Thread: Barber says I'm hopeless...

I had the same issues when I started shaving. I researched and found it could be related to bacteria so I looked for something that would help in regards to the bacteria. Found that olive oil works great as a preshave oil and then found a recipe for a 4 oil mixture of 1 to 1 on each oil. I add castor oil, olive oil, jojoba oil and grape seed oil, these have been working great. My hair is very coarse and curly.

I hydrate my face with a hot wash cloth and then add the oil to my entire bearded area and then the hot wash cloth again on top to help the oils penetrate. I then rinse off the oil with hot water and proceed to apply the lather and shave WTG, XTG and finally ATG, everywhere with a rinse of hot water on each new application of lather. Then I rinse off all the lather in warm water and pat my face and neck dry. The final thing I do is apply witch hazel that I've added comfrey tincture to, it speeds healing of cuts and is a great at destroying bacteria that causes infections such as razor burn folliculitis, which I believe was responsible for mine and possibly even your folliculitis, not pseudo-folliculitis barbae. If the folliculitis is due to bacteria, this will help.

Mine would also show up right after a shave, after using this method, I've reduced mine to almost nothing. I use very short strokes too and get a very close shave, I think this is equally important.

I also had an allergic reaction to the TOBS sandal wood so I gave it away and only use stirling shave soaps.