shaving rash

[insurance]

the last few months hubby has been getting shaving rash on one side of his face & neck.has anyone else had this and have you found a solution.heard somewhere that king of shave products are good. anyone tried them ?

[Abdulmajid]

I have had this on and off all my life but these simple rules and recommendations may help.

1) Use a good quality blade and change it regularly. I find Gillette Mach 3 the best, but they are expensive.

2) Dab the face (pre-shave) with as hot as possible water. Or use a sponge/flannel as hot as you can stand.

3) Use a good quality Gel. Now your hubby may laugh, but the best I have found is Gillette Satin LADY (the blue one as it smells neutral). If you think about it it is made for women's "bits" and they would not accept anything less would they?

4) Shave in one direction going with the "nap" of the skin. Every man is different.

5) After the shave wash off with VERY hot water to sterilize the pores.

6) Then splash with cold water to seal the pores.

7) NEVER NEVER NEVER put aftershave straight away. Use a moisturizer. Double Base is the best. It is about �12 but it comes in a huge tub and will last a year.

8) When it settles down, sterilize a pin or a needle in boiling water and literally pick out all the in-growing hairs. The next shave should razor these off.

Follow the above and it should get better.

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[Greedyfly]

Ive tried King of shaves - im a girl btw, but I found it didnt help me. I get bad rash on my legs so far have found nothing to fix the prob completely but I have been using the Original source shave gel and that seems to relieve the burn better than anything else I have tried.

[jno]

Clinique post-shave healer is said to be good... I have used it on my arms after pruning my yew hedge, which scratches me and irritates me like crazy, (quite poisonous, yew) and it certainly soothed my skin. I haven't actually used it on my face, though!

[oldernowiser]

I swear by King of Shaves - give it a go.

[joggerjayne]

Wax instead

[obNOXious]

The best thing for shaving rash is as Abdul stated plus once you have fiunished shaving use a VERY light spray of sensitive deodorant on your face. Yes I know that sounds weird, but it was a tip given to me by an exotic dancer, apparently since it's vital that their shaved bits remain rash free at all times it's what they all do to prevent shaving rash and it does indeed seem to work:)

[happy_face]

Obnoxious I'm intrigued by your answer. At what stage would you spray this on, before or after moisturising?