Thread: Skin Irritation

I couldn't really say without, well, getting under your skin, heh heh.

My first couple of shaves left me with a lot of razor burn, mainly from a blade not shave ready. Razor burn leaves your skin red, blotchy, tender.

But for a good 2-3 weeks (once I had sorted out the sharpness) my skin felt constantly sore. It wasn't red, but even with 48 hours between shaves parts of my skin (especially the neck) had slight irritation and was tender to touch.

After that, the only times I've had sore skin is when I've got a little overzealous with achieving BBS and have pressed too hard with too steep an angle, but even then it only lasts a couple of hours.

Some might say that the initial soreness might have been down to technique (or lack of), but there's no way technique improves enough within 2-3 weeks shaving every other day. It's been 6 months for me now and I'm still wanting to improve technique in many areas (e.g. top lip and chin ).

Prep and technique are key, but your skin and your skills have got to get used to the new shave as well. In the mean time I would suggest that on top of your aftershave that you use some extra moisturizer on the more tender and red spots. I use the art of shaving's ingrown hair cream found here. I am sure there are other options, but this has worked out well for me, especially with alleviating the ingrown hairs that can occur when starting out.