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Soap burn
Does anyone get soap burn?
From time to time I will shave twice a day. If I am going out for the evening etc. At the moment I am shaving twice to compare one razor against another for sharpness and smoothness. So I have been shaving at 8 am and again about 5pm rotating the razors so they get used randomly but after at least 24 hours per razor. The problem I have is my 5 pm shave gets a burning sensation from the soap. No problems in the morning at all no matter which razor I use.
I am thinking its one of two things. The brand of soap,( honey based glycering soap) or that my face is not recovered from the am shave.
thoughts????
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Is it the same soap for both shaves? If it is, I'd go with your face was still recovering from the AM shave.
Unless you absolutely have to shave twice a day, I say give your face a rest.
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Unless you absolutely have to shave twice a day, I say give your face a rest.[/QUOTE]
+1 to that. Don't know how much you've read throught the site thus far but you do a minor amount of "damage" to the skin every time you shave with a straight or DE. If your shaving two times a day you haven't given the skin enough time to refresh itself from the last shave. I don't really think it'd matter much what soap you use in this case (could be wrong I'm no expert) but for all intents and purposes your working in a contaminent that your body/face/nerve endings will react to.
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Thanks for the info. It is probably the second shave and not the soap. The soap only begins to burn at the second shave. No problems in the morning. I am still working on technique and trying to get a really close shave. My morning shave is decent, but by 5 pm I do have some growth. As I said, i do not always shave twice a day.
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The soap is getting into your pores on the second shave and causing discomfort. When learning, I did this once where I used castile soap as my shaving soap and figured I could revist the shave later that day to do a better job shaving and Yeoooow! when I put the soap on my face. If I waited 24 hours, there is no issue. The skins and pores are a little sensitive after a shave, especially a straight shave.
If you are getting a proficient BBS shave, I would think it would easily last you 18+ hours. Yes, straight shaving twice does put some stress on the skin and cause redness when you shave twice per day.
When learning, I was excited about straight shaving and the only thing that slowed my progress was waiting for something worth shaving.
Good Luck!
Pabster
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I would think you would have to have a very unusual beard to require two straight shaves a day. I have a heavy beard and I'm still BBS 10 hours after I shave. Maybe if you did it all the time your skin might adapt to 2x a day.
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I think it is more likely that my first shave is not as close as it can be. I am still learning and I get a closer shave with my quatro.... so I need work there.
Now I hate to ask this but I am gonna do it anyway because I cannot seem to find it on the site
What does BBS stand for? I know it has something to do with a really close shave, but other than that.......
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Originally Posted by
leot
thoughts????
My first thought was that you must carry your razor around in your pocket.
On a more sensible note, like most of the others, I'd say it was the frequency of the shaving rather than the soap itself. Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.
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Possibly as the day wears on, your pores open up more. When I started using an electric razor a while ago, I read that after just waking up your skin is kind of swollen and that you shouldn't shave until about 30 min. after waking up. I have no clue if this is based in scientific reason. A good test would to be to not shave in the morning, but then shave in the evening. If it burns it's the soap. You could always do this on a saturday or sunday (or some day where a little stubbly will go unnoticed). Good luck. -Andrew