Does Waxing Cause Ingrown Hairs? (And How to Prevent Ingrown Hairs After Waxing)
Sometimes it feels like there’s no place to run, no place to hide…from ingrown hairs. Sure, shaving causes them, but unfortunately so do other hair removal methods, including waxing. You’re not going to get ingrown hairs every time you wax, of course, but on the other hand, it’s a fairly common occurrence. And it’s easy to […]
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How to Get Rid of Razor Burn: 16 Best Products and Home Remedies for Razor Burn
Razor burn, razor bumps. Same thing, right? Wrong. They may sound alike, and they may both be unsightly, painful and itchy, but they are quite different. So what separates the two? Razor bumps are ingrown hairs. Razor burn is chafed skin. Razor bumps will only go away once the ingrown hairs grow out, either by themselves […]
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10 Brilliant Home Remedies for Ingrown Hair
On the hunt for simple yet effective home remedies for ingrown hair? You are so not alone. Pretty much anyone and everyone who removes hair on a regular basis has dealt with these pesky ingrowns. Of course, people with curly or coarse hair are more often the victims, but, at one time or another, almost […]
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How to Prevent Ingrown Hairs: 5 Clever Ways to Make Sure They Never Return
Ingrown hairs. That even sounds ugly, doesn’t it? Hairs are supposed to grow out! But there are some that do a U-turn, like they’re trying to get back into the pore – curly, coarse hairs in particular are the worst offenders when it comes to ingrown hairs. Then there are the hairs that want to […]
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Natural Hair Removal: 8 Surprisingly Effective Home Remedies for Hair Removal
There was a time when all hair removal was natural. The first razor wasn’t invented until the 18th century. Depilatories were discovered in the 19th century. Waxing didn’t come along until the 1960s, and laser hair removal was perfected in the 1990s. So for tens of thousands of years, all the procedures and products that […]
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How to Get Rid of Razor Bumps: 15 Best Products and Home Remedies for Razor Bumps
A hair caught in your skin is an ingrown hair. Which is bad enough but when these individual ingrown hairs band together, they form razor bumps. Whether a loner or a part of an ensemble, the ingrown hair occurred because the hair didn’t grow out of your skin. The skin’s immune system reacts as it would […]
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7 Benefits of Laser Hair Removal That Make it Worth the Upfront Cost
Shaving your legs for the first time is pretty cool – exciting, even. But when you’ve been doing it for years, the cost and time required to remain hairless – whether through shaving, waxing, threading – becomes an annoyance you’d rather do without. Enter laser hair removal. The number of people jumping aboard the laser hair […]
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How to Prevent Razor Burn Every Time: 8 Ways to Avoid Razor Burn Forever
You can’t win, right? You’re getting yourself all spiffed up. You’ve cleared off all that unwanted hair. You’re looking good, girl! And then, oh, no, unsightly razor burn! Not only unsightly, but itchy and a little painful. Despite the oh so many ways to remove hair these days, razors remain the most popular due simply […]
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Why Do I Keep Getting Ingrown Hairs? What Causes Ingrown Hairs (And How to Stop Them)
Anyone who’s been shaving and waxing has wondered at some point, “Why do I keep getting ingrown hairs?” Good question and we’ll have to answer it with an old saying: when it comes to ingrown hairs, knowledge is power. Yes, you hear that so often that you want to roll your eyes – one more tired […]
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