I always tried to keep myself well groomed and have tried various methods. Any suggestions on preventing ingrown hairs? Its giving me more trouble at the moment.

as far as insight goes, I'd like some myself.  

My answer is, FatVern is an ingrown hair on the testicle that is TER.  Use tweezers, then disinfect.

Been manscaping for 30+ years, gotten 3 IGHs in the vicinity of my junk, pretty evenly spaced across time.
First one, I tried treating like a ripe zit, which is a horrible idea. It got infected & took 4 months to be completely gone.
Second one, I took afro-desiac's approach, with the addendum 'disinfect tweezers, use tweezers, disinfect site'. It resisted my first couple weeks worth of effort, so I left it alone. After another month or so, something grabbable showed up & I pulled & pulled - damned thing was like 2 inches long!
Third one is a work in progress. Let the lawn grow in around it, plucked some suspects that were merely nosy neighbors. The wiki site, citing medical sources suggested long hot baths, topical analgesic creams, seeing a doctor, or just leaving it alone. The creams (and baths) supposedly make it more likely that the hair can be accessed. A doctor would use "a rotable medical device" - I don't feel enough urgency to let her poke a hole in my junk, just to get it out sooner.

In the past few years, I read a 'how to' article on manscaping, that suggested shaving in the direction that the hair grows out - "with the grain", as it were. In the absence of any guidance, I'd been shaving against the grain. Not sure why they recommend WTG, but it might be related to incidence of IGH. Just a thought.

Most ladies swear by Bikini Zone gel or cream for saving below the belt. It removes bumps and redness fast. The cool thing is it also works on guys.

Thanks everyone.

I'll use either an have never had a problem shaving myself.