What to do if your underarms are painful and inflamed after shaving

Painful inflammation after shaving underarms refers to folliculitis, a bacterial infectious skin disease that involves hair follicles and their surrounding tissues. It can usually be treated by general treatment, cold compresses and medication.
1. General treatment: usually pay attention to personal hygiene, keep the local clean and dry. Pay attention to diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, such as chili peppers, peppers and other foods, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.
2. Cold compress: skin local shaving irritating pain inflammation, you can use a cold towel or ice compress to help local skin soothe the pain. The wet towel refrigerated outside the painful parts or soak the towel through the cool water and wring it out, and then apply it to the painful parts.
3. Drugs: you can apply mupirocin ointment for treatment, with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, can be used mainly for the treatment of folliculitis and other bacterial infections caused by superficial inflammation of the skin. So as to relieve the symptoms of pain and inflammation after shaving underarms.
If the patient has pain and inflammation after shaving underarms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, and actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment. Drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice, do not self-medicate.