What is an ingrown hair?
An ingrown hair fails to cross the dermal barrier. Usually it is a corkscrew hair that has grown in the wrong direction, or a hair that is too dry or too thick. Hair that cannot come out of its bulb causes a small bump or redness to appear on the surface of the skin. Ingrown hairs are mostly benign, but can also itch or create irritation. And sometimes they are painful. The main causes of ingrown hairs are:
- The nature of the hair:frizzy and very fine hair incarnates more than smooth and thick hair;
- Shaving too often and against the grain;
- Epilation with tweezers, because it thins the hair;
- Lack of hydration, because the epidermis thickens and dries out, which promotes ingrown hairs;
- Rubbing and creases on clothes can embody hair;
- Repeated friction mainly with clothes, as they thicken the skin.
How to prevent ingrown hairs
Here are some good gestures and practices to avoid the appearance of ingrown hairs .
- Spare the frequency of shaving:let the hair grow for a few weeks before shaving.
- Use wax or electric epilator instead of razor or tweezers. If using a razor, a single blade razor is ideal (avoid double or triple blade razors), and never shave the skin without wetting it with a gel, foam or simply water hot. Also, always shave in the direction of hair growth and limit the blade path to one or two.
- Exfoliate the skin before epilating to unclog pores and remove dead cells, but also to smooth the skin so that hairs straighten and do not become ingrown hairs.
- Treat your skin properly with moisturizing and nourishing cream or oil. This will soften your skin and prevent it from being too stiff or dry for the hair to come out easily.
- It is also important to soothe the skin, for example with aloe vera gel, immediately after depilation.
