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Erm...in grown hair question.

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
Basically, i have had ingrown hairs before and they are easy to deal with, coax them loose and tweezer them out. Or dig them out.

But, i had one and dug it out and plucked it, no problems, pretty typical, but now the skin has gone hard around the area. Has this happened to anyone else?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    moisturize?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Is it a particularly dry area? This is just a guess but you probably damaged the skin a tad when you dug it out.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Have a long hot soak in the bath as this will soften up the skin and encourange the hair out, then squeeze/pluck etc to try and get the hair out. This will also hurt a lot less after a hot bath.

    Alternatively, go to see your practice nurse at your GP's surgery who will be able to get it out
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