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Showing posts with label ingrown hair. Show all posts

5 Essential Steps to Remove Ingrown Nose Hair Safely and Effectively

All of us have at one stage or another suffered from an ingrown nose hair. Ingrown and ingrown nose hair can be an embarrassing, annoying and painful subject. Ingrown hair is caused by skin suffering from a lack of moisture. Other factors which can also contribute to ingrown hair are: Embedded oil in the hair follicles and the built-up of dead skin cells in the pores. Coarse curly hair growing in a curved hair follicle can also be a culprit and can cause ingrown hair.
There are a few effects of ingrown hair including constant swelling and tenderness. Inflammation can result. You can also experience itching or tingling and have mild or severe pain. An infected ingrown hair can rupture and results in bleeding.
How to remove ingrown nose hair safely and effectively
An ingrown nose follicle is not easy to treat or remove. The nose area is a bit small and it's difficult to see inside your nostril. Follow these easy steps and you'll soon be rid of this nasty little fellow.
1. First dab a clean, disinfected cloth in as hot as you can handle water.
2. Gently rub the cloth over the infected area to soften and open up the hair follicle.
3. Then apply a little pressure and pinch the area slightly.
4. When the ingrown hair and ugly stuff are removed, disinfect the area with a mild disinfectant.
5. If you can see a hair sticking out, you can use a tweezers to gently pluck the hair out. Use tweezers carefully around your nostrils and proceed with caution.
Always use a good quality stainless steel tweezers. Treat the nose are with sensitivity and you'll soon be free from ingrown nose hair.

Ingrown Pubic Hair - Get Rid Of It Now!

In today's world of fitness and fashion, it's becoming the mode (again) to have a clean and bald look at the pubic area. Why the word 'again'?
The ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Indians preferred this look, and perfected ways to accomplish it.
They also knew how to deal with ingrown pubic hair, so let's look at some tried and trusted ways to take care of this problem.
What is an ingrown pubic hair?
An ingrown pubic hair is one that grows at an abnormal angle and turns back into the skin, causing the formation of a pustule or papule (A small, solid inflammatory elevation of the skin that may or may not contain pus.
Also commonly known as "razor bumps"). This is unsightly and an unwanted side-effect to the bald look.
How do you get it?
There are many ways, but the most common way is to shave with a razor in the opposite direction of the natural hair growth.
The pubic hair can also be trapped beneath the skin from blockages to the hair follicle (also caused by shaving in many cases). Also the other hair removal methods such as shaving, waxing, tweezing, electrolysis, often irritate the hair follicle, and the hair becomes trapped beneath the skin.
What do I do now?
There are many ways to treat it.
The best way, as in all medicine, is prevention. In Part 2 of this series we explain how to prevent ingrown pubic hair, but now you need first aid.
So here are the proven methods, some taken from the ancient Greeks and Egyptians who had the same problem 3000 years ago.
oUnderstanding that the body will try to eliminate the ingrown pubic hair itself, help it along. Go to a sauna, and when you have built up a good sweat, lightly scrub (meaning exfoliate, i.e. take off the dead skin) with a "loofa".
A loofa is a marine plant that grows in the Nile, and resembles a coarse sponge. You can find it at any store that sells bath products.
oAfter the sauna, and scrubbing, the ingrown hair may be free (due also to the dilation of the pores while in a sauna), and have a sterilized tweezers ready (the ancient method).
Pluck them out! One by one. You must stretch the skin tightly, grips the hair close to the root, and pull it out. Ouch! But it works. After each pluck, dab on some antiseptic solution.
oIf the above is not suitable for you, then you can do a three times a day compress on the affected area with a wash cloth soaked hot water (not too hot!), followed by the application of any product containing salicylic acid.
Salicylic acid is a strong exfoliating chemical that is useful to free such hair.
Ask your pharmacist to recommend such a product. There are many on the market.
oThe daily use of the compress will help the body fix the problem, but also, you can apply some baby oil mixed with Aloe Vera lotion (make it yourself).
This will keep the skin from becoming further irritated, and the Aloe Vera is a natural antiseptic which will help prevent infection at the affected site.
Of course, there are salon specialists, but their methods will be expensive, and no more effective than the above.
You can also see your doctor, as in everything of this nature, the ingrown hair may not be a simple problem.

Ingrown Pubic Hair - Six Tips

Ingrown hairs are known as Psuedofolliculitis Barbae (PFB), razor bumps, razor burn, hair bumps, shaving bumps, ingrowns.
Psuedofolliculitis Barbae refers to hair which has been cut or broken off below the skin level which then begins to grow through surrounding tissue rather than out of the follicle.
In other cases, it curls round and starts growing back into the skin causing irritation and inflammation.
If you shave the pubic area, you remove the tapered end, and as the it grows back without that tapered end, the sharpness will literally cut the skin surrounding the hair follicle.


Use these simple precautions to minimize the discomfort from ingrown pubic hairs:
#1
For ingrown pubic hairs along the bikini line, hold a hot compress against ingrown spots for ten minutes three times a day to soften the skin and help the hairs work their way out.
#2
Wear loose-fitting underwear and clothing until the bumps are gone to avoid friction.
#3
Some find it helpful to exfoliate the area before waxing. This removes some of the dead skin cells in the top layer of skin cells that often contribute to trapping the hairs.
Exfoliating options include creams, lotions, or body gels, a slightly abrasive washcloth or glove specifically designed for exfoliation. Check at the beauty counter at your local department store.
#4
Do not exfoliate the skin if you already have ingrown pubic hairs as further skin irritation may result.
#5
When waxing, be sure to pull the hair out by the roots. Do not allow the hair to break below the skin surface.
#6
Use a specially formulated treatment (see below). It prevents pubic ingrown hair and eliminates existing ingrown hair within days.
Additional note: For ingrown hairs which are deep, sterilize a pair of needle-nosed tweezers with rubbing alcohol and individually lift each ingrown hair out of its follicle. Wipe the area with alcohol afterwards and shave.
If needle-nosed tweezers are not available, wipe a pin or needle and the ingrown area with rubbing alcohol, then carefully release the hair in the direction that it grows using the tip of the needle only. After the hair is released, wipe the skin with alcohol again.m
Eliminate And Prevent Ingrown Hair Within Days!
Mike Jones Platinum Quality Author
Ingrown Pubic Hair