The Takedown Both Williams and Kimble advise leaving your braids in for no more than two months at a time. Williams suggests getting a touch-up around the hairline â getting the front portion rebraided â between every four to six weeks in order to preserve both the style and your edges.
There are many causes why hair becomes ingrown. In order to understand how to get rid of ingrown hairs permanently, you need to understand what is causing them in the first place. The typical causes are: tightly curled hair; dry skin; bacterial and fungal infections; shaving too closely; hair removal such as waxing and tweezing; friction from clothing
Ingrown hair treatment. There is no cure available for ingrown hair. However maintaining hygienic skin and hair is the easiest way out. Hydrating and softening the skin and hair before shaving decreases ingrown hairs, as it may give rounded tip to the hairs and thus preventing its chances to reenter the skin.