Ingrown Hair

You regularly wax your legs to keep them smooth, yet have been noticing red lumps appearing from ingrown hairs.


Ingrown hairs are caused when a hair curls back on itself and grows back into the follicle or a hair fails to grow out of the follicle and remains embedded in the skin. Waxing can encourage ingrown hairs as when the hair begins to grow back, a new layer of skin has grown over the surface trapping the hair in.Regular exfoliation removes the dead, top layers of skin, and encourages cell renewal whilst also helping to prevent ingrown hairs. solutions that will leave you looking no less than perfect.

Massage a small amount of this into your legs every time you shower.

After exfoliating always moisturise skin to keep it soft. Not only will your skin look and feel great, but if it’s kept moisturised, hair is less likely to get trapped under the surface.

Once you can see the hair under the surface of the skin, use pointed tweezers to gently remove the hair. Rubis ion Evolution Tweezers have a pointed tip to expose hair and a slant to carefully remove it.

If you don't fancy tweezing out your ingrown hairs try Skin Doctors Ingrow Go. This amazing product draws out ingrown hairs in as little as 24 hours and reduces the appearance of them and razor bumps. With regular use it will also prevent ingrown hairs from reappearing.

Not just for men, this highly effective ingrown hair treatment gently exfoliates the skin, fights bacteria and frees the trapped hair.

You can also try Bio Oil, this popular product contains PurCellin Oil to reduce the appearance of new and old scars with regular use.

Accidently discovered by a dentist, Tend Skin’s Skin Care Solution is a cult favourite treatment for ingrown hairs and razor bumps. It even help to soothe irritation after hair removal and can be used before waxing to ease removal!