I feel like normal safety razors are not working for me. My facial hair is very hard, but my skin is very sensitive and I cut so easily. Ive tried using various shaving creams and gels, I've tried various numbers of blades with swiveling etc, but its still not enough.
What can I do about this? What is left to try? Are the single bladed safety razors a meme or will they actually work? What other methods or razors or creams are there?
get a mirror and some tweezers and spend 3 hours pulling out every hair individually
I'm actually considering doing this bros... what would be the downsides?
Its extremely painful
No one cared who I was until I plucked all my hairs.
electric razor
What kind? Suggestions? I hear they dont get very close so you get the black dots which are very clear on my face.
Take a warm shower before hand. Cleanse your face. Use a facial exfoliate. Immediately after the shower use water just hot enough to be uncomfortable and cup it in your hands over your facial hair. Use a small amount of shaving cream. I use one marked sensitive. Use just enough to cover your face. Too much gets in the way. Run your safety razor or multi blade razor under the hot water.
After your shave gently pat dry your face, don't hold the towel on it. Use a shaving balm. I like Nivea post shave balm marked sensitive.
Ive tried all the normal brands, I think it need cream that is more specialized. Im not sure what to do about razors though either, theres got to be something that can cut tough hair and not give me nicks (especially on the neck).
So id like to know other brands I can try, not barbasol or schtick, bic, or gellete
Single bladed safety razor, mine was made in the 30's and I picked it up for $25 at an antique shop.
Better quality than most new ones on the market.
Use the correct technique and do short strokes and rinse the blade off every few strokes
Make sure the hair you are cutting isn't overly long and use an electric trimmer before shaving
soften your stubble before shaving with a hot damp towel.
Use a cream instead of a gel. If you don't want something simple like Barbasol get a small tub of shaving cream that requires a boars hair brush and water.
Run hot water over the brush for a few seconds and then stick the tip of the brush into the cream, stir it up until it reaches a nice lather and brush onto your face.
While shaving, re-wet the shaving cream to prevent it from drying out. Just run warm water over your hand and then rub it into the applied shaving cream.
First shave with the grain and then reapply cream and then shave going against the grain for a closer cut
If you're repeatedly cutting yourself around the neck area, you're probably just fricking up the angle you're shaving at. Going directly with/against the grain is important, so you have to learn exactly which direction your hair is pointing at different spots on your face, it's not as simple as up and down.
Its not like a cut, its like a spot. My neck hair seems to have hair that go in up, down, and sideways
Frick shaving creams. Take a hot shower, wash your face, then soap it up, then shave. Clean the razor with hot water, so nothing cold comes in contact with your face until you're done shaving.
People are too obsessed with shaving cream 3-in-1 gimmicks. Warm water and a little soap are underrated, that shit will soften a fricking toenail if you give it some time. I can't imagine you'll have that much problem with some facial hair.
t. I don't even use shaving cream anymore, just the same soap I use to wash myself.
Shave in all 4 directions then. I personally go with the grain, then against the grain, then from the left, and then from the right. The trick to it is that you shouldn't shave like you're scraping paint, a few firm passes in each direction is enough.
This also helps against ingrown hairs, especially if you're acne prone.
If you're cutting yourself with a cartridge razor you'll cut yourself with a safety razor. Don't even think about straight razors. My skin is sensitive too and I use a proper safety razor and shaving soap that you lather with a brush, none of that canned stuff. There's a learning curve and you'll cut and irritate your skin with bad technique. I haven't used a cartridge razor in a while so I can't remember if they're hugely different but the consensus is that single blades if used right cut easier, cause less irritation and give the closest shave. It depends on the razor, the blades, and your skin though. Here's a cringe youtuber but the video is alright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8h3AD5Dhk . just for reference I use a henson al13 with astra superior platinum blades and never get cut. I do two passes (with then against the grain) for a near invisible shave but you can still feel the hairs, but it's probably better than an electric shave. I haven't used an electric razor though so I can't really say
Safety razors are great. Just make sure you use aftershave or whatever and replace the blades every couple shaves. They're cheap as frick too. I think in the last several years I've spent maybe 40$ cumulatively on shaving supplies thanks to them. 10/10
One blade works for me
Have you considered dwarfmaxxing?
