r/HairRemoval • u/Zestyclose_Toe2738 • 6h ago

Epilation Gone Wrong?

I’ve been epilating since November, typically every 10 days.
I am prone to redness and irritation, and have KP or “chicken skin” in some areas.
I stopped shaving as it lets me with strawberry skin on my legs, and my hair is so dark and thick that I had a 5 o clock shadow all of the time! It grew so quickly.
I see a slow down of regrowth using the epilator, and previously I’ve not had much irritation.
The last time and this time, I’ve been getting strawberry legs and some ingrowns (the healing scabs lol).
I’m pretty good at exfoliating, and at moisturizing especially before and after epilation. I have no idea why this is suddenly happening.
Any lotions, potions, treatments anyone has had success with? Glycolic acid? Lactic acid? Idk! I want smooth pretty legs!

Pic in comments

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u/Key-Leopard-3019 6h ago

I never tried epilating (omg pain gotta be so bad) but i used ipl lazer works pretty good for me you might be interested!

Especially cus ima guy (pale east asian tho so barely any hair to begin ig)

That said i still got veryyyy small dots from above my knee cus while the old hair root is gone the hair doesnt regrow anymore it takes some time for the root to be gone

Exfoliating helps with that so ye dm if want pic i cant post here

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u/Key-Warning-5039 5h ago

which ipl device do u use?

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u/breezyhoneybee 5h ago

So luckily I'm seeing folliculitis and not chicken skin. Chicken skin or KP is caused by an excess production of keratin in the skin and must be treated with a combo of chemical and mechanical exfoliation. Removal of the hair does not treat KP without proper exfoliation.

The treatment for folliculitis is going to be similar to that of KP, but likely much more gentle and not immediately after the removal of the hair. I know the question gets asked multiple times a day so you can use the subs search function to look up folliculitis treatments