Causes And Treatment Of Ingrown Hairs
March 9, 2009
There are times when you have shaved hair getting trapped inside the follicle. This causes a very painful situation and can in fact be a rather unsightly sight. One normally thinks of them as razor bumps. As a result of this, there is redness, swelling and scarring of the skin. The medical term of this condition is Pseudofolliculitis Barbae. The condition however can be over come with good skin care as of today.
No matter just how bad the condition is, with the correct handling the situation can be over come with a few weeks. The treatment will require you to use specialist products. Salicylic acid is an important ingredient that is necessary to help over come the problem. It is an active element (salicylic acid) that is extremely helpful in dealing with razor bumps. It is basically a dermatological-grade ingredient that helps in exfoliates process. It helps in moisturizing the skin as well as doing a deep cleaning job of the skin. This helps the skin to be able to recover faster as it is the toxic that are creating the problem as of now.
It will be necessary for you to use a post shave product that has salicylic acid. This will help it through out the day in keeping the infection in control at the out set of treatment. The other thing that you may look at is, is a non-acne-genic shaving lather. These are designed for sensitive skins and are very good in preventing razor bumps. It is important to use a good shaving gel/lather as other wise your sensitive skin will dry out more than necessary when you shave. It is important to insure you do not use any products that have traces of alcohol. These too dry out the skin and are a reason for those razor bumps.
The next best thing you can do for your self is to regularly exfoliate your skin. This literally means that you remove the top layer of dead skin on your face. There are many products on the market today that will help you remove this useless skin. Basically, it is about gently scrubbing down your skin with a scrubber every day that will get rid of this dead skin. Some products come in the form of a peel. They are applied and let to dry approximately 15 minutes is the average time. You then peel of the layer. This removes all the dead skin and also cleans out the pores.
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