Thread: Acne and Straight Razors

Tell your friend to get this stuff and use it: Mario Bedescu Drying Lotion. This product is the best topical overnight treatment for acne. I don't know how to place a link for you but I will try at the end of this thread. Also a facial cleanser to use daily as well as a Toner after each wash. Apply drying lotion to pimples on a clean face via a q tip. Go to bed, wake up and the zit is gone. Don't shake the product in its bottle.
Drying Lotion | Acne Products - Mario Badescu Skin Care
Go look that up. I get mine at Nordstroms or it can be purchased online.

I had acne before I started shaving with a straight. What I did was buy the set at walmart with bowl brush and soap and just wash my face really good once or twice a day. It really helped clear up the acne, didn't clear it completely but helped alot!

Originally Posted by 15straightrazor

I had acne before I started shaving with a straight. What I did was buy the set at walmart with bowl brush and soap and just wash my face really good once or twice a day. It really helped clear up the acne, didn't clear it completely but helped alot!

+1 washing is a good thing.
Also with a young face just shave once or twice a week
and it is OK to lather, rinse and dry more often than you shave,
like once a day. Rinsing ALL the soap off can be important.

While I've never had severe acne, I have had and still get the occasional blemish. I have had success shaving over some without cutting, and I've sliced a few. To be perfectly honest, I would recommend holding off using the straight until it got to be a little more under control. However, I would start wetshaving with a brush and quality soap and maybe using a bic sensitive or Trac II cartridge razor (simply because they are easier to get the angles right). I'd recommend following the shaves with really cold water rinses and witch hazel as well because it's a great toning astringent.

Traditional wetshaving is an exfoliating endeavor, and it may actually cause more acne problems in the short term before improving the situation (at least that was my experience in my late 20s).

Good luck to your friend