What causes an ingrown hair?

Can you prevent it? (It's on my bikini area...I shave everyday, could that be why?)

What causes an ingrown hair?

Ingrown hairs can be caused by skin cells blocking the hair follicle, so the hair cannot pass through. It can also be caused by skin being irritated, so the opening of the hair follicle swells shut, again not allowing the hair passage. Shaving your bikini area daily is NOT a good thing, especially if your skin is very sensitive and you've got skin irritation already. Shave only every 2-3 days, and try a cream called Bikini Zone.

What causes an ingrown hair?

clogged pores...use warm cloths and place on the ingrown hair to unclog the pore.

What causes an ingrown hair?

ANY ingrown hair is caused by growth of the hair trapped by the outer layer of the skin. Which means, if you don't shave SO CLOSE, it won't happen.

Most shaver pulls the hair slightly before it cuts. That makes a closer shave, but it can be too close. When it retracts, the top of the hair is actually under the skin. If the hole of the skin closes, then hair has no places to go! Thus if it cannot penetrate the skin, it grows under the skin, side ways.

Perhaps you are being too agressive and shaving too close.

What causes an ingrown hair?

Try to cut back to shaving everyother day. I did and I stopped getting ingrown hairs in my bikini area. That area has sensitive skin so let it breathe for a day before it gets irritated again with a razor.

What causes an ingrown hair?

It is where the skin if over the hari follicle thing so the hair cannot get out. I used to get them all the time on my legs from waxing. The answer is exfoliating which rmoves the skin.

Im not sure if shaving everyday has caused it but if this is the case are you sure it an ingrown hair not just an irritation?hope this helps xxx