# ingrown hair help (maybe TMI)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-hair-help-maybe-tmi/127337>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 6, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-hair-help-maybe-tmi/127337 "2002-09-06T20:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-hair-help-maybe-tmi/127337/1 "2002-09-06T20:36:27Z")

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I need some advice—for several months, I have had what I’m pretty sure is an ingrown hair in a sensitive region (I’m female). I’ve squeezed, done exploratory needle prodding, applied hot washcloths to no avail…it’s still there.

Any do-it-myself hints? Do people actually have to see doctors for this type of thing? If so, do I need to see a gynecologist or will a regular doctor be okay? I’m going insane!

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-hair-help-maybe-tmi/127337/2 "2002-09-06T21:09:30Z")

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You need someone else to do the needle prodding for you so they can get closer for a better look and be more precise. I probably don’t have to mention it should be someone you trust. A Lot.

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**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-hair-help-maybe-tmi/127337/3 "2002-09-06T21:16:42Z")

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See a doctor. I have a history of really bad ingrown hairs and had what I thought was one in my armpit. It turns out it was some sort of cyst. He said it was glad that I came in because you never know when some growth like that is really a sign of something more serious. My sympathies, I really hate ingrown hairs.

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**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrown-hair-help-maybe-tmi/127337/4 "2002-09-06T22:10:05Z")

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Try exfoliating. You can get a product, _Tend Skin_ or _Bikini Bump Blaster_, that will help dry the skin and bring the hair to the surface. Don’t pick at it - you can get a nasty infection!