Ingrown Hair Home Remedies

If you have been facing problem with ingrown hair bumps, here are several ingrown hair home remedies. If you aren't familiar with ingrown hair it's the hair that instead of coming straight out of the hair follicle curls and re-enters the skin or doesn't come out of the skin. If you had done waxing, been shaving or have curly hair, you are more prone to ingrown hairs.

In women, ingrown hair or bikini razor bumps usually appear at the bikini line. The bumps may also show on the legs, thighs and the stomach. Some women may also have it on the eye brow. For men, the razor bumps include the cheeks, necks, heads and chests.

It's not a nice sight to look as it shows up in the form of blemishes, dark spots or red infected cysts or pimples. Some ingrown hair bumps with pus under it will be painful and makes shaving difficult. Ingrown hairs make many people feel conscious and embarrass to wear an outfit that may reveal them.

Most people normally would dig the skin with something sharp or use tweezers to get the hair out. Unless you do it carefully, it will hurt and can cause inflammation and infection.

So here are a few ingrown hair home remedies.

Ingrown hair home remedies No. 1 - Apply warm compress

If you can feel or see the bump but the hair isn't visible, apply a warm and moist compress. Get a face cloth, dip in warm water and wring it. You can also heat the cloth in the microwave oven. Apply it on the affected area for several minutes. If there is no pus, very gently use a clean tweezers or needle that has been washed in alcohol or hot water to lift it out.

Ingrown hair home remedies No. 2 - Apply herbal extract

White willow bark contains salicin which produces salicylic acid. It is available in liquid extract. The acid from willow bark is mostly used for acne treatment. If you have infected ingrown hair, mix it with jojoba oil and it will help reduce pus or swelling of the bumps and help the hair come out.

Aloe vera gel is another option. Apply the gel on the bumps for a few days and the active compounds in the herbal extract will reduce inflammation if any, and may reduce further ingrown hair.

If you choose to buy any of the ingrown hair products, look at the labels first. Try to avoid any product that includes alcohol. Natural and herbal products that are effective as ingrown hair treatment and treat skin problems are chamomile, sage, lavender oil, tea tree oil, olive oil, jojoba oil and sugar cane.

Ingrown hair home remedies No. 3 - Use sugar cane extract and honey

Some ingrown hair products use sugar cane extract that contains glycolic acid. It can penetrate the skin. If you don't have any sugar cane juice, mix sugar with honey and lemon juice. Add cornstarch to make it into a paste. Apply it on your razor bumps and leave it for about 20 minutes.

Ingrown hair home remedies No. 4 - Aspirin may help

Some people use aspirin in treating ingrown hairs. Aspirin contains acetylsalicylic acid which is a byproduct of salicylic acid. To use it crush a few aspirins and add water to make it a paste. Apply it on your razor bumps and leave it to dry. Once it is dried, wash it off with water.

How to Prevent Ingrown Hair

1. If you are a woman and never shaven or waxed before, it's best that you avoid it. Ingrown hairs normally happen as a result of tweezing, shaving and waxing.
   
   
   
2. Before you shave, soften your skin with moist warm cloth for several minutes. Very gently lift out any ingrown hair before shaving.
   
   
   
3. Use a single track razor instead of a double tract to avoid the hair from drawing back in.

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