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# If the hair is shallow enough that you can see it through the skin, you may proceed. # Wash the area over and surrounding the ingrown hairs with warm water, to soften the skin and to make the skin pores bigger. # Sterilize the tweezers to prevent infection by soaking it in rubbing alcohol for several minutes. # Apply a warm compress to the affected area. Do not use a hot compress, only a warm one. The temperature may be enough to encourage the hairs to break away from the skin. Hold the compress in place for one to two minutes. # Do this step only when the area is bleeding or infected and will not release the hair. Use the sharpest edge of the tweezers to apply pressure and scratch on the skin to open it and release the hair from the skin layer. # Once the hair is released, do not pluck it out from the skin. Simply uncurl the hair and encourage it in the natural growing direction of the other hairs. # Pour hydrogen peroxide on the affected area to clean it out and prevent future ingrown hairs. Let it stay there to clean out the pores before wiping away.

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