Thread: Stretching the skin causes ingrown hairs?

I don't agree with him at all. If you don't stretch the skin the hair will be at an angle. The whole idea of streching is to change the angle that the razor clips the hair. I don't see where it would make any difference with a DE or any kind of razor. Maybe he has some wierd kind of hair growth or something.

I suspect that the safety bar may do some of the work of stretching, the way I've heard people say that a heavy wedge razor does. In that case, not stretching may be a way for overzealous DE shavers to avoid burn, as it helps prevent them from applying too much pressure. That doesn't address ingrowns, though.

I've always stretched the skin and never had a problem with ingrown hairs with a DE. I always found there was much less tendency to get burn/nicks if the skin was taut as well.

Ant

That is weird. The conventional wisdom on Badger & Blade is that DE users should always stretch the skin. I haven't heard of it causing any problems.

Josh

Proper skin stretching causes closer shaves, which *can* cause ingrowns if you're prone to this.