What are 'ingrown hairs'?

What are 'ingrown hairs'?

Sue Ismiel (Executive Chair of the LifeSource Group) gives expert video advice on: How can I get rid of ingrown hairs?; Can waxing or gelling encourage ingrown hairs? and more...

Ingrown hair problems can happen with any hair removal method. With waxing, for instance, when you remove the hair by the roots, and the hair tries to grow back, it actually becomes weaker. What happens is it grows beneath the skin because it doesn't have the strength to poke through the skin.