I skipped through the entirety of my teens and twenties without ever experiencing an . I’d hear friends talk about the painstaking process of having to remove them with from all sorts of areas or, even worse, having to ease the inflammation of an infected hair follicle before a night out, but personally? I’d never had one. Fast forward to the present day, however, and oh how things have changed.
I don’t know whether it’s my age (I’m now 35) and my changing skin or the fact that I no longer have a , but over the last year I have had more ingrown hairs than I can count. Including one particularly persistent one that ended up getting infected. Charming.
So, over the last few months I have made it my mission to find a razor, hair removal routine, or beauty product that might be able to help. And I’m over-the-moon to report that there was one product in particular that has not only alleviated any stubborn ingrown hairs but has prevented more from forming. Enter: The Inkey List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Stick.
“Ingrown hairs happen when hair curls back or grows sideways into the skin instead of rising up from it,” explains , advanced nurse practitioner and founder of Emma Wedgwood Aesthetics. “This often happens due to clogged hair follicles, dead skin cells or improper hair removal techniques such as shaving too closely or using dull razors.” For me, personally, this makes total sense.
I used to be on top of changing my razor blade every fortnight, but the.