I used to suffer with ingrowns. Then I met a guy at the SRP UK meet, nice fella, he's a policemen in the met but I digress....

He suggested that I exfoliate. Its something that never occured to me and something I always put down as a bit of a girly thing to do but he explained it as unclogging all of those pore and letting the ingrowns free. After trying for about a week I have to say he was exactly right.

I find the best way to avoid those ingrowns (and in fact any razor burn) is:

1) Hot shower
2) Exfoliate (whilste in the shower sometimes but I guess you didnt really need to know that)
3) Good wash with plenty of as hot water as you can bear
4) soap up
5) shave (with no waiting after the soap)
6) rinse remaing soap with hot water
7) rinse with lots and lots of cold water
8) bloc osma
9) rinse with more cold
10) let it dry naturally
11) use a bit of post shave balm

and bobs your uncle. no rash, no ingrowns just a really comfortable shave

Good luck