[GoneGirl]

But, I am with you Clara. I would love a solution to the ingrown hair "measles" that regularly turn up in the pubic area after epilation.
Does exfolliating and scrubbing really seem to help?

Yes, exfoliating is essential to avoid ingrown hairs. I have a tendency toward ingrown hair in some areas and not in others. As best I can determine, it depends on the angle that the follicle makes with skin surface; the more it's perpendicular to the skin, the less chance for the hair getting trapped within the epidermis. By scrubbing the skin hard, the layer of dead skin cells is removed, exposing the hair to the air. Some hairs inevitably get trapped, though, and I get the red pimple forming. They take way to long to heal up, too.

Today, I was looking again at LHR units for personal use. The Tria 4X Laser for $450 seems to be the best out there because it uses a diode laser instead of a light bulb to deliver the energy to kill the hair root. The cost of professional laser treatments is prohibitive for me. I can only used it where I still have dark hair (legs, chest, belly, etc.) That rules out my beard which is mostly gray now.

Wow, I didn't expect to write this much. What a chatter box!

Lotsa love,

Clara