7 Tips for Shaving Sensitive Skin

 

It’s late spring, that means summer is just around the corner, hoooorraaahhhhh! But if like me you love to wear dresses but hair removal can be an issue, hopefully my tips may help.

My legs are hypersensitive, shaving, waxing, a blade of grass, anything can set them off, it’s extremely frustrating. Here are my skincare tips on hair removal, which will hopefully stop or at least dramatically reduce the irritation you may experience.

• First things first, the blade you use is important, the more blades, the better! Look for a blade that’s designed for sensitive skin, these usually have at least 5 blades and remember to change regularly, a blunt blade riddled with bacteria is no ones friend! I recently tried some blades from Lidl of all places and they were really good!! 

• The length of the hair makes a big difference, if it’s more than a few mm then you’re going to have to go over the area a few times and you want that blade to touch your skin as little as possible, ideally you should only shave the area once. So trim the hair first, a pair of men’s hair clippers without a cover is perfect and will trim your hair to practically nothing. This is the one I use this one

• The skin lubricant  you use is extremely important, forget the stuff on the highstreet, they’re full of alcohol, even the sensitive ones. Ideally go for an oil, I like THIS by Shaveworks, the subscription box Friction Free Shaving have also recently introduced an excellent, natural shave cream to their range. Never, ever dry shave!

• Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise. Shaving dehydrates the skin so moisturise at least once a day either using a specific aftershave product (high quality, again I’m afraid I don’t recommend high street) or look for a moisturiser that contains Urea, its great for dehydrated skin. Again I really like shaveworks.

• Exfoliate a few times a week, avoid harsh scrubs that contain nut kernels, use a Dermaflannel or buff your skin with a cotton flannel, you need to exfoliate to prevent ingrown hairs but you also don’t want to irritate your skin further.

• If like me you have extremely hypersensitive skin, unfortunately all of the above may not work, in which case you need to go for an electric razor, they are so much gentler on the skin and there are some great razors available these days and so it doesn’t take long to shave, when used daily it takes no more than a couple of minutes to do both legs. THIS is the one I use, it's in America but they do ship outside the US.

• Laser, obviously this is a bit of a luxury but if you follow discount websites such as Groupon you can find special offers in your area of extremely discounted laser treatment, even a few sessions will thin and lighten the hairs meaning you need to shave less and if you do use electric razors which can leave the legs a little stubbly, you won’t notice the stubble when it’s lighter.

If you have any tips that may help others, please do share them in the comments.

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