I need a REALLY gritty body scrub

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Hi all,

I suffer with bad ingrown hairs on my legs. I find that if I exfoliate before I shave it really helps and that’s why I am looking for a really, really tough and gritty exfoliater!

I can only ever seem to find gentle ones that don’t do anything for the ingrowns.

Can anyone recommend a scrub?

Thanks xxx

Have you tried a chemical exfoliant? I reckon some glycolic acid would work well, it would probably be effective than a scrub.

I find Soap and Glory Breakfast Scrub pretty decent in that sense

Soap and glory scrub of your life is ok and sanctuary salt scrub (either individually sachets out the jar) is brilliant.

I used to suffer from this. What helped was scrubbing gloves and then buying a Phillips lumea laser - brilliant! Used it twice on my underarms and 4 times on my legs (expect to do a top up every 3 months) and chicken legs and ingrown hairs gone. Not cheap but I think worth it!

Scrubby gloves from superdrug or boots. Quite cheap, let them dry out and wash them regularly. Put normal shower gel on them, or a nice oil and scrub in little circles.

That and Palmer's AHA body lotion on most mornings after shower.

Hey presto no more ingrowing hairs

Sanctuary Salt Scrub. I've also found an Argan Oil one in Waitrose which is excellent - white squeezy bottle, gold lid. Both leave my skin bump-free and very smooth.

Have you considered Korean towels? I recently bought some following years of recommendations on here. What came in the packet was three little green pockets of finely abrasive thin material. I have put my bars of soap in them and use one for face, one for body. Brilliant. Dds are going to use it for their bumpy upper arms to exfoliate.

Half a mug of granulated sugar and some cheap and cheerful conditioner mixed together works wonders in my opinion! It's biodegradable, cheap, and really works well to exfoliate.

Ok, I haven't tried it on my legs for ingrown hairs, but I enjoy tinkering around with cars and it does wonders for getting car muck out of my hands and arms and doesn't leave them dry and painful.

Sanctuary salt scrub. I have horrendous lockdown skin and it's really sorted it.

Korean cloths are great, really smoothed my skin. Soap and glory salt scrub is excellent too.

I'd go for glycolic acid instead.

I also use Soap and Glory Breakfast Scrub. I use it with these gloves which I find better than usual ones

www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/2009119600786799368/image?q=soap+and+glory+gloves&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari&prds=cid:2009119600786799368,cs:1,sgro:iv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEoaOAicjqAhV-QxUIHcDcBskQ-K4BegQIChBC

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Have you considered Korean towels? I recently bought some following years of recommendations on here. What came in the packet was three little green pockets of finely abrasive thin material. I have put my bars of soap in them and use one for face, one for body. Brilliant. Dds are going to use it for their bumpy upper arms to exfoliate.

You're not meant to use soap with them.

Damp skin, dry or just damp cloth.

Have you tried a specific ingrown hair liquid like the nads one?
www.boots.com/nads-ingrow-solution-10044434?cm_mmc=bmm-buk-google-ppc--PLAs_HeroCompare--Nads-_-Boots+Shopping+-+All+Other+Products+-+Desktop&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6ar4BRDnARIsAITGzlCZRZd3x79Iu-lGZeNlL6k0L2c4IU6guAFtTnZrXKwWb1T1HZP_TBwaAkCpEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I like nip and fab glycolic scrub, or a pair of luffah type gloves like these which are really scratchy:

www.friendlyturtle.com/plastic-free-bathroom/sisal-massage-glove/?dTribesID=7dd682d0dc1012b5b4f095f6b2b2e53d%7Cadtribes%7C7910&utm_source=Google%20Shopping&utm_campaign=All%20Products&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=7910&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6ar4BRDnARIsAITGzlAlkn-fo73Y58l4PEqFarSkUQlebCg1bK-Yz0lObOb8dZAjSusr0MIaAsg9EALw_wcB

Use Clarins bamboo scrub - it's amazing anyway.

Use a proper product to stop ingrowing hairs - Tend Skin is brilliant.

I've just tried the Korean Italy towels and they are amazing! Worth reading some of the threads on here. Baby soft legs for the first time in years!!! They are cheap too and easily availble on ebay etc.

Another great and easy one is mix sugar and oil (e.g. olive oil). Works a treat and leaves you so so soft!

The Bondi Sands one is fab and smells LUSH. I fake tan constantly and use this to take off mistakes, it's tough stuff.

Thanks for everyone’s suggestions - I now don’t know which one to pick and try

Salux cloth. Amazon have them. Shits all over any body scrub!

Another vote for Soap and Glory! Fantastic and cheap

Korean cloths for occasional use - have a good long soak in the bath first time you use one & it'll lift loads of dead skin then a salux cloth for frequent use - I use it everyday in the shower. Both are available on amazon.

Try a good natural bristle body brush too for dry skin brushing

As a suggestion, you could buy those loofah discs for the face and just use them on your legs with your current favourite soap or shower gel. It’s much cheaper than buying a specific scrub that then also clogs your drains.

Rock salt + Olive oil/almond oil. Be careful in the shower!

If you want a scrub for your face use caster sugar and either olive or almond oil.

In either recipe you can add a 'treatment' essential oil so for eg teatree and eucalyptus for blemishes. Just a couple of drops per two tbsp of carrier oil.