I know. Random, v silly question… but ’m trying to understand why, even though I’ve always clean shaven my pubic area (female) since I was a teen, why I get more stubborn, ingrown hairs that lead to folliculitis as a person who is 30+ than unused to. (Throw away account because who wants their friends to see this question get asked ?😂)
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Depending on how curly your hair is, and how sharp the end cut is, it will curl back toward the skin and pierce it, becoming ingrown. Consider shifting from razor to electric, or vice versa. Razor shaving with baby oil or a different cream might help as well.
Hair has to come through the skin to not be in-grown. Sometimes the hair is not sharp/strong enough, or it is naturally too curly, or the skin is too tough or inelastic. And so the hair keeps growing, but underneath the skin. It happens more as you get older because your skin gets tougher as you age.
I always have to shave with the grain. And 100% apply conditioner over entire area as if its lotion right after shaving. (No sodium laurel sulfate in ingredients **ever**)
Exfoliating the area daily for the first 2-3 days after shaving helps with my ingrown hairs(I have curly hair).
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