Ingrown Hair

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Cyrus Hellstrom

Leads the publication's coverage of ingrown hair and edits every story for accuracy and plain English.

2 stories by Cyrus Hellstrom

A clinician's gloved hands gently examining a small firm bump on a patient's neck in an exam roomDispatch

Ingrown hair cysts: what that deep bump is and when it needs draining

Some ingrowns turn into a firm knot under the skin. Most settle on their own; a few genuinely need a clinician's blade.

· Cyrus Hellstrom

Close-up of skin with faint post-inflammatory dark spots left by past ingrown hairsField Notes

Ingrown hairs and the dark spots they leave behind

The discoloration often outlasts the bump, and is treatable.

· Cyrus Hellstrom

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