Thread: What if i have acne?

I used to have problems with ingrowns. I still get them....sometimes...but it is a constant battle.

1) let the ones you have grow out. Help them if you have to using a needle or tweezers.

2) though I have been known to pull them out, it is considerd better to just make sure they are not burried under your skin. Dermitologists seem to disagree here....

3) Wait untill they are healed to shave that area again if possible. As this helps to stop repeats, remember I said helps.

4) When healed shave with the grain as much as possible where you have problems. Try just one pass the first time, and then work up from there. The overall solution is that you cannot give yourself a BBS where ever you get shave induced ingrowns. Like me you most likely have a curly, wiry beard, which grows right along the skin. If you shave too close the hair ends up under your skin and remains there. I hope this may be of some help as it has helped me....oh, the sharper the blade the better off you should be....cleaner cut.

5) Hot water rise followed by a COLD water rinse. On days were I think I may have shaved too close or abraided my skin I avoid balms as it seems to cause problems then...odd eh, just when you think I would want to use the stuff. I use a alchohol base AS then and in fact most of the time. Fire yes, but it also disinfects. Which is just what you need when you have a wound and you just peeled off a layer of skin so.....