Nasty ingrown hairs after waxing

[Shakira]

I waxed my legs for the first time about a month ago.I'm not so hairy,so it was no where near as painful as I was expecting and the results were just amazing.Not having to see gross hairy man legs every time I have a shower really took the edge off my dysphoria.But OMG after about a fortnight it started itching and prickling and I realized about 1/2 of the hair was growing back under the skin .I've been exfoliating every other day which helped a lot but there's still a lot if ingrowns,especially on my outer calves and the back of my thighs and they're a bit red and inflamed too .Has any one had a similar waxing catastrophe?Any ideas how to fix this would be awesome.I'm thinking about shaving,would this be a good idea or should I wait a while to let the recalcitrant hairs grow out?

[XchristineX]

DO NOT PICK....
what you need to do is soak in heavy heavy salt water...
And scrub...than soak with lemon...

Salt a lot...even rub it gently into legs

[Shakira]

Thanks so much Christine.I'll try this tomorrow....and stop picking today

[Jamie D]

How to treat ingrown hairs

[Renee]

A product like Tendskin can help a lot. 

[XchristineX]

Tendskin is pricey:(

I do have a very tried and tried system but its time consuming
I did it coz I was only living on employment insurance...


My entire system was basically 1 large cup Epsom..2-3 table salt1
1 cup baking soda. Soak in hot hot hot water 20 mins...
Rinse in shower
Use wash cloth to coat body with extra virgin olive oil. Let stand 5 mins
Rinse offf all you can in hot water
Lemon juice fro. Freshly squeezed lemon to coat legs...the citric acid eats the
Top layer off...the high vitamin c helps skin grow faster...olive oil softens
Salt exfoliates....