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Clean shaven after 3 years

antodeco · 2012-10-31 11:12:29

Hi All, So as the title suggests, I had my first "blade shave" in over three years, on Monday. I was always using a trimmers on it, so it always looked like there was a few days growth on my face. Anyway, Ive noticed today that it looks like I may have a bad case of ingrown hairs. I am assuming this is because the hairs…

31-10-2012 12:12pm

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antodeco

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Hi All,
So as the title suggests, I had my first "blade shave" in over three years, on Monday. I was always using a trimmers on it, so it always looked like there was a few days growth on my face. Anyway, Ive noticed today that it looks like I may have a bad case of ingrown hairs. I am assuming this is because the hairs havent been "trained" to grow out from such a short cut in a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening? I put on emulsifying lotion onto my face after the shave.

Thanks

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#2 01-11-2012 12:17pm

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don't shave against the grain for now, until the ingrown hairs are sorted anyway. Then make sure you use a good quality soap/cream and use a facial scrub pre-shave to lift the hairs and hence make it easier to shave.

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#3 02-11-2012 11:22am

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Thanks for that. I never shave against the grain anyway! Always found that left me alot worse!

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