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RachelAnna,

Owie!  I feel your pain, too.  Aloe vera does help with razor burn, but most guys just don't "get" what a pain shaving half your body surface can be!

The only razor that works for me is the Gillette Sensor Exxel (or however you spell it).  Definitely not the triple-blade ones though.  Trouble is, I've got awful problems with ingrown hairs, and nothing seems to help.  Anyone have ideas for that?

posted by myrrhage_ on January 17, 2007 at 10:41 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks for the tips, Passionflower!

Yeah, I don't use those cheap razors anymore.  I forget what brand mine is, but it cost more than a couple bucks. 

I do put cream on afterward...  Must have just been a fluke?  The perfumes in the shaving cream could have done it, I suppose!

posted by RachelAnna on January 17, 2007 at 10:35 AM | link to this | reply

Even a new razor can cause razor burn--

Esp if it's one of those cheap throw-aways. Buy a better razor. Also, maybe your shaving cream had too much dye/perfumes, etc. Try using the one the Aveeno puts out.

Another thing: do you put any type of cream on your legs after shaving?

posted by Passionflower on January 17, 2007 at 9:33 AM | link to this | reply

Well I heard

That when you get into your bath or shower you are supposed to let your shaving parts become very saturated before shaving..Then I also heard that you are supposed to apply lotion immediately afterwards. I feel your pain...It's happened to me in my armpits and dang did that look awful and felt worse!

posted by Offy on January 17, 2007 at 8:19 AM | link to this | reply

lol presely

That's awesome!!

posted by RachelAnna on January 17, 2007 at 8:16 AM | link to this | reply

Rachel

OMG!  I just googled the word waxing to find a funny picture to paste here.  I couldn't find anything funny so I typed in the words hot wax ouch!  The only thing that came up under that category was dirty, naughty, porno photos.  

posted by Presley on January 16, 2007 at 7:07 PM | link to this | reply

Same here, Presely!

I guess we'll have to go wax together?!

posted by RachelAnna on January 16, 2007 at 6:45 PM | link to this | reply

Yikes, Julia!

I got an electric one last year and didn't like it.  It either didn't get the hair or it pulled it!  Ouch!  Apparently I have to choose between being furry, being painfully plucked, or suffering razor burn!!

posted by RachelAnna on January 16, 2007 at 6:44 PM | link to this | reply

lol

I suppose you could help David, but it appears as though you'd have to team up with Mark!  :)

posted by RachelAnna on January 16, 2007 at 6:43 PM | link to this | reply

Rachel

Why does this happen?  I've tried special shaving cream.  I've tried baby soap.  I've tried getting warm so all the goose bumps are gone before I shave.  Nothing works!  LOL!

posted by Presley on January 16, 2007 at 5:10 PM | link to this | reply

that's why I like electric ones better--LOL.

Put some aloe vera on your gams and call it a day??

posted by Julia. on January 16, 2007 at 4:41 PM | link to this | reply

I feel your pain.

Or at least I'd like to.  Dammit.

posted by mark2556 on January 16, 2007 at 4:25 PM | link to this | reply

I used to get razor burns all the time, now I am more careful

Also, I am willing to come out and show you how to shave properly, deal?

Anything for a friend!

posted by David1Spirit on January 16, 2007 at 4:23 PM | link to this | reply