Ingenic hairs are generally very annoying, but what if it is literally in your face? Right, even more annoying. When you ever ingrown hairs Have you had exactly the inconvenience what this entails. You feel ingrown beard hairs when you laugh, talk if your face moves at all. Not nice, but it is common among all the men who are shaving.
The results of these unwanted bumps can become a lot grim: swelling, inflammation and even scars (in your face). Of course you want to prevent this, but can we do something about it? Well, luckily they can be prevented and removed in the right way. Before we get started, it is important to know what ingrown hair actually is and how they arise.
How do ingrown hairs arise?
If you are talking about ingrown hairs, there are actually two different types. You can divide them into ingrown hairs and razor bumps.
Ingrown hairs
When shaving, your skin is under a lot of tension. By shave It is possible that the hairs are pulled, this creates a "slanting point". That sloping point can poke in the wall of the hair follicle, which blocks the exit. The hair cannot go outside and grow under the skin surface. The biggest causes of these ingrown hairs are:
- Against hair growth in shaving
- Bone razor
- Too many dead skin cells on your skin
Razor Bumps
With razor bumps the hair grows outside, but then goes back into the skin. This often occurs in men with curled hairs. This type of ingrown hair actually has the same causes and solutions.
This is how you prevent ingrown hairs
Prevention is better than cure. Fortunately, preventing ingrown hairs is not that difficult at all. These changes will even greatly improve your skin condition.
1. Shave with the direction of hair growth
We understand that you want a smooth result, but the risk of ingrown hair increases the risk of hair growth in Shaving considerably. Even when you shave with the direction of hair, you can still achieve a very smooth result. Immediately Safety Razor for example. More about that soon.
2. Stop using a bone knife
Admit it, too often you have shaved with the same knife. The botter the blade, the more resistance there is and the more the blade will pull on the skin. So an ingrown hair will then be able to arise very quickly. Always use sharp razor blades. Do you use disposable blades? Use it only once and then throw them away. We often hear the reaction that it is so expensive to replace your blades so quickly. But is that true? Maybe you should switch to a cheaper and much better alternative. You can read that in our next point.
3. Shave with a Safety Razor
A safety razor uses only one interchangeable knife, which is much sharper than the blades from a disposable knife or cartridge system. It cuts the hairs better and the result is smoother. The interchangeable blades of a Safety Razor are called "Double Edge Blades"And are many times cheaper than disposable blades. The purchase of a safety razor is often a lot more expensive. But it is a one -off investment that lasts a long time. Due to the saving on blades you often have that investment out within 3 months. In the list of our top 10 Best Safety Razors You can filter on your wishes and price range. There is a good match for everyone!
4. Heat your skin before shaving
Make your skin warm and moist for shaving. Your skin and hair will become softer and your hair follicles will relax. You can do this by flushing well with warm water in the shower or placing a warm wet towel for 5 minutes on your face.
5. Not dry but wet shaving
By wet shaving we mean the use of a good one shaving soap or shaving cream. No shaving foam since it often dries out the skin than necessary. The foam that you make with a shaving soap or shaving cream makes the hair soft and puts a delicious smooth protective layer on your skin so that the knife can glide smoothly over it. Wet shaving is a pleasure in itself.
6. Use a pre -shave
A preshave Is actually a special oil or gel that you apply before using the shaving soap or shaving cream. This offers an extra protective layer that softens the skin, protects irritation and provides an even smoother layer. In this way you reduce the chance of ingrown hair or irritation in general. To make it easier for you, we already have a top 10 Best Preshaves Made with our favorites.
7. Regularly remove dead skin cells with a scrub
Ingroomed hairs can also occur because the dead skin cells block the outputs of the hair follicles. So use a scrub from our top 10 once a week Best face scrub In front of your face to remove the dead skin cells. You also get a beautiful sight of it.
8. Use a cream especially for ingrown hairs
If you often suffer from ingrown hairs, we recommend using a special cream that prevents ingrown hairs, red bumps and irritations. Use these treatments after shaving and before you have a day cream yields. We are very fan of the formulas of brands such as Malin + Goetz and Anthony.
9. Use a balm or day cream after shaving
You want to take care of and hydrate your skin as well as possible. This way your skin is calmed down after shaving and no irritations or inflammations arise. Hydrated skin will run out of such problems less quickly.
10. Use alum
It is possible that you have never heard of this, but we see this mineral stone as the "holy grail" of shaving products. Alum Works disinfectively and will ensure that ingrown hairs are prevented.
What can you do about ingrown hairs?
If you already have an ingrown hair then you naturally want to remove it. It is best to remove an ingrown hair with the following ways.
Loosen them with a cotton swab
When you squeeze the ingrown hair in the skin gently, you can wipe over it with a cotton swab against the direction of hair growth. Often the hair comes loose.
Remove them with tweezers
Don't you succeed with a cotton swab? Then try it with tweezers. Especially useful with razor bumps where a part of the hair can be seen above your skin. Take the hair and pull the hair out. Always disinfect the tweezers to prevent inflammation. It sometimes happens that you pull the whole hair follicle. Always disinfect the skin well after pulling the hair because otherwise inflammation can easily occur.
Visit a specialist
We are sometimes good at thinking that we can do everything. But when it comes to your skin, you don't want to mess around, not at all when it is in your face. If you don't want to do it yourself, call a beautician or your doctor. These are specialized here and have different equipment in house than we have. Then at least you are assured that you do not cause any permanent damage.
Goodbye ingrown hairs
With these tips it will have to be done! Ingenic hairs will be a thing of the past and that annoying bump with stubborn hairs will disappear. If you still have questions, know that you can always contact us. Then we will try to help you as well as possible, whether it is about shaving techniques or products that can help you. That's what friends are for.
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