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How to Remove Ingrown Hairs

By Kris Brawn

Ingrown hairs are those bumps caused by the tiny hairs not breaking out of your skin and continuing to grow under a layer of skin. They can be pretty tricky to remove, and can cause infection when not done correctly. Here's how to remove ingrown hairs by yourself with hopefully minimal pain.

Materials
Skin exfoliant
Rubbing alcohol
Tweezers
Warm water
Washcloth
Hydrogen peroxide or any antiseptic
Magnifying glass (optional)

Procedure

Observe the bump closely using a magnifying glass to make sure that you are indeed dealing with an ingrown hair. Try to locate the hair growing under it before doing anything else.

You may want to opt to wait for the hair to grow out in a week, as a longer hair may break out of the skin on its own as it grows longer. If you do take this option, make sure that you regularly exfoliate that skin area to encourage it to break out by making the skin in that area thinner.

If you have to remove the hair yourself, make sure that you don't bite off more than you can chew. If the redness of the skin is very violent, you may wish to seek the services of a dermatologist instead.

If the hair is shallow enough that you can see it through the skin, you may proceed.

Wash the area over and surrounding the ingrown hairs with warm water, to soften the skin and to make the skin pores bigger.

Sterilize the tweezers to prevent infection by soaking it in rubbing alcohol for several minutes.

Apply a warm compress to the affected area. Do not use a hot compress, only a warm one. The temperature may be enough to encourage the hairs to break away from the skin. Hold the compress in place for one to two minutes.

Do this step only when the area is bleeding or infected and will not release the hair. Use the sharpest edge of the tweezers to apply pressure and scratch on the skin to open it and release the hair from the skin layer.

Once the hair is released, do not pluck it out from the skin. Simply uncurl the hair and encourage it in the natural growing direction of the other hairs.

Pour hydrogen peroxide on the affected area to clean it out and prevent future ingrown hairs. Let it stay there to clean out the pores before wiping away.

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