Weird leg hair problem!

angelicmary85

Evening All,

I'm wondering if you could help me with an issue I've got with a few leg hairs?!

I only recently starting eplilating but I think I may not have exfoilated enough when I first started.

The problem is that there are a few hairs that look like they are (and this is the only way I can describe it ) lying down!
They seem to be growing just under the skin but I've rubbed my legs raw with an exfoliating mitt and used 2 different kinds of boby scrub but still can't get to these hairs! I'm not sure if it means they are in-growing or not but I'm getting a bit anxious about it!

Thanks for any thoughts any of you may be able to share!

Angelic x

Bitsy_Beans

I get the odd one like this. I break the top layer of skin with a needle or pin (very carefully of course) so that the hair is free. I either then pluck it manually or catch it next time I epilate. Regular exfoliating and moisturising should limit the number of these.
I don't think it's ingrowing in the sense that it's turned back on itself (and therefore gets infected and swollen) but that it can't break through the final top layer of skin.

frivolous_fay

I have always suffered from ingrowing hairs... I think some people are just prone to it. Very annoying.

Don't waste your money on 'tend skin' - it did diddly squat for me!

angelicmary85

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

I get the odd one like this. I break the top layer of skin with a needle or pin (very carefully of course) so that the hair is free. I either then pluck it manually or catch it next time I epilate. Regular exfoliating and moisturising should limit the number of these.
I don't think it's ingrowing in the sense that it's turned back on itself (and therefore gets infected and swollen) but that it can't break through the final top layer of skin.

Thanks Bitsy,

I didn't think it was ingrowing but I've never had any ingrowing hairs so I don't know what they look like!

kerrydrobertson

try not to scrub or prod it too much as it could go into the skin more. try dabbing it with tea tree/witch hazel and it might help bring them out.

angelicmary85

kerrydrobertson wrote: »

try not to scrub or prod it too much as it could go into the skin more. try dabbing it with tea tree/witch hazel and it might help bring them out.

Thanks!

What's in tea tree/witch Hazel that may help bring them out?

suki1964

I have the same problem, not so much an ingrowing, but growing flat just under the skin.

I use a good stiff body brush and try to brush daily and in the same direction. And epilate the same direction as well - not keep going round in circles. Its helping

Ingrowing's tend to be a mile long time you hook the wee beggers out

Oh a good pair of pointed tweezers from tweezerman are a must