Thread: What if i have acne?

That's incredible - look how the individual hairs grow in different directions when they are in such great proximity to one another! I'd definitely let those areas clear out before using a straight on them if you were me

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ive been diagnosed as acne?! :P yea im definitely hoping and thinking that a straight will help this. well, once i get past my learning curve and mark my face up! haha

i wont go as far to say i like pain, but i dont mind it at all, i mean, moderate pain, gun shots and stuff i have no clue. but, not worried about applyin an alum block or a pencil to clean anythin up, or any splashs..

man.. just wanna buy some stuff and start shavin away :P

I'd definitely say get an Alum block. That stuff's been around for thousands of years for a reason. But the alum is what's going to help you after your shave.... if you nick yourself and to help close up your pores. I'd also consider your skin before you shave so there's less for you to chop off, so to speak. Quick and easy without a lot of perusing the beauty products in the store - get a Proactive kit and use it. It's going to get worse before it gets better, but it will get better. I used to be a professional diver and ingrown hairs were a problem, obviously not on my face, but I know exactly how it behaves. I just really see the beauty in a straight razor shave and I think your face deserves to reap the very best rewards from it. I guess it would be like buying a cheapo straight thinking you're going to get a high class shave... skimping on your face just isn't worth it. Obviously this is all IMHO.

Ctufano,

If I may offer my $0.02. I too have struggled with acne, and I have found what works far and away better than anything else. I have begun "method shaving" using a straight. I realize it has a bad rap among the shaving purists, but I seriously cannot tell you how much of a difference it has made.

If you're not familiar with method shaving, you can read up on it a bit over at B&B; however, I will warn you that most of the guys over there trash it because they have never tried it.

If you want more details, PM me and I'll be happy to talk to you about it.


PS -- I have absolutely no affiliation with Charles (the guy who makes/sells the products) other than just being a super satisfied customer. No joke, he had my face cleared up in 3 days.

Originally Posted by Viola

I'd also consider your skin before you shave so there's less for you to chop off, so to speak. Quick and easy without a lot of perusing the beauty products in the store - get a Proactive kit and use it. It's going to get worse before it gets better, but it will get better.

What do you mean, like, go to a dematologist and get one? Not familiar with how proactiv works (i used to take accutane when i had real bad acne). Then wait for my skin to clear up pretty much all the way before using a straight? Or, treat it then shave, just want to make sure I fully understand.

As for you bein a diver, awesome! I am a PADI Divemaster, used to live down in Stuart, FL and helped with classes or just runnin drag during checkouts for instructors... Rest of time spent buggin or hunting and workin in dive shops

Originally Posted by ctufano

What do you mean, like, go to a dematologist and get one? Not familiar with how proactiv works (i used to take accutane when i had real bad acne). Then wait for my skin to clear up pretty much all the way before using a straight? Or, treat it then shave, just want to make sure I fully understand.

As for you bein a diver, awesome! I am a PADI Divemaster, used to live down in Stuart, FL and helped with classes or just runnin drag during checkouts for instructors... Rest of time spent buggin or hunting and workin in dive shops

I think you can pick up Proactive at the drugstore now. It's just an easy system to work with. Again, at the risk of going all fem on you, it has all the steps you need to treat your skin right... and it's all in the same box. I used to be on Accutane too, so I can relate. Give it a week of using it and see if it starts to clear up. It may take a little longer. As with any product, it's going to get worse at first because it's going to be attacking and drawing out the impurities. IMHO, I'd lay off shaving for as long as you can while you start treating it. That way you aren't constantly irritating your skin in the same spot over and over. The men on here have great advice for skin care so listen to them too. It's just, unfortunately, all skin wasn't created equally so you're going to have to find what's going to work for your skin.

Oh, and yes, NAUI Dive Mistress here. Used to live in the Keys in my former life. I'm in Orlando now.

will check at publix tomorrow! fortunately, i dont mind lettin my face grow haha, in fact, i love it!

im in orlando too, senior at UCF

ctufano-

I pm'ed you an article on ingrown hairs that I just found and it's along with what I was trying to convey. Hope it helps.

Another old man (42) chiming in.... once you start treating your face to a hot towel and some decent shave soap, like Colleen's, applied with a brush you will begin to do a better job ex-foliating and truly cleaning your skin your acne will be much less of a problem. you will be amazed at what a nice job glycerin SOAP (not detergent) and water will do for your face

Hmmmm, based on those pics IMO he doesn't have acne but instead has an angry patch of ingrowns that were further angered from the shave. IME pimples don't occur for me at the hair follicle but the pore (I'm pretty ignorant to this, so maybe every pore is also a hair follicle?). Unless acne is a broad term that includes any situation where a pustule forms on the skin?

Someone had suggested waiting until the ingrowns surface. Sometimes, and I would even say most of the time in my past experience that didn't happen on their own. IME if left to their own accord, the chronology for me is: ingrown, infected ingrown, pustule, broken pustule, then released to the surface. I've never had any magically break free in a clean and peaceful manner.

I bought a pair of tweezers with the sharp pointed tips. A regular tweezer doesn't work well and will just irritate a broader area than necessary.

My .02

Chris L