Ingrown hairs

So I need a little advice on ingrowns. In the past I would shave like every week or every other week and would constantly get ingrown hairs and bumps on my bikini area. But, I started to take looonnng ass gaps in between shaving (cause ya girl was getting no action) and noticed that those gaps helped to heal a lot of those scars from shaving. A few months ago I decided to start waxing because I heard it is much easier and helps prevent ingrown hairs. And that just isn’t the case for me, and I feel like I’m back at square one trying to get rid of all these damn ingrown hairs. Any alternative hair removal ideas or tips for up keeping my waxes to avoid them?