when you wax, you get the hairs that are sprouting, but not all your hairs are on the same growth schedule. you can't remove the ones that haven't emerged yet.

the only way to get rid of the follicles completely is electrolysis, which is a long, painful and expensive procedure that may require many months worth of treatments. electrolysis is permanent.

so dare i say, don't sweat it. follicles happen to everybody and most likely, no one is going to notice but you.

do you exfoliate? it's always good to use an exfoliant (a scrubby type of soap, loofa or something) to take off the dead layers of skin and free up any hairs underneath. is the ingrown hair inflamed (swollen, red, filled with fluid or pus)? if so, you might want your doctor to lance it for you. that means, he/she will use a needle to reach under the ahir, pull it up and tweeze it out. Do not try this at home because your equipment is probably not sterile and may result in the inflammation worsening.

exfoliation is not a one-time thing, it's something you should do on a regular basis (a couple of times a week).

keep working at it, and it'll surface eventually.

what i do is i use the tweezer for those who aren't too deep. when they're deeper i sometimes use a needle (like a sewing needle, not good)(i don't sew with the one i use for my legs), but usually i just work a little longer with the tweezer (a few minutes or seconds for a few days).

why? because if you aren't careful enough about sterility, you can infect the follicle. Using a pin breaks your skin, letting in germs if you're not careful. The result? A swollen, inflamed red bump, bigger and nastier than the original ingrown.

So if it's really driving you that nutty, have a doc take care of it for you. Otherwise, exfoliate and wait for it to come up on its own.