Shaving

Shaving Considerations For Black Skin

Most African-American men have had to deal with razor bumps at some point or another. This is because your body’s hairs are mostly curly and wiry. For this reason your shaved hair follicles will have a tendency of curving backwards and re-entering your skin as they grow. Of course, this will cause your skin to become irritated and uncomfortable. You may even feel like you no longer want to shave at all but this is not really an option for a lot of men.

Here are some simple tips that African-American men should use whenever they are shaving:

1. Make sure that you always use a sharp razor blade. Disposable razors should be disposed of after five uses. Electric razors need to have their blades replaced after being used for just a couple of months.

2. It is a good idea to only shave every other day if at all possible. This will give your skin time to heal and hair time to grow straight through your skin’s surface without shoving little hairs back into your skin.

3. Take time to ex foliate your skin with a gentle scrub in order to remove the top layer of dead skin cells so that your hair can grow more easily. Exfoliating will also soften your skin and clear your pores.

4. Use a single blade razor because the closer you shave with a two or three blade razor, the worse the razor bumps will be.

5. You need to always shave in the direction that your hair is growing so as to reduce the amount of irritation that your skin will suffer from. This will also decrease the likelihood of hair growing back into your skin.

6. Never pull your skin taut when shaving because this can cause ingrown hairs to form.

7. Before you shave, massage warm water into your skin and apply a good shaving cream in order to prepare your skin. The shaving cream should actually be allowed to sit on your face for a few minutes in order to make sure that your skin is fully coated.

8. After you shave you should use an after-shave that contains hydrating ingredients such as Aloe Vera, witch hazel and tea tree extract. This will help to cut down on redness and discomfort. Make sure to avoid alcohol as it will dry your skin out and make it look ashy.

9. Never pluck ingrown hairs as another hair will simply grow causing you the same problems.

10.Take your time whenever you are shaving. This will greatly reduce nicks, cuts and abrasions.