The Shaving of sensitive skin can be quite a challenge. Many men suffer from razor burn, rashes, shaving cuts, and small inflammations that result in acne. With sensitive skin, you must be extra careful and know how to prevent this.
Fortunately, we at Alpha have been in the skin and shaving business for a while, so give us a chance to help you avoid that self-torture in the Bathroom.
Preparing your skin for the Shaving
When Shaving sensitive skin, it's important to follow the correct order. It starts with properly preparing the skin. As we often write, a warm shower is the perfect preparation for a shave. The stubble becomes soft, and the skin relaxes because the skin pores open up due to the warm water.
After a warm shower, we recommend using a Preshave. Especially for sensitive skin, using a pre-shave is essential. A pre-shave ensures that a protective layer is placed over the skin, allowing your razor to glide smoothly over your skin.
One of the best pre-shaves for sensitive skin is the Proraso Pre Shave Hair Cream White Sensitive. This mild pre-shave cream provides maximum shaving comfort for sensitive skin. This pre-shave with aloe vera, green tea, and vitamin E places an extra protective layer over the skin and softens the hairs, allowing the blade to glide more easily over the skin.
Besides the pre-shave from Proraso, we also have other good pre-shaves, which you can find in our top 10 best Preshave.
Use a good Shaving Soap
Proper preparation for the Shaving is important. But also a good Shaving Soap, Shaving Foam, shaving cream, or Shaving Oil is indispensable. Here, a Shaving Soap is our preference. Make sure, especially if you have sensitive skin, to choose a Shaving Soap with the best natural ingredients and preferably one that is free of Fragrance.
A Shaving Soap we can recommend is the Proraso Shaving Soap White Sensitive. This Shaving Soap is very suitable for sensitive skin and contains mild ingredients that have a calming effect on the skin. Still looking for something else? Then take a look at our top 10 best Shaving Soaps for sensitive skin.
Use a Safety Razor
The sensitive skin greatly benefits from using a real razor. A Safety Razor . Top chefs don't work with the best knives for nothing.
An example of a good Safety Razor is the popular Mühle R89. In this classic Safety Razor from Mühle, you place only one razor blade instead of the three to seven blades that a Gillette cartridge razor contains. The big advantage of this is that only one blade instead of three to seven blades runs over your sensitive skin. As a result, your sensitive skin will become much less irritated.
Tip: Want to know more about the differences between a Safety Razor and Cartridge Razor? View then check our blog.
Calm your skin with a Aftershave Balm
Once your shave is done, you should actually take one more step. And that is applying a mild Aftershave Balm. With this, you can give your Fresh shaved skin the necessary Grooming and prevent a lot of shaving irritations. And that is essential when Shaving a sensitive skin. A good aftershave for sensitive skin has the following characteristics:
- Contains mild ingredients
- Hydrates the skin
- Softens the skin
- Closes the pores
- Disinfects and prevents bacteria
- Helps shaving wounds heal quickly
Proraso Aftershave Balm White Sensitive meets all these characteristics and is therefore very suitable for caring for the Fresh shaved sensitive skin. Would you prefer a different aftershave? View then our top 10 best Aftershave Balm.
Last tip: Read the article the most common shaving mistakes carefully. An excellent guide to help you further complete a shave as comfortably as possible without irritated skin!
If you still have any questions or comments, we would of course like to hear from you.
Good luck!
Your friends, The Alpha Men.