fact that shaving and hair removal are usually done against growth in order to achieve a smoother result.
How to get rid of
ingrown hair? If such a problem has arisen, it is necessary to deal with it quickly, efficiently and, if possible, without special financial costs. What to do first? First you need to prepare the skin in order to extract the
ingrown hair, deeply, finely, it is under the epidermis. To do this, simply take a hot bath and steam the body well. Sometimes this procedure alone is enough to get the hair to the surface. Then it remains only to remove it with tweezers. For disinfection, you can wipe the tool with alcohol or an alcohol-containing lotion.
But if the first stage is passed, the skin is steamed, and he further sits under the skin, what to do with ingrown hair then? There are several popular removal methods. The first and easiest of them is to grease the tubercle with hair with toothpaste and massage a little. Then leave the applied product for half an hour, and then remove it with a damp cloth. Sensations, it is immediately worth warning, will not be pleasant, but as a result, the "pest" will come out, and it can be removed.
Another effective way to get rid of ingrown hair is an orange-salt scrub. To prepare it, you will need coarse sea salt, a couple of drops of bitter orange oil and a little any moisturizer. The ingredients should be taken in any proportion, most importantly, so that the mixture is not too liquid. The resulting substance should be rubbed into the skin in places where ingrown hairs are located.
The advantage of such a homemade scrub is that it heals wounds well due to the properties of sea salt. He also has a minus: the procedure for applying it is quite painful. After rubbing it, the scrub should be washed off with warm water, and the skin should be disinfected with salicylic alcohol.
And the following tips will not concern how to get rid of ingrown hair, but how to prevent their appearance. First rule: do not save when shaving on foam and blades. A well-sharpened machine and a quality tool will minimize the risk of ingrown hairs . If you use an epilator, try to direct its movement in growth. Although this is not very convenient, it will not allow the hairs to grow under the skin. In addition, before proceeding with hair removal, you should steam the skin well in the shower, bathtub, or simply apply a hot, damp towel for half an hour.
After that, in order to facilitate extraction, dead skin cells of the epidermis should be removed with any body scrub. And only after prov
Eating these manipulations should proceed to hair removal and shaving. In addition, in order not to infect the infection, after the procedure you need to disinfect the skin with any lotion, and then soften it with cream.
Let's hope that these tips on how to get rid of ingrown hair and prevent their appearance will be useful to you in a difficult but interesting matter - proper care of your body.