Thread: Razor burn?

Also, one thing I don't think anyone has mentioned yet...

While you've gotten some very, very sound advice here (change soap/cream, change brush, etc.), the only way to know for sure is to change one variable at a time. So, for example, on your next shave change the amount of water in your lather. Then change the soap during the shave after that if the irritation still persists. If that doesn't help, change the brush on the next shave. Continue on in this fashion until you single out and eliminate the variable causing your discomfort.

I know I have not taken my own advice and completely switched my prep on a couple of shaves and paid dearly for it. Once I resumed my normal prep and just changed or tweaked a certain variable, I have noticed the feedback my face gives me is much more reliable about what's working and what's not.

We have a tendency to jump the gun and move really fast in changing our routines when something doesn't work for us, but we should approach this the same way in which we shave... slow, methodical and steady.

You had to learn to slow down for your shaves, now learn to slow down for your prepping until you have it tweaked to that perfect BBS shave with no irritation that leaves you faceturbating all day long.