Soothing Creams? Folliculitis?

[LuceRM]

(I apologise if this is a bit TMI)

Over the last few years, I’ve been suffering with some sort of dermatitis in my genital region. It happens maybe once or twice a year - whenever I have a bikini wax/Hollywood wax.

I always noticed that when the hair is growing back, I get very itchy on the inner folds above my “hood”. (Sorry!) I notice that the itchiness and the pain gets better if I were to shave again so there’s no hair at all or to wait it out and the hair exceeds the ‘coarse’ growing back phase.

For years I have worried and worried that I had HPV 2 despite having seen a doctor and being swabbed and not hearing anything. Aesthetically, I always panic that it is HPV but tested negative before and have been with the same partner for 4+ years.

It happens solely in the same spot and happens if I shave close to the skin or when I have a wax and the hair is growing back.

I have used creams, salty water, Vaseline etc to help with the itching and because it’s so dry.

I have a small split in my skin/fold because of itching.

Does anyone have any advice regarding best OTC creams for this sort of thing? Or how to stop the itching. I’m a frequent flyer at the GP surgery, for other things, that I’m afraid I’ll get palmed off again. Plus, I know that it doesn’t go away - I just need to get through it whilst it’s healing. Part of me thinks it might be dermatitis or folliculitis etc. Not too sure. Apologies for being so TMI.

[Ellie-Louise]

Try one of the creams they use on babies. I think it’s called Sudacrem or something similar. It contains zinc which helps healing.

[Kulbir108]

sounds simple don’t wax or shave problem solved