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Hairymaery · 22/09/2022 19:40

I just had a great ingrown hair in my knee that took me all day to get out. It was so satisfying!

I'm one of those who loves watching videos of this kind of thing on YouTube but I think there's amazing stories out there!

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properdoughnut · 22/09/2022 19:42

I think the videos will probably satisfy you more than I can describe one really. I once had one. It was amazing all curled when it came out. Can't really draw it.

over2021 · 22/09/2022 19:46

I prefer the ones that are a total surprise- you think it's a little blackhead and a few tweezed later you've pulled out a 4 inch beauty!

GucciBear · 22/09/2022 19:49

Sporner corner used to be good? but I have much more fun watching Blackheads Unlimited. Whole videos on ingrown hairs as well. Quite dreadful but wonderful at the same time!

Butterlover1 · 22/09/2022 19:51

Had a lump to the inside of my bikini like, not dark not sore, I'm assuming it was there for months just where my pubes grew so was largely hidden from view.

Ended up trimming my lady garden a bit smaller and found it. Few days of poking and prodding, woken from its slumber it got angry and red.

Cue an hour of hot compresses and a sterile pin and I got a curly hair that was at least 2 inches long out. Even though it never bothered me beforehand it was so satisfying.

Housenoob · 22/09/2022 19:53

When you squeeze what you think is a tiny blackhead on your chin but then realise it's one of those random, impossibly thick chin hairs- plucking it is one of the best feelings ever. Mine are often bent/curled at the root.

OneTC · 22/09/2022 19:58

I knew someone who had a badly infected one on his neck and the resulting cyst damaged his spinal cord somehow and he needed complicated and dangerous operations to get it sorted out.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 22/09/2022 20:19

My niece was about 9 and like lots of young girls, had hairy arms. I noticed one that was more like a whisker, so I pulled at it with my nails. It came out, and out and out. It was thick like a whisker, but about three inches long, black (she was mousy) and dead straight. She kept it in a matchbox for ages and proudly showed it off.

Shikamiri · 22/09/2022 20:50

ohwhatfuckery BRAVO!!!! 👏👏👏

pinkpotatoez · 22/09/2022 20:58

Not an ingrown hair as such but something I still think about and find odd/satisfying. Was waiting in queue to board a plane and was stood behind my mum who's back was visible. I saw a hair on her back and went to swipe it away as it was about 2 inches (no exaggeration), as I thought it was from her head and to my surprise it was stuck. It was growing out her back and we hadn't noticed all holiday! Pulled it out and it was even longer. Could not believe it, just one stray hair, doesn't have a hair back so it was so odd. She's never had one like it since, how does that even happen😂

BashfulClam · 22/09/2022 21:03

pinkpotatoez · 22/09/2022 20:58

Not an ingrown hair as such but something I still think about and find odd/satisfying. Was waiting in queue to board a plane and was stood behind my mum who's back was visible. I saw a hair on her back and went to swipe it away as it was about 2 inches (no exaggeration), as I thought it was from her head and to my surprise it was stuck. It was growing out her back and we hadn't noticed all holiday! Pulled it out and it was even longer. Could not believe it, just one stray hair, doesn't have a hair back so it was so odd. She's never had one like it since, how does that even happen😂

I found one like that on my lower neck. I saw it on the wee mirror inside the sun visor and thought it was from my head but I pulled it out..yuck.

i once had a spot on my leg at the front. I gave it a squeeze and loads of horrible stuff came out and then a small coiled hair popped out. I pulled it out,

itsgrownbacknow · 22/09/2022 21:03

I get them on my bikini line if I shave them don't rub the exfoliated over the stubble. They are extremely satisfying to pop.

For years I've had a tiny bump on one side of my chin out of which grows a thick hair, it feels like plastic. No idea how long it would grow as it gets plucked the minute I feel the spike coming out of skin. Sometimes it's really thick so needs a firm but controlled pluck with the tweezers.

itsgrownbacknow · 22/09/2022 21:05

And occasionally I find a soft fine hair that has grown out of the back of thigh. I don't shave the top half of my legs but don't feel it when I shower, so it tends to be about 4 inches long before I notice. It's recurrence is very sporadic though

Leah2005 · 22/09/2022 21:27

Similar to @OneTC I worked with a chap who had an ingrown hair at the base of his spine. When they removed it and surrounding gunk, he was left with a fist sized hole that had to be packed for weeks and weeks.

BetsyBigNose · 22/09/2022 21:54

If you're a fan of ingrown hair extraction videos, try Jada Kennedy - Urban Extraction on YouTube, some very satisfying ones on there (although her narration can be a bit... odd!)

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