Thread: Razors bumps part2 h

Originally Posted by Mephisto

Hmm, yeah, I have switched to two shave passes from three-most of the time. I think what I need to do is let the hair grow out and start over. The body will heal itself in time. Once I get the skin straight I can begin shaving again with WTG/XTG passes. That is basically what I do now except when I throw caution to the wind. I like shaving with a straight so much I go ahead and do the third pass for fun. My face is screaming 'NO!!!' but I do it anyway. /facepalm. Anyway, time will tell. I think I am like Rori. I have thick, coarse, and curly facial hair. Plus, my hair grows in weird directions. BTW gents what type of razor do you prefer? Hollows, wedges, singing?

It did work for me. Did the same: let the hair grow out and the inflamations heal. After that I started as mentioned above.

By the way, my hair grows in weird directions too, so "with the grain" ain't 100 % "with the grain".

I use fully hollowed straights as well as full wedges. I get along best with quarter hollows and wedges.


By the way, I facelather and use a semogue boar brush to soften whiskers as good as possible and to sort of lift the whiskers.

Please report on your further shavings, Mephisto!

It took me about 2 weeks of almost daily exfoliation to clear up my folliculitus. Probably not necessary but it just helps clear away dead skin cells and untrap the whiskers. I still shaved during that time as I was used to always shaving those darn bumps off with my Fusion lol.

Most of my experience so far has been with full hollows. I do have a Timor semi hollow I'm going to be shaving with on the weekend probably and I can't wait to get back an ~8/8 Wade and Butcher I sent out for resto. It had some uneven honing so with the regrind I was told it would be closer to a 1/4 hollow. A wedge and singing will definitely be happening in the future though. I'm very curious to see if a wedge would work better for me to muscle through anything or if a singing would be best to drop whiskers Samurai style. But I've put my RAD on hold for a bit lol.

Thanks gents. Now I just need to see if I can make it the week or so w/o shaving. But I will keep the updates coming. Maybe I should do a photo journal-maybe a little overboard. I have been using a singing razor lately and I like it a lot. I am not sure if it best for my hair type. It cuts fairly close so maybe I need something else. The rest of my razors are full hollows. I do want to try a wedge. But my RAD needs to be put on hold too. I am starting to work on my hone collection.

Used to get a lot of ingrowns. Then focused on pre-shave prep which helped. Also really stretch skin to get a good surface. Cool tapwater splash then Thayers alcohol free witch hazel (lavender or cucumber). Follow with a dab of MWF lotion. Very few ingrowns now.

If I ever get razor bumps or irritation (which is now extremely rare since switching to straights) i moisturise as normal then I use sudo cream and leave on overnight (I shave in evenings). It is amazing stuff and generally used for nappy rash on babies but can be used for other things! Give it a try and let me know!