Tacking Ingrown Hairs and Razor Bumps

Just when you thought shaving daily was tough enough, along comes an ingrown hair, or worse still a sore razor bump. Annoying as they might be, there are ways of treating ingrown hairs and razor bumps. Let us shed some light on how they come about and how they can be avoided.

 

 

Hairs typically grow and extend out through the skins pore.  When they start to curl back and fail to exit the skins surface you get an ingrown hair.  Some of these hairs are visible, growing quietly underneath a thin layer of skin and don’t cause too much grief.  Most however can transform into an angry razor bump.  Sebum (oil) forms around the ingrown hair and this build-up leads to a razor bump.  When this bump gets infected, it becomes inflamed and extremely sore.  Razor bumps commonly appear around the neck and jaw-line and tend to affect men with curly hair more than others.
 
Needless to say, shaving is mainly to blame.  When the hair is cut short and below the skins surface, the hair can easily grow back on itself rather than reach out through the follicle opening.  Shaving on the affected area can cause a razor bump to bleed and become infected.

 

 

To prevent ingrown hairs and razor bumps you need to avoid cutting the hair beneath the skins surface when shaving and to assist the hair to grow out easily to the surface. 

 

 

For ingrown hairs that you can see growing along the surface of the skin, try using a Tweezerman Point Tweezer to free the hair.  Tempting as it might be, do not pluck the hair out immediately but leave it for a day or two to allow the skin to heal around it.  Remember to apply an antiseptic cream after releasing the trapped hair to prevent infection.