Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
That is good sound advice and I agree you have ingrown hairs from the photo's presented.Stop shaving at least 2-3 days..
You have many ingrown hairs. The red big pimples.!!!
Do something for your ingrown hairs... (Dermatological intervention !!)
Once you get rid of the ingrowns you may continue reading about the shave routine suggestions;
1- I suggest to NOT shave after the shower
2- Use pre shave oil once just before the shave and wash your face. The oil residue may decrease the quality of your lather (protectiveness). I highly recommend to not use pre-shave oil !!!
3- Never apply ATG on your face. Do not try to achive BBS. Just stick to DFS (at least 2-3 years) which is better for you.
4- If the brush irritate your face during the face lathering, use bowl lathering method
5- Don't shave daily. 2-3 Days growth will be better for you.
What I suggest before every shave possibly is take a worn out tooth brush and dry brush gently to allow the hairs to work their way out wards. Stay away from multi bladed cartridges because your will regret it from those pictures.
The ideal shave possibly is a CCS or DFS and don't chase the BBS until you figure what is going on. Some folks have sensitive skin and you might fall into this area and are prone to ingrown hairs.
Try a 2 pass shave that WTG + XTG and that's it until you see what happens, less irritation for sure.
A nice inexpensive razor that will give a good shave is a Razorock SLOC and it is more a tame mid range and I get DFS range with it or closer and its hard to cut yourself and if you do nick your self its your technique that needs improving. You should still feel slight whiskers and that is ideal IMO.( Click on pictures to enlarge)
............DFS...........................................................1days growth.....................................BBS................................
Here is a thread I did on a ingrown hair that drove me bonkers! I used my USB microscope while getting to it and flipping the hair out of the flesh. It might help hopefully!
Ingrown Hair, How I dealt with mine.
I have been shaving for sometime with Cartridges, DE & SE razors. I don't recall ever getting a ingrown and it is a irritating experience to say the least. I ordered a tweezer kit that has not shown up yet and I wanted this painful hair out because it makes my shaves not very enjoyable at all...
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