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Typically regular waxing will see the hairs growing in fewer, finer, lighter in color. The ingrown hair problem is usually resolved with cleansing, toning (astringent), and exfoliating. If you are too rough with exfoliating, the surface will build up a cuticle layer faster than normal hense creating a worse ingrown problem. The protective layer or cuticle is there to protect against micro-organisms/bacteria and environmental damage. When you exfoliate you should avoid removing too much of this epidermal layer since the dermal layer will have to speedup it's process of becoming epidermus so as too create the protective cuticle that was removed before it's time. Waxing is a process that removes the epidermus as well as hair, depending on the product used. Remember that the hairs become ingrown because the openning of the folical is covered by epidermus/cuticle and the folicle is enlarged enough to accomodate the increased space that the doubled over hair needs. Toning with astringent tightens the skin and reduces the size of the folicle.
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