I was growing a beard and had to shave for my new job. But since shaving I’ve been getting razor bumps on the front of my neck around the throat. Any way to remove them and prevent them in the future.

I change razor blade every 5 days and I’m using the sensitive one as I have sensitive skin

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  1. Wash your face with a gentle soap and hot water before shaving. Use sensitive gel. Change brand of razor.

    Get witch hazel from Savers, Home Bargains or your local pharmacy and dab it on the affected area.

  2. I have very sensitive neck skin, and I basically have two solutions. (A) A decent Phillips rotary shaver, or (B) a safety razor (get a closed comb one eg Edwin jagger de8 – especially if you have a few lumps, bumps, moles etc on your face) with the King of Shaves non-foaming gel stuff that also has a moisturiser.

    B is better, better shave, less irritation (Plus you can get blades for about £9 for 100 from Amazon) but A is easier and does the job, and any irritation is so mild (compared to cartridge razors etc) that it’s gone in ten minutes.

    It depends whether you want to take 50 seconds rather than three minutes, or to take the time and have a better shave, basically.

  4. Sensitive as fuck skin here. Safety razor seems to work well. I got one for a couple of quid in Boots

  5. Have a read around r/wicked_edge

    A double edge safety razor with some proper shaving soap worked wonders for my skin. Much cheaper way of shaving too.

  6. As well as proper skin, a good razor, and shaving properly, the other thing I found had a massive effect is using aftershave afterwards.

    A lot of ‘razor bumps’ are basically small spots after bacteria gets in the tint cuts and/or hair follicles. The aftershave helps mildly disinfect the area and by the time it wears off the tiny cuts have mostly healed (they’re so small so they’ll heal in a matter of hours). And ofc a bonus- you’ll smell nice too.

  7. The bumps are usually ingrowing hairs, make sure you shave with the grain, even though it doesn’t give as smooth a finish as shaving against.
    I switched to an electric razor, never had a problem since.

  8. Shaving with the growth will definitely help.

    If you have spot-prone skin, buy bic twin blades and chuck them after every shave. A good shaving gel rather than foam or soap is best, I’ve found.

    Finally, once dried, moisturise.

  9. I’ve tried lots of different things to stop getting razor rash, nothing truly worked for me. I just use an electric shaver now, it doesn’t cut as close as the traditional type, but for me it’s good enough.

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