- DO NOT try to scrap the surface of the bump with your razor. Infection is most likely brewing below the surface and you could spread the infection.
- DO NOT try to jerk out the embedded hair. Again, that swelling on the bump indicates that infection is brewing.
- Make a paste (poultice) with clay and a few drops of eucalyptus oil to "draw out" and disinfect the fluid that has accumulated to trap and contain the infection. Apply at night and cover with a sterilized band-aid.
- The next morning, shower in a warm shower and gently wash off the clay. Do not scrub the bump. Be gentle.
- Apply a tiny amount of eucalyptus oil (dilute with almond oil, or plain canola oil if necessary) to the bump and let air-dry.
- After about three nightly clay applications, the tiny hair will emerge from the bump and some pus may be seen as it is drawn out of the hair follicle.
- Within a day or two, you will notice that the pain (caused by pressure of the plugged hair follicle) will greatly diminish and that most of the apparent redness has disappeared.
- If the bump continues to not to respond to being "drawn out" or purged by the clay , then apply propolis liquid extract, or colloidal silver to the bump to aggressively drive down infection, which is causing the swelling.
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