Tips for Dried Out Skin When Shaving

Don’t Shower for Too Long

I know we spent a lot of time earlier advising you to be careful, for the winter dries your skin, and now we’re going to tell you to take shorter showers but it makes sense! Your skin is waterproof, and having a steaming hot shower for a long period will certainly dry your skin more, furthering the chance that you will damage your skin. Have you ever noticed that after spending a while in the shower your skin can go flaky, dry and rough? It’s the exact same reason your skin gets wrinkly after a long bath. Don’t dry yourself out before shaving.

Dab Your Skin with A Warm Towel

We’re totally sending mixed signals here, but if you soak a bathroom towel in warm water and dab the area where you’re shaving beforehand, it opens up the pores and allows for an easier shave. Don’t use really hot water, make sure this is merely warm. You should find yourself with an easier, freer shave which hurts your dry skin less.

Keep Your Razor Sharp

This is a tip for shaving in general, but if you’re trying to shave dry skin with a dud razor, it will only end up causing you even more damage. You should either make sure you’re purchasing a new razor on the regular, or sharpening the blades. You can do this easily on a pair of old jeans. Simply run your razor down a leg of an old pair of jeans a few times to improve the sharpness, and you will know the difference when shaving. Using a dull razor makes wet shaving feel like dry shaving, and instead of cutting the hair, it will pull and drag on it, causing razor burn: additional pain and aggravation. Also, try to avoid using plastic razors instead of larger, more expensive branded goods. The plastic razors are cheaper, but they’re also poorer quality and will not last as long.

Shave in The Right Direction

As your skin gets drier, you need to make sure that you do as much as possible to avoid pain during shaving. Pay attention to the following shaving tips. Making sure you’re following the direction of the hair when shaving might be a little less effective, but it will also mean less pain. Instead of being lazy and shaving over once against the grain for a cleaner shave, go over the same area a few times and relieve yourself of some of the extra pain. This, in conjunction with a sharp razor, should leave you smooth and pain-free.

You can use some of the tips above all year round, but employing these during winter will help you avoid damaging your skin and causing you some major discomfort. Our biggest tip would be to watch you aren’t unnecessarily drying out your skin by making your bathing routine extra-hot. Using some top-grade moisturizer regularly will also help improve the quality of shave you get as well as leaving your skin fresh and smelling great. Everyone has different skin, but the winter is a harsh mistress, so if you work outside and are regularly exposed to the elements, I would certainly advise you to use more of our tips more regularly.