Ingrown hair on legs?
Hey ladies. I'm only 20 yrs old and I've only been shaving my legs since I was about 16 or so. My mom naturally doesn't grow hair on her legs so she never learned to shave thus could never teach me anything.
Well, I'm 26 weeks pregnant and up until about a week ago or so, I could shave my legs. Well, for some reason or another (either shaving wrong, new brand of razor etc) I have gotten horrible ingrown hairs on my right leg. At first, I thought they were bug bites of some sort. They itched terribly, were very big and puffy etc.
Well, last night I noticed more bumps and they started to hurt a lot.
So, I started popping them and behold hairs were sticking out. I pulled a few that I could get easily and these hairs were so infected inside, they came out with no struggle. Straight out and also had like a waxy type of something on the root of the hair.
Now that I've gotten the hairs out, they don't itch. But it now hurts to even walk on that leg. And there are big puffy red spots. I've cleaned them with peroxide and I washed it really well (no matter how much it hurt) in the shower.
Has anyone had anything like this happen? I usually will get lil razor bumps and ingrown hairs on my bikini area but nothing like this.
I've decided to stop shaving my legs ( the last place I could reach)
Is there something I can do or buy that can relieve these painful bumps??
Any help is highly appreciated!!
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