What You Can Do to Help with Bumps, Redness and Burn from Hair Removal and Razors

Are you using tweezers, wax strips, an "Epilator" or anything else that removes unwanted hair by ripping it out of the skin? Or maybe you prefer a razor to do the job. If you have, then chances are you may have experienced ingrown hair bumps, more likely caused by pulling hair from the skin, to razor bumps, redness and burn. The irritation of bumps, redness and burns can be relieved. Below are some of the things you can do to bring some comfort to these minor irritations.

Help for bumps.
Hemorrhoid cream will reduce the swelling.

To calm the irritation after you've made a glass of tea, place the tea bag over bumps.

Rub a favorite brand of acne/pimple products over the bumpy mounds.

Rub on "Castor Oil." With continued use this stuff actually made a mole my Grandma had fall off.

Rub on "Milk of Magnesia." Let it dry and then rinse it off. As it dries this stuff will tighten and pull the skin. If the bump is from an ingrown hair "Milk of Magnesia" can help to draw it to the surface of the skin for easier removal.

Use "Calamine Lotion."

Use bug bite relief products.

Products for lips such as "Chapstick and Carmex" can help those bumps.

Bumps will begin to shrink from ice.

Help for redness and burn.
Lemon juice will help to lighten the redness. Be aware that it may sting and burn a bit. It is also a disinfectant and can help keep the occurrence of an infection from getting in.

Aloe Vera is soothing to the skin. Use as close to 100 percent Aloe Vera as you can get.

Peppermint oil, lotion or powder makes the skin feel better.

Caffeine can help to perk up the skin. Rub on some plain black coffee.

Vitamin E is effective. Break open a vitamin e soft gel capsule and squeeze the oil out or buy vitamin e oil in the strongest strength you can buy for faster healing time.

Women can use after-shave gel or lotion for men.

Chamomile Tea is really good for combating redness and burn. You can run a used tea bag over the affected area or you can dip a wash cloth in the tea and rub it over the problem area.

Dip a cloth into a couple of dissolved aspirin that have been stirred up in water and rub it over the irritated skin.