How to remove an ingrown hair
Everyone craves smooth skin, but many methods of hair removal increase the risk of hairs growing in. This can lead to unsightly and painful inflammation. If you discover an ingrown hair early enough, you can remove it yourself and do not have to go to a dermatologist.
Especially when a hair is removed at the root, it can happen that it is heading in the right direction during regrowth changes, can no longer grow out through the previous opening of the epidermis and a curve inwards power. One speaks then of an ingrown hair, this can be under the skin can even grow a few inches long and form an ugly knot if you don't notice it early enough. That's why it's important - especially when you have your own body depilated regularly - to check the skin daily for ingrown hairs. Daily peeling is also preventative; the use of a peeling glove is sufficient here (drugstore, approx. 1-3 €) when showering. When hair is ingrown, the following steps should be taken to remove it:
- Disinfect the needle and tweezers and place these devices on a spread-out cloth.
- Thoroughly cleanse the skin and scrub away dead skin, then open the pores of the skin as much as possible, e.g. B. by a hot bath or with the help of steam.
- If part of the ingrown hair is exposed (like a loop): Insert the needle into this loop and carefully pull it upwards so that the loop becomes larger and you can remove the ingrown hair with the tweezers can.
- If there is a very thin layer of skin over the ingrown hair: Carefully scratch it with the (disinfected!) needle and as soon as the hair is exposed, carry out the procedure as under point 3 described.
- If a thick layer of skin has formed over the ingrown hair: Please see a dermatologist urgently! If you operate yourself, you risk ugly scars, and if you don't do anything about an ingrown hair, you risk vascular damage and very painful inflammation under the skin.
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In order to prevent hair from growing in, it is advisable to change the depilation method in addition to the daily peeling. A method in which experience has shown that less hair Waxing in is sugaring, in which the hair is torn out in the direction of growth, unlike waxing / waxing, and so the skin is less stressed. Give it a try! In some larger cities there is even a mobile sugaring service that comes to your home at no extra charge.
