What are infected ingrown hairs and how to get rid of them?
Quite often an ingrown hair becomes irritated or inflamed with bacteria causing troublesome infected ingrown hair. An infected ingrown hair is marked by inflammation of the skin followed by pus formation. It may cause you itching and pain. An infected pustule can become ruptured, resulting in bleeding. In chronic cases, an infected ingrown hair may also generate scars. Given below are the steps to get rid of an ingrown hair – Clean the area to remove any bacteria that may be present before attempting to remove the ingrown hair. Soak a clean cloth in warm or hot water and lay it across the infected ingrown hair and surrounding area for about 3 minutes. This will cause the ingrown hair to loosen. This will sometimes make the ingrown hair come up to the surface. Check to see if this has happened otherwise place the cloth over the area again and wait until it does. Using your tweezers, gently lift the infected ingrown hair from the hair follicle. You can ‘pluck’ the hair as well, but if th
