Recovery time.

hello again!

so, as i said in my last post, i cut myself up pretty good with my first sraight shave attempt. i'm not too worried about it because my fiance is already stuck with my ugly mug (haha).
i wanted to just talk real quick about my post shave experience. after my shave, my face was pretty raw. i think i took pretty much ALL the epidermis off. followed it up with a good rinse, then my aftershave and face cream. for an aftershave i am using burt's bees for men (my lady loves the scent) and an avalon's gate face cream. woke up this morning and the face that had been raw and burning all night, now felt great. i also used another avalons gate product, their peppermint hand lotion on my head(that one feels awesome for shaved heads!)
as i said, felt great this morning. when i chew up my face with my mach 3, it takes a couple of days to feel good again, plus take care of razor bumps. i had no razor bumps and i think ill be ready to try again tomorrow.
just seems like the skin takes lees time to heal with a straight. anyone had this experience too?

thanks all for the great posts!!!
mikey

Hey michaelh,

Good work on the first shave. :) Speaking directly from experience (I'm on shave four) I can relate entirely with you. After my first shave even my second my face felt red and raw, though it didn't show any outward signs of it. Now by the fourth shave I guess my technique became better with the angles and pressures along the various areas of my face. I Guess it just takes time for your face to get used to it. Well in any case that's my thoughts on the matter.

_Will

Ya my first week of shaves was a bit warm :p Being a cook working the hot line sort of let me know my face was peeved at me LOL But after about a month I was back to normal and never looked back :) By month 2 I had thrown away all my other shaving gear (dropped off at the shealter) and have not looked at the stuff again, except to snicker :mace:

Hi,
As long as you use good pre & post shave products- then you should heal quickly.
remember not to push too hard at first -if you think your face is too sore to shave -then don't-it's better to give your face a days rest than to make it worse.(in my experience a razor carves off any scabs that have formed on previous cuts.)
Of course try not to cut yourself in the first place by taking things nice and slow with light pressure.
Here's to smooth shaving.
regards
Noggs :)

Your face will take a bit of time to adjust to the old-new technology you are applying to its whiskers. Improved shaving technique and applying less pressure to the blade as you shave will also reduce the razor burn and redness too.

You may also want to apply some aftershave balm to your face after shaving as well to combat the razor burn.

Take care--and smooth shaving.

PRESSURE ENEMY OF STRAIGHT RAZOR SHAVING.
Doesn't matter you are shaving, honing,stropping.
You don't have to push blade against your facial skin make blade cut the hair or make more then 2 strokes in same location to clear hairs.
if that is the case you better let someone check your blade sharpness.

There is a lot factors play crucial role on straight shaving.
preparation, finding right angle,length of the strokes,type of facial skin (some people's skin takes too long time to get used to straight razor) etc.
just be patient and go slowly.
don't try to get the best shave out there. your early shaves wont be as close as DE Shaves.Takes time.
gl