Question 1

i keep getting ingrown hair folice ?

Accepted Answer

Ingrown hairs: If you have ingrown hairs try not to wax, shave or pluck hairs until healed.  This can often heal without treatment. Your physician can prescribe medication to clear dead skin cells  (retinoids). Steroids may be used for significant inflammation &amp; antibiotics may be considered if the area has become infected.

Question 2

should i get my ingrown hair drained?

Accepted Answer

If it is oozing: If you have an abscess get the hair pulled and drain the pus.  Your doctor will perform an incision and drainage (i and d) if need be.  You may be infected and drainage with antibiotics.  See your doctor.

Question 3

how can i effectively treat an ingrown hair bump?

Accepted Answer

Remove the hair: Clean area, lance bump, with tweezer-remove the hair. Apply betadine or triple antibiotic cream, until healed.

Question 4

why do i keep having ingrown hair in the same exact spot?

Accepted Answer

Destroy the hair: Electrolysis or laser will do it.

Question 5

i wanted to know did this bump come from an ingrown hair ?

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In-grown hairs: In grown hairs can get infected and cause bumps called folliculitis which need daily cleaning and antibiotics  ( can be topical) usually to resolve. But would f/u/ w/ a doc as we have no picture to evaluate   the particular bump you are referring to.

Question 6

how to determine if i have a ingrown hair or a herpes symptom?

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Single vs cluster: Usually an ingrown hair is an isolated occurrence, while most often, herpes produces several vesicles. The appearance of the lesions also sometimes can help as herpes are tiny blister-like bubbles full of clear-yellow fluid with redness around them. Ingrown hair often has pus (and hair) inside it, also with redness around it.

Question 7

how do u combat a ingrown hair.and would i need to see a docor?

Accepted Answer

Ingrown hair: As long as it has not developed into a large pus pocket, you may carefully try to free the entraped hair by cleansing with rubbing alcohol and using a sterilized needle to unroof the trapped hair.
If this does not work or if there is significan infection, then you should see a doctor.

Question 8

what can i do to treat a pea sized ingrown hair along mybikini line ?

Accepted Answer

Hair.: Hairs aren't pea sized. Must be something else. Infected cyst. Inflamed follicle. Not a hair.

Surgical removal may be needed.  Time will clarify the problem.

If recurrent. Have it removed.

Question 9

i have a knot on the back right side of my head. first appeared to be like a ingrown hair.  mashed it and clear liquid came out.

Accepted Answer

Cyst: Simple cysts can appear when the fluid of a hair follicle becomes trapped.  As the fluid builds up it creates a soft mass.  Squeezing it can release the fluid.  If it is foul odor then this may be a sebacous cyst.  Cysts recur and can become infected.  A simple procedure in your doctors office can remove it.

Question 10

can epilight remove ingrown hairs? if i have an ingrown hair and i go through with epilight, could this cure the ingrown hair?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily: A single ingrown hair may be a cyst or an enlarged pore that may need a different therapy.

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I wanted to know did this bump come from an ingrown hair ?

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How to determine if i have a ingrown hair or a herpes symptom?

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How do u combat a ingrown hair.and would i need to see a docor?

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What can i do to treat a pea sized ingrown hair along mybikini line ?

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I have a knot on the back right side of my head. first appeared to be like a ingrown hair. mashed it and clear liquid came out.

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Can epilight remove ingrown hairs? if i have an ingrown hair and i go through with epilight, could this cure the ingrown hair?

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