Causes of Ingrown Hair
Men or women, nobody has been spared from getting an ingrown hair. In men, ingrown hair can be seen as small bumps on their chin, cheeks, or neck, usually after shaving. Women develop ingrown hair mostly on their legs, armpits and the pubic area. Sometimes ingrown hairs also develop on buttocks, at the bottom of the tailbone. Men are more prone than women to have an ingrown hair in this area. If these ingrown hairs at buttocks are not treated in time, t prom party outfits in dark purple
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Curly or coarse hair. People with curly or coarse hair are more likely to get ingrown hair. Such hair can easily curl back ground and re-enter your skin, especially after you shaving, waxing or tweezing to remove unwanted hair. The hair that grows back has sharper edges and thus it is easier for such hair to re enter the skin. Sometimes, these hair curls back into the hair follicle without even coming out of your skin!
Clogged hair follicles. Sometimes, your hair follicles may get clogged due to the dead skin cells. As, such, the hair that grows back doesn’t finds its way outside the skin. However, it keeps on growing sideways inside the follicle. This obviously results into ingrown hair.
Hormonal imbalance. Sometimes, especially in women, higher levels of certain sex hormones result into excessive unwanted hair growth. This condition is medically known as hirsutism. Such women may also get ingrown hair frequently.