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Shaving... Any way to lessen the PAIN!?!

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    #32
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Watch out for counterfeit Mach3 blades, I encountered them once and t'was like shaving with a cheese grater.
    Apparently the give-away is the lack of raised lettering on the box and missing some number printed on the plastic tray. And of course the tell-tale sign of them ripping the face off you.


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    #33
    Stuart74
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Stuart74


    I would advise using a proper cream or soap with a brush when shaving. You could also use an Alum Bloc after you shave to reduce razor burn.

    http://www.dovorazors.com/brushesandsoaps.html

    Using a traditional razor such as a safety razor (http://www.merkur-razor.co.uk/]) or a straight razor (http://www.dovorazors.com/stockrazors.html or http://www.thiers-issard.co.uk/thiers-issardstraightrazors.html) might also be the way to go.

    I started shaving with straight razors late last year and find I get much less razor burn than if I use a Mach3.

    The initial cost of a straight is pretty high but as you said your 21 and if you take it that you may be shaving for another 40+ years, over your lifetime the razor does not cost alot.

    You could also try looking at the following shaving fourm sites for some more advice: - www.straightrazorplace.com & http://www.badgerandblade.com/


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    #34
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    A few posts in this thread saying that you should leave a few days between shaving. I found just the opposite to be true. When you have a bit of a stubbly growth you tent to need multiple passes to get a clean shave and the longer bristles lay flat on your face rather then getting sliced off. Shaving every day (or even twice a day on some occasions) with a DE razor and the razor burn is (almost) a thing of the past. My skin seems to have become aclamatised to the razor.

    When I leave off shaving for 3 or 4 days (or longer) I know that I'm going to end up with a burn no matter how well I prepair and how carefully I shave.

    Perhaps a more regular shave might be what you need.


    Oh, use a safety razor. It's not just better it's more fufilling. Modern razors with 5+ blades and vibrating heads and self gelling strips are great for your woman's legs but a man needs the heft of cold steel and the potential to slice your face open if you are not concentrating. It's - manlier. :cool:

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #35
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    I don't know what happened today, but I shaved as normal... and it was fine!!! :confused:

    Bloody unreal! Never had a shave like it! No pain, no blood, nothing!

    And I used my normal razor, normal foam, normal method...

    I don't know what happened. Maybe my skin has toughened up?!?!:confused::)


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    #36
    demonspawn
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    You know you want to, don't fight it. ;)


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    #37
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    demonspawn wrote: »
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    You know you want to, don't fight it. ;)

    Hehehe... I did attempt growing a beard before in a moment of madness... Was scuppered by my inability to grow a moustache... so I ended up with a chinstrap... Lasted about 3 months before I had to shave it off for work.


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    #38
    jeepers101
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭jeepers101


    shaving oil and follow the instructions- totalshave.com


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    #39
    sombaht
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭sombaht


    Switch to a safety razor (it can work out cheaper in the long run, apart from the initial cost) plus the fewer strips of metal you have been dragged across your face the less irritated your skin will be.
    There is a LOT of info here http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055448697
    You will be doing your skin (and pocket) a favour.

    Cheers,
    sombaht


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