How are strawberry legs treated?
Luckily, you can easily treat your strawberry legs at home. You can both prevent and treat strawberry legs by:
- Using a moisturizing shave lotion or cream
- Shaving slowly and properly
- Switching to an epilator, a hand-held electrical hair remover that removes hair from the root.
- Exfoliating regularly can remove dead skin cells and ingrown hairs
- Using an over-the-counter product with glycolic acid/salicylic acid
Professional treatments
There are also clinical treatments like electrolysis and laser therapy. Laser therapy can be used for long-term hair removal with multiple treatments that are targeted, whereas electrolysis consists of using low electricity levels to pinpoint the hair follicles with problems.
Doctors may also prescribe therapies for the infected follicle in the form of oral antibiotics, antibiotic creams, or gels. If your issue is fungus or yeast, you may be prescribed anti-fungal topical or oral treatments.
The bottom line
All in all, strawberry legs can be managed quite easily, especially if you employ prevention tactics and home remedies. But the solution may not be as simple for those with thicker body hair, hair follicle issues or darker skin, and professional treatment may be the way to go.
Although epilators aren’t as comfortable or painless as we’d like, they’re one of the best preventative measures, as is applying shaving cream before your skin touches the razor.
Also, try to choose a razor that has blade flexibility or a pivoting head. This will allow it to contour to your curves better. You can also exfoliate or dry brush one or two days before shaving to draw out impurities.
Ultimately, although this skin issue can be annoying, it’s not the end of the world and there are plenty of measures you can take to deal with it proactively.
