How can I tell if I have an ingrown hair?

Question

I have a spot where I waxed and the hair is growing back and it is really sore! when I touch it it feels like a little ball is in my skin or a huge cyst or something. Is this an ingrown hair? And how can I get rid of it??

Answer 1

If you have an ingrown hair it will be musch as you described and will feel sort of like a pimple . The only way I know to get rid of it is to pluck it , then it will go down and away .

Answer 2

yeah, its a ingrown hair, no biggie....if you can get some tweezers and pull that hair out, it will feel better almost right away....then you can squeeze it, it almost just like a pimple...

Answer 3

You'll have some redness around the ingrown hair. Get some tweezers and kinda break open the pimple.. you'll see the hair. Pluck it out. That should take care of it!

Answer 4

I get these all the time. happens often when you wax.  To soothe the pain use a warm wet face cloth and hold it on the spot.  Eventually the puss or infection inside will loosen up and drain in a few days  

Answer 5

you'll have red bumps

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Answer 6

You can tell if you have an ingrown hair because there would be a little pinprick of hair coming out, or a dot the colour of your hair.

If not, then it could be a cyst.

Answer 7

get a very warm flannel and hold it against the spot for a good while and it should pop. you can help it along, it wont hurt you need to release the poison (infection). i wont hurt for you to do this.

dry it and add some savlon antiseptic cream.