Thread: No more irritation!

Just to clarify (because it seems incredible to me):
If you don't use alcohol, the burn lasts for hours / days and if you do use alcohol, burn that would otherwise last hours / days is gone in say 10 minutes???

Hm, I don't want to cause burn especially for experimentation purposes... But I might. Whenever I use alum, it does burn the face if I have been too aggressive - but that's not too often. Even if I get some red spots (sometimes from soap reaction, aggro stretching, actual blade scrape, whatnot...) I am usually fine after a short time

And, for the record, I would encourage anyone to try to avoid burn in the first place

Cheers
Ivo

Well, just suffered some burns (note to self: wear a T when you cook!) - Pure Aloe Vera seemed to take care of them very well - until I decided to take a shower

Maybe this pure Aloe Vera will work well for the face too

Cheers
Ivo

It might, but the burn is different. The burn that we get from shaving is a skin irritation, whereas an actual burn is heat damage to the skin and nerves.

To sum up my experiences thus far, applying straight rubbing alcohol right after shaving got rid of the feeling of burn as soon as the sting from alcohol went away. The redness left in under 30 minutes. I did start to feel some irritation later, so I just re-applied the alcohol. The sting was less since my skin had healed somewhat. I also got a little bit a burn feeling the next day, so I re-applied again. It seems a little too much, but if I can avoid the red irritation and nasty pustules that I sometimes get, I'll swim in the stuff.

Some people have a problem with alcohol drying out the skin. The reason it dries you out is because alcohol attracts oxygen, which in turn takes the moisture from your skin. So just use your favorite facewash or face lotion and you'll be fine.

Meh, not too tough. I've just had worse before- get any kind of cut and put acetone on it, now that's pain!

I let my beard grow out so it would be more difficult to shave, ie I'm a little too aggressive. I instantly got some razor burn! I splashed on the alcohol, rubbing it in good, then went about my business. After about 10 minutes, it was mostly gone. After maybe 30 minutes, I splashed some more, and the only evidence that I shaved was my silky smooth skin

So, for you guys that have sensitive skin to overshave/agressiveness or even shaving, try this approach. It burns like Mr. T slapping you in the face, but it saves you the multi-day irritation and looking like you got mauled by bees!



Note: My razor was about as sharp as it gets. When I shaved perfectly, I thought I had just ran the spine down my face. Imagine my extreme pleasure after seeing the smooth trail of skin

I'll have to give this a try. I'm not looking forward to it, though.

Josh

I've used cool mint Listerine. No joke.

Originally Posted by Friggin Joe

I've used cool mint Listerine. No joke.

OK now that is really interesting to try out...

The sting doesn't last, but while it's there, it is pretty bad

I started doing it simply because I seem to have super sensitive skin. I break out just from scratching my face sometimes. After applying enough alcohol though, it seems like I've really found a winner.

Ouch, cool mint listerine? I have to ask, what made you reach for it? Alcohol plus nice scent?

Well using Listerine as aftershave ranks very low on my list of idiot maneuvers, but basically, yeah, the minty scent, alcohol and lack of AS.
I did it before my straight days. Wasn't bad.

I've tried the alcohol thing the last two days, and it's kind of fun in a "walking on hot coals in your bare feet" kind of way.

Yesterday the sting wasn't too bad, but today I was a bit aggressive with my razor. Holy cow! Ouch. After a few seconds a tingling numbness sets in, which is also fun.

The smell makes my wife crinkle her cute little nose, so fortunately it doesn't smell after it dries.

I'm not sure whether it's reducing irritation, which is minimal to nonexistant for me these days. But I kind of like it.

If I don't keep using straight alcohol, I think I will look for an aftershave with a high alcohol content.

Thanks for the tip!

Josh