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Originally Posted by ametc
I wax myself, but I've found it difficult to get the area where my 'lips' meet. It's always the most painful and most difficult to get.
Also, how do I make sure not to get ANY ingrown hairs? I've tried exfoliating and applying witchhazel.. but there seems to be some ingrown hairs that just don't care what I use and they grow under the skin anyways. A pimple type thing usually forms over the hair and I end up having to pop it and tweezing the hair out. Is there a better way of dealing with ingrown hairs?
I use stripless wax. (Which, imo, is the best.)
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I wonder if the meeting area is at the top or the Pubis Mons. That is generally the most sensitive area for pain. Use a numbing cream at about 30min before you wax. If you test by pulling on the hairs before applying wax and find it still too sensitive re-app the numbing product and keep testing every few min. Ambisol for the gums is also good for numbing. Clean the hairs of any residual product before app of wax as it may prevent wax from adhereing to hair, put powder made for waxing on the skin so the wax doesn't stick to the skin.
The ingrown hair typically happens when the skin grows over the folical before the hair emerges therefore causing the hair to turn and curl inside the closed over folical. Check the adheasion strength of the wax and the prep of the skin. Wax made for stiff hard to pull hair typically adheres very well but if the skin has no oil or powder on it the wax can also adhere to the skin and pull off enough that the cells remaining will start to heal and thus grow over the site including covering over an empty folical. I hope you understand the importance of the balance of products to conditions, get it right and you'll have greater smiles and less frowns.
