Ingrown Hairs on scalp

• Ingrown Hairs on scalp by kdog on 27 May, 2010 13:25
• hello everyone,
  
  anyone had problems with ingrown hairs on your scalp and found a solution to get rid of them, please share with me!
  
  thanks!
  
  kdog
• #1 by D.A.L.U.I. on 27 May, 2010 13:34
• Are you exfoliating daily?  That should keep the follicles open unless you have really curly hair, in which case you probably shouldn't shave against the grain.
• #2 by kdog on 27 May, 2010 16:02
• hi saintc,
  
  have now started to exfoliate daily - before was just doing it twice a week... I actually tweez my hair, not shave - could be because of that but there must be a solution! maybe keep exfoliating daily, let the hair grow a bit and then tweez them 
  I was wondering if there are specialised creams/lotions to bring the hair to the surface 
• #3 by marty22 on 27 May, 2010 16:26
• howdy k-dog
• #4 by kdog on 27 May, 2010 16:40
• hey Marty, long time heh! 
• #5 by omegapd on 28 May, 2010 00:50
• Try an aspirin "mask". There's videos on You Tube about it. Basically, aspirin is the main ingredient in a lot of the razor bump/ ingrown lotions and gels you can buy (it's usually labeled as some type of wood bark). I take two regular aspiring (not coated) put a few drops of water on them and then crush them up with my finger. Rub that paste on the ingrowns and wait about 10 minutes before washing it off. It works wonders for me and gets rid of a lot of redness and irritation quickly. 
• #6 by kdog on 28 May, 2010 14:09
• thanks omegapd ... I did try a disprin (think it's the same as aspirin), crushed it into a powder and used alcohol disinfectant to make a paste. It did reduce swelling, redness but what to do after that - I mean how to remove the actual hairs?
• #7 by omegapd on 29 May, 2010 05:33
• Oh ok. Best bet for that is to find someone you trust pretty well and let them gently pull the hair out with a needle. It usually has to grow under the skin a little bit before it can be taken out.
• #8 by phigg on 30 Jul, 2010 10:54
• Don't tweeze your hairs!  This is why you're getting ingrown hairs.  I had started to do the same on my face, (due originally to a few already ingrown ones, then I thought.. "hey, this might beat shaving!" and it quickly became a problem. They never really quite grow in right again, the hairs tend to grow along just under the surface of the skin before popping out, which leads to darkened skin, bumps, and possibly even bacterial growth. I have to keep up with tweezing now, it's a pain in the butt.  When I get the money, I'm having some laser or microdermabrasion done.
• #9 by schro on 30 Jul, 2010 12:44
• I had one recently, just ran it over with my Headblade.
  
   
• #10 by Tom McGarry. on 02 Aug, 2010 16:29
• HeadBlade makes a great product for this called "ClearHead" it is meant for erradicating ingrown hairs. The bottle is small but you only need a few drops in your hand (after you shave) then rub it all over your head. Caution it may sting a little so don't use a lot.