shaving

[ravrhi.livejournal.com]

This is in response to Joannie's post about shaving: one of the best peices of advice I have ever gotten about avoiding razer burn came from a young Polish girl who used to do my waxing when I lived in NYC. It was as follows: "the reason you get razor burn is because sweat and dirt get in the hair foliciles and they create a build up causing pimple-like bumps and inhibiting hair growth. If it is a major problem, you could buy expensive stuff- we have some things here- or you could make a solution of 1 part rubbing alchol, 9 parts water and very carefully apply it in the morning with a cotten ball and after you work out or go swimming. And no moisturizers for the next day or so (keep in mind, this was waxing here, so after a day or so the hair foliciles which would sometimes be bleeding had time to close up a bit)!"

Also, I have noticed that if I use baby oil before I get in the shower it softens the skin enough to get a bit of a better shave....

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[tree]

i was going to post something similar, but instead i'll just add it as a comment now.

One of the biggest problems with ingrown hairs. . ."If they're red and inflamed, don't exfoliate. Put an antiseptic such as tea tree oil on the skin. This will help the infection and bring the hair to the surface. When it emergest, pluck it." . . . "a mix of water and alcohol that works wonders by closing the hair follicle so the hair has nowhere to go except out."

and finally,

How to avoid ingrown hairs:
* Five days before waxing, exfoliate daily with a glow.
* After waxing, use a tea tree shave gel or lotion.
* Avoid salons that doubt-dip the waxing spatula.

i think all those things would be applicable to shaving as well. i seem to recall reading somewhere that lavendar oil is also beneficial if applied before hair removal.

[tree]

a glow?!

that should read "exfoliate daily with a GLOVE".

[nila.livejournal.com]

it made me smile. I was imagining a little magic glowing ball down there. Thank you. :)

[tree]

ooo, you're welcome :)
you know what they say, a glowing vagina is a happy vagina. or is that a radioactive vagina?

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[ravrhi.livejournal.com]

doubt-dip?

[tree]

i was in good form last night, wasn't it? *sigh*

that should be double-dip

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[ravrhi.livejournal.com]

ah. Now I understand. Thank you for clarifing.

[joannie.livejournal.com]

thanks for all the info. baby oil sounds nice. :)

[badluckbetty.livejournal.com]

I used to pluck most of mine, to really get them
but i ended up getting a lot of ingrown hair type
things doing it that way.

[tree]

i thought i was the only one who'd ever been masochistic enough to pluck.

you'll actually find that you get ingrown hairs even without hair removal, you just don't notice them because of the rest of the fuzz. there are creams/lotions you can buy that purportedly get rid of ingrown hairs. i've never tried any though, so i can't comment on their effectiveness.