Ingrown hairs

[beautifulxdisaster]

what do you do when you get this on your legs? AH!! I feel like picking at all of them. I get it from shaving upwards and only around my knee. It bugs because my I don't wear skirts any more much because of my ugly knees!! Is there anything that will help it go away? A scrub or any thing?

 

[Krystle]

I get them after bikini waxes..and this is what my esthetician told me:

- exfoliate before you shave/wax
- aloe vera after you shave helps prevent
- tend skin is really good at preventing them...kind of expensive though

I tweeze them when I see them....I hate em too

 

[niecypiecy]

I use exfoliating gloves before I shave and they seem to help alot - if I do get any after shaving I use the gloves again and it takes care of them

 

[deathfairy]

Use a product that contains salicylic acid on them

 

[Cleopatra]

Disolve some asprin in a little water and apply it to the area with a cotton pad.

 

[beautifulxdisaster]

thanks you all, I will try those things!

 

[devilzwind]

tendskin is great but is very expensive. see this link for a homemade version: http://www.geocities.com/bonnecasey/...nhomemade.html

 

[matthea]

thanks for the link! I'll be trying that out!

 

[talk2mesun]

i get them horribly especially in the bikini line, and i read in a livejournal community to try taking a benedryl (an antihistimine) just before/after you shave since ingrown hairs/razor bumps are just a histimine reaction in your body. i tried it and it improves it about 80%, and if the skin is raw I throw on the vaseline/petroleum jelly but if the skin around it is fine and its just stubborn then i put differin gel on it. my dermatologist recommended that but he also gave me the script for it so youd have to go about acquiring one of those, lol

 

[Hikaru-chan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathfairy Use a product that contains salicylic acid on them

I really does work. Use a body scub with the same ingredient if you can too.

 

[jess]

just put some tea tree oil on a cotton ball and dab over your knees - after a few days of doing this they should have all "appeared".

 

[Sonsireegemini]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jess just put some tea tree oil on a cotton ball and dab over your knees - after a few days of doing this they should have all "appeared".

Thats what i use and it really does work

 

[drea2447]

I agree with dissolving some aspirin in water, then put it in a spray bottle and spritz it on. Good luck.

Andrea

 

[sewpunk]

I love tend skin. I get many ingrowns on the bikini line and it helps a lot at getting rid and preventing them as well.

Try to use a new razor as often as possible as well as all the other solutions people have posted. Salicylic toner (like Nutrogena Clear Pore) may be better then a scrub cause you don't want to irriate the bumps you have.