Ingrown hair - ouch!!!

[CARNAT22]

Not pregnancy related but any help appreciated!

I have an ingrown hair under my armpit - never had one before in my life (anywhere)

Anything I need to do? Or put on it?

There is now a red lump (feels like a pianful spot) and it hurts..

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[mrs v]

Iv had this, do not mess with it...dab tea tree oil onto it, it will eventually pop, hope that helps!

 

[mrswoody]

Get it checked by your GP. I work with 2 guys who are well hairy and they had I growing hairs. They left them and they eventually had to have an operation to get the hair out only minor one mind.
I don't mean my reply to sound scary :/
Sometimes these hairs come out in their own too x

 

[CARNAT22]

It's too painful to play around with! I've put some clearasil cleanser on it (not got any tea tree oil)

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[Jayjay027]

Go to boots tomorrow and buy some magnesium sulphate paste (about £2.50 for a small pot). Put a dab of that over the spot, then cover with a plaster.
Repeat this every 4-6hrs for 2 days, this should bring the hair to the surface so u can pluck it

But only use the paste if the skin is unbroken.
Hope u get it out soon. I had one for almost 2 months that I only managed to get out last week with the help of the paste and a looooonnngggg soak. But it felt sssoooooo good to get it out lol xx

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[netty]

ouch nat, that could also be a gland you know they are commonly blocked in the armpit, and groin! if you are sure its a hair you can draw it out with a hot flannel, if its a gland it just wont go down! i have had one of these thats how i know lol! hope it goes away hun its fooking shit having one under your armpit

 

[Loula]

I deal with these at work all the time, my advice would be don't play with it. Seek gp or nurse advice and they will advise you,x

 

[coco_cukoo]

Ha oh god. I just get my tweezers, pop the skin & pull it out & they always clear up next day. Xx

 

[CARNAT22]

I'm going to leave it a few days and if no improvement I'll see the Dr...

It just seems sucha stupid thing to see the Dr about

I'll also nip over to Superdrug at lunch and see what they have to put on it (it's a crappy, small Superdrug store!!)

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[SarahCarps2be]

Ive got one of these atm.

I suffer from skin tags under my pits from shaving and that, and I thought this was a big one...

turns out it is an ingrowing hair, but I cant see any hair in it yet.

As a beauty therapist, we always got taught to remove the hairs with tweezers if we could...
My Oh had a nasty one at the bottom of his spine and ended up having to have an op to get it out, his scar is the size of a 50p!! They're evil things! xxx

 

[FirstBabyEek]

Ouch! I usually tweezer mine out, I get one reoccuring one on the top of my leg. It hurts like made to get it out but if I leave it, it'll just worse. I pop a bit of sudocrem on it after and it clears up after a few days.

 

[CARNAT22]

No improvement with my ingrown hair, in-fact I am so swollen I am going to try and get a GP appointment as I think it's infected

It's like I have a giant nipple under my armpit

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