I have a stack of reason I dont want facial hair.
OK give us seventeen of those reasons.
Its itchy, I pick at it, gives acne, grows on neck, is patchy, is uneven, is stiff, doesnt work on my face, I prefer clean shaven. Thats enough reasons I dont like it.
go back to IST you ISTg.
single blade safety razers work, but be careful you don't buy a shitty pack of blades, there's bump razers for people that get ingrowns easily, or you can get a decent 30-40$ electric trimmer and zero it, it won't be as close as a razer shave, but if done properly it's impossible to cut yourself, as the cutting blade never actually touches your skin.
single blade safety razors are not a meme. it might seem like a reddit meme, but just give it a try. get an astra blade and some shaving soap (not the canned stuff). you will have the best shave of your life
just use hair clippers
Electric trimmer for the bulk if it's been a minute since the last shave.
Warm shower and exfoliate of you really need the extra help.
Safety razor to finish.
Take it slow and mind the angle.
Fill the sink if you don't have a high-pressure faucet to swish it clean. This goes with the taking it slow because trying to go back over the same spot multiple times will cause irritation. I swish after ~2-3 inches. 1 inch if I didn't use an electric trimmer after a bout of natureman-mode.
Pull neck taut when at the bottom.
Replace the blade regularly. I shave everyday and I change it about once a week.
Gunked up blades or dull/burred blades are the biggest things that cause me irritation.
There isn't consensus on the benefits of safety razors, since I've seen many people say that it's worse or didn't help them.
I just know it helped me significantly. Maybe it's because it forced me to take my time and I was too aggressive before, but who knows. They're cheaper anyway, so I'm happy.
If you're fat and have a ton of chin/neck flab, it's safe to say that you should probably find additional advice, because I don't know what difficulties that brings.
Trim with trimmer. Pull skin taunt and shave. You'll eventually figure it out.
Do you also have curly hair OP? I've noticed that only I and another curly haired dude in my friend group ever get razorburn on our necks (I check men's necks because I feel insecure about mine yeah), all my other friends have perfectly fine skin. I've even tried Merkur safety razor with Feather blades and wool fat shaving soap and it still happens. Shit's fricked.
>safety razor with shaving soap + brush gang checking in
sounds like you have bretty dry skin. perhaps you should ditch the idea that even the bare minimum of skin care is gae and start moisturizing your face.
don't be afraid of experimenting. i get the best results when doing cold water shaves (ie not shaving after taking a shower or heating up the face).
regarding electric razors: i never got good results with them, and even got razor burn from the immense amount of heat they produce. though this was 15 years ago, perhaps they improved.
I'd get bad razor burn after every shave with disposable razors.
Switched to a straight and it solved it. Sure you get small nicks here and there but I'm not a vegana.
Disposable straight razors are where you filette your face, a proper single piece straight is 10x easier to shave with.
Also enjoy the fact that I haven't given any money to those toxic masculinity gillette homosexuals for the past 8 years.
Try veet
Im thinking about using epilator on my facial hair, thought?
I just pluck the hairs out with my dentures.
>watch a video
>face is red and swollen
naw man
I shave with a new blade every shave (2 half blades) unless I'm really short of time.
I use only water. I've tried using soap and shaving cream, but they don't really help me much and my skin clogs and has breakouts very easily so I try to avoid them.
As said replacing blades in a safety razor is extraordinarily cheap compared to buying israelite garbage marketed as if it's to 10 year old boys - "Power Fusion Proshield" omg so cool!!!!
the only correct answer is trimmer. Get phillips or braun
Don't tell me you don't soak your face with warm water before shaving.
Go to badgerandblade.com
Those guys have been obsessively talking about shaving for decades
Hundreds of convos about shaving with sensitive skin
Wtf is that forum? It's so unorganized and there seems to only be one thread about Shaving from first look on the site.
Shave boomers, that's what they are.
What's truly concerning is that someone on IST can't even navigate a traditional forum website.
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Fricking awesome, thank you anon
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