If you shave frequently, you run the risk of not doing your skin much good. Nevertheless, skin irritation, burning, itching, and red spots can be avoided. If you use the mildest possible treatment methods when shaving your beard and help the skin to regenerate itself.
Tips on how to shave properly
Frequent shaving damages the skin’s protective barrier and can cause facial irritation that can cause severe burning, itching, or just an unsightly red color and pimples. However, this is usually not due to the shaving itself, but to the pre-and post-treatment of the skin. These problems can be eliminated with a few simple tricks. Also, note our home remedies for razor burn.
1) Cleanliness is the top priority
The cleaner the razor blade, the fewer skin problems you will get from shaving. And if you know that, you can already eliminate a major source of danger. After every shave, the smallest particles of skin, soap, dirt, and other impurities stick to the blade and cannot be washed off. If these come into contact with the smallest wounds on the shaved skin, pimples or impurities can form. To avoid this, the blade should be disinfected before each shave. There are special liquid solutions and UV devices for this purpose. The shave can only be successful with a really clean blade.
2) Water, soap, and lotion only
Before shaving, you should treat the skin as well as possible with warm water. To do this, take a cloth soaked in water and place it on your face. The heat penetrates the skin and opens the pores. The warm water also causes the whiskers to soften slightly and the skin to become more elastic. The shave can therefore be softer and without injuries.
Soap the beard areas well. Avoid aggressive shaving soaps, instead, use mild skin soaps or try homemade soaps with natural ingredients. These put less strain on the skin when shaving than shaving soaps do. It is best to use caring soaps made from natural products that are greasy (e.g. with milk or honey). This cares for the skin while shaving.
3) Close pores after shaving
After shaving, immediately close the skin pores again. If you previously opened them with warm water, now close them with cold water in the same way. Quiet freezing. This will prevent dirt from getting into the pores and irritating the skin. Instead of drying off, let the cold water soak in for a few minutes. Now apply a gentle lotion and massage it into the skin.
