How to get rid of ingrown hair in the bikini area

The bikini area is considered to be the most sensitive area, so the approach to it should be appropriate. Depilation or hair removal contributes to the fact that the skin on a given area of ​​the body often becomes inflamed. Ingrown hairs appear that do not look aesthetically pleasing. By inexperience, many girls are trying to squeeze out a neoplasm, provoking painful sensations and even greater problems. To cope with ingrown hairs, it is necessary to act in stages. Consider each step in order.

Causes of ingrown hairs

1. When hair removal or depilation is carried out without complying with the preparatory actions, the bulb is damaged. Hair grows in the other direction, as a result of which it cannot “pierce” the upper layer of the dermis.
2. The most common causes are hormonal imbalances. It provokes diseases of the endocrine system,therefore, estrogen begins to be produced with double the force.
3. It is not uncommon for the hair channel to become overgrown due to the fact that it was damaged during the epilation process. It is often possible to observe that several hairs start growing at the same time from one bulb. One of them will be ingrown.
4. If epilation is done with wax or sugar paste using strips (removal against growth), the hair often breaks off between the upper and lower layers of the dermis. As a result, the bulb is not removed, provoking the effect of ingrowth.
5. If we talk about depilation, the procedure is often carried out with a razor with a blunted blade. The consequence of such actions is considered to be cutting the skin along with part of the hair. Ingrown hairs appear due to further disruption of growth.
6. If, after the procedure, you wear pressure underwear made of synthetic fibers, the skin stops breathing. The effect of steaming weakens and softens the hair, with the result that they can not break through the upper layer of the dermis. The hairs curl, forming a tubercle under the skin.

Mechanical removal of ingrown hairs

Step number 1. Steaming
Steaming of the epidermis must be done in order to make it easier for the hair to reach the surface. Fabrics soften, so that the process takes place on a natural level.

1. Hot bath To properly conduct the procedure, take a hot bath with herbs. Make 100 gr. let it stand for 1 hour, then strain and pour into a bath. The duration of the procedure should not be less than half an hour. In parallel, you can rub the skin in the bikini area with a soft washcloth to increase blood flow in this area.
2. Compress. If you do not have a bath, steam the epidermis with a herbal compress. To make it, fold the gauze or cotton fabric in several layers, dip into a hot broth, squeeze and attach to the skin. Brew herbs with the expectation that for 1 l. boiling water accounts for 45 gr. plants. The duration of the compress should not be less than 20 minutes. Constantly moisten the fabric in a hot flask to preserve the effect of the procedure. You can moisten a small terry towel in broth and then apply it to the skin.

Important!
The most effective medicinal herbs from which you can prepare a compress / bath are the following: raspberry leaves, birch and oak bark, lemon and orange peel, medicinal chamomile. Also, do not forget about sage, field horsetail, calendula, yarrow, succession, thyme, dandelion flowers, celandine.

Step number 2. Peeling
After steaming it is necessary to make a peeling that will remove the dead cells of the epidermis. As a result of such manipulations, the hairs will come to the surface, you just have to pull them out with tweezers.

After taking a bath or applying a compress, treat the skin with an antiseptic solution. Suitable hydrogen peroxide (3%), "Chlorhexidine", "Septotsid", medical alcohol or even vodka. Then select one of the recipes below and perform the scrubbing procedure.

