Does anyone get ingrown hairs after shaving? I sometimes do. It seems like acne a little bit, but is not exactly. I get it on my neck a good amount after shaving. Not sure exactly what the cause of it is.
I have heard that if you shave down and then back up, it will reduce the amount of ingrown hairs and breakouts you get from shaving. Just a rumor, but you might want to try it out.
The most annoying thing that happens to me is missing patches of hair when I shave. I spend the time to shave and clean everything up, take a shower and go out. While I am out I rub my chin and notice a patch of hair that I completely missed. Since I shave so rarely anyway, the hairs tend to be somewhat long and very awkward looking.
I think that the best strategy to avoid this problem is to do a really thorough shave each time, especially if you only shave about once a week like I do. I use an electric razor and go over my face a bunch of times, until I don’t hear the shaver making the noise that it makes when it is cutting hair.
If you do shave every day, you don’t have to worry about this as much since your hairs will be so short anyway that nobody will really notice.
Someone started a great thead in the new forum, asking the question: How often do you have to shave? In order for me to stay looking completely clean shaven, I would have to shave probably twice a day. My electric razor isn’t that great and I never go for the clean shaven look because I can’t stand the look or feel. Also I am just way too lazy to shave every single day, so I go with the scruffy look.
I know that some people only have to shave a couple times a week in order to stay looking clean, but I think it really varies and depends on the person, ethnicity and specific genetics.
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I have found that a good way to hide facial blemishes is to let your beard grow out. If you can grow a thick enough beard and you don’t mind leaving it grown out, it can really help hide un-clear skin. When you have some facial hair, it makes you look a little more scruffy. A few blemishes or a little acne can typically go unnoticed when you have your facial hair grown out. However, when you are completely clean shaved, every little blemish will stand out. If you are going for the “clean” look and you have acne, your blemishes will really be pronounced.
I still get a few zits here and there. If I have a few zits, I just don’t bother to shave for a few days until they go away. The times that I do shave when I have acne, I run into a few problems. First, my skin is less smooth, so I run the risk of cutting myself while shaving. Second, you can really see the blemishes a whole lot better after you shave. I feel like they are really accented right after I shave.
The moral of the story is to let your facial hair grow out to hide your acne.
Ever since the invention of the razor several hundred years ago, man has had the capability to express himself through the art of facial hair styles. Some people go without a beard or any type of facial hair for a number of reasons. Maybe you can’t grow facial hair very well. Maybe you have to be clean shaven for work at all times. Maybe you just can’t find a style that works well for you. Regardless, there are still plenty of men who like to show off their facial hair style.
Facial hair is something that defines men. Women can never really take this away from us. We are the only ones that are capable of growing a good amount of facial hair, and we are the only ones that will look good sporting it. Well, some styles look a little better than others. Let’s go over the major different types of facial hair, from the least amount of hair to the most amount.
Clean shaven: This is for the men who either can’t grow much facial hair, don’t like the look, don’t like the feel or simply look like a goof sporting any sort of style. It is pretty simple to maintain, but requires daily full shaves.
Mustache: Just a strip of hair on the upper lip. This style has been slowly going out of style, and younger men are sporting the mustache less and less as the trend is slowing down. There are some awkward stages in trying to grow the mustache, but once you have it going it looks pretty normal. You still need to shave every day; there is just a little less area to shave.
Goatee: This is basically a mustache that goes down and around the mouth. Your cheeks are still clean shaven, but you leave the spot around your mouth still grown out. This style looks good on some men but just terrible on others. You really need to have the ability to grow some good upper-lip hair to pull this off. Again, daily shaving is still needed but even less surface to shave than the mustache.
Neard: I think this is more of a joke. It stands for Neck-Beard. You shave everything except for your neck. This is only done when people are trying to look like a goof.
Chin strap: This is basically a strip that goes down your jaw line and connects at your chin. I have found it is difficult to keep the strip even without taking too much off.
The 5 o’clock shadow: This is my personal favorite. Just do a clean shave every other day. Or every three days. I typically go 5 days.
The Jesus Beard: Simply don’t shave, ever. If you want bum status, don’t cut your hair or shower either. The only time I can see this style acceptable is if you are getting ready for a role in a movie or Halloween.
Regardless of your typical style, be sure to experiment and enjoy your facial hair.
I have seen some friends try and grow some cool beards, but the main problem is the homeless look. Throw on some old clothes and push a shopping cart around and you are a genuine bum. Everyone wants to grow a sweet Jesus beard but nobody wants the homeless look. Here are a few tips that will help prevent you from creeping people out:
The general idea is to do anything a bum wouldn’t do. Drive a fancy car, wear nice clothes and don’t walk around with a shopping cart full of all your possessions. Stay aware of your appearance and you won’t be scaring away all the girls.
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I recently decided to grow my hair out. I have always had short (clean cut) hair, but also usually rocked some sort of beard. I really liked the facial hair because I didn’t look homeless since I had a short haircut. After my hair start growing out (six months since my last haircut), I started looking really bad with a beard. I look plain homeless with a shaggy head of hair and a scruffy beard. I realized that the sacrifice that I will have to make in order to have long hair is to stay clean-shaved. Here are some examples:
Shaggy hair + scruffy beard = homeless:
Long hair + no beard = normal:
Short hair + beard = normal:
So in conclusion, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. If you want to save time + money by not cutting your hair, you will have to make up for it by shaving more. If you want to save time by not shaving, you will have to get haircuts! Bummer!