1. Sugar and honey. Combine in one mass 45 gr. cane (brown) sugar, add such amount of honey so that the mixture resembles a paste. Immediately spread on the skin, massage in a circular motion for 5 minutes, rinse.
2. Grapefruit and butter. Take the zest from a single grapefruit or pomelo, dry the rind in a convenient way.You can perform the procedure using the oven or leave the product in the sun. Next, grind the zest in a coffee grinder / blender, dilute with olive oil to a creamy consistency. Peel for 7 minutes.
3. Cereals. The composition is prepared on the basis of oatmeal fine or medium grinding, it all depends on the sensitivity of the dermis. Mix 35 gr. composition with 70 grams. fat cottage cheese or thick cream, apply on the skin, massage for 5 minutes. Remove excess tissue.
4. Coffee grounds. Perhaps the most effective and easiest way to remove dead cells. If you brew coffee in a typewriter, take a handful of used thick and mix with 35 grams. liquid honey. Bring scrub until uniform, spend 3 minutes.
5. Walnut. Peel off 5 walnut kernels, chop in a coffee grinder or blender, add 30 gr. thick sour cream. Pour rye bran on the tip of a knife, pour in 5 ml. eucalyptus ether. Stir the ingredients, distribute the mass over the bikini area and massage it for about 3 minutes.
6. Honey and almonds. Fry 5 almond nuts, pass through a coffee grinder, meat grinder or blender. Add 40 gr. candied honey and 10 ml.vegetable oil. Peel for 5 minutes, remove the residue with water.
7. Aspirin. Mash between two spoons of 3 tablets of acetylsalicylic acid, add 15 grams. cane sugar, pour 15 ml. glycerol. Spread the mass until smooth, dilute with water to make a paste. Apply to the bikini area, massage the skin well for 5 minutes.
8. Manka For girls with too sensitive skin, a combination of semolina and honey. Combine the ingredients together, in the end you should get a pasty mass. Spread it over the affected areas, rub gently for 3 minutes.
9. Cinnamon. Connect 10 gr. ground cinnamon, 15 ml. corn oil, 40 gr. fat cottage cheese and 30 gr. beet sugar in a homogeneous mixture. Do the peeling for 5 minutes, then rinse off the remnants of the product with cool water.
10. Sea salt. The composition can not be used on too sensitive skin. Take 30 gr. fine salt, add 20 gr. Vaseline or fatty cream, add 10 gr. wheat bran. Scrub for about 3 minutes.

Step number 3. Ingrown hair removal
After peeling, most of the ingrown hairs will come to the surface, you will only have to remove them with tweezers or grow them until the next epilation.

1. To carry out the procedure correctly, take a sewing needle. Disinfect it with peroxide or alcohol, wear sterile gloves.
2. Find a place with good lighting (preferably day), gently pry the hair in the middle, trying to pull the free edge to the surface.
3. After that, disinfect the tweezers, hook the hair and pull it out. Immediately wipe the skin with a cosmetic disc dipped in hydrogen peroxide.

Step number 4. Removal of inflammation
In most cases, after mechanical removal of ingrown hairs in the bikini area, the skin begins to inflame. Small white and red pimples appear that look ugly. To soothe the dermis, use folk remedies.

1. Viburnum. Wash and remove viburnum berries from the branches, mash them with a fork or use a blender. Pour boiling water in a 1: 1 ratio, leave to infuse for 3 hours. Strain, moisten the sponge in the resulting infusion, wipe the bikini area.
2. Chamomile. Buy chamomile flowers at the pharmacy, fill them with hot water according to the instructions. Leave to cool to room temperature, strain. Use as a cleansing and inflammatory lotion 3 times a day.
3. Birch buds. Mix birch buds and calendula in equal quantities, pour boiling water and wait 3 hours. Pass the composition through cheesecloth, soak a cotton pad in it, treat the inflamed bikini area.
4. Medicinal herbs. Collect herbal tea from yarrow, linden, celandine and sage. Take 10 gr. each plant, fill with hot water. Let it brew for 1 day, filter it, use as prescribed 3 times a day.

Preventive action

1. Take the habit of using special cosmetics that prevent hairs from growing into the skin. Means are sold in a pharmacy, give preference to drugs based on salicylic and glycolic acid, aspirin.
2. So that hair does not grow into, you should thoroughly prepare before hair removal / depilation. To begin to steam the skin, then do the peeling, only after that proceed to the removal of excess vegetation.
3. Inflammation and ingrowth of hair provoke cramped synthetic underwear. Due to the lack of oxygen, the skin disappears, so it is recommended to wear cotton panties for 3 days after epilation.

There is a single algorithm for removing ingrown hairs in the bikini area. It consists of several stages: steaming the skin, exfoliating dead skin cells, removing hair, eliminating inflammation. It is necessary to adhere to each step clearly, without missing a single step.

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