Rotary shavers are tools that make shaving a quick, easy process, and they provide consumers with a cost savings over time. Even so, these helpful tools can still cause irritation that can range from bothersome to painful in severity. Especially for first time users as the skin is still in the adjustment period (30 days) with the new shaving method. By using a few helpful tips, most people can reduce or even eliminate any irritation that occurs when using rotary shavers.
Sensitive Part of the Face
It is best to determine which part of the face that skin irritations occurs. Once you know which part is the sensitive area, it is ideal to shave in that area first while your rotary shaver isn’t hot as electric shavers tends to get hotter while shaving.
Use a Gentle Stroke
For less irritation while shaving with a rotary shaver, always avoid the impulse to forcefully shave with deep strokes. Instead, use a circular motion in light, gentle movements. The goal is to let the rotary shaver do all of the work for you. Your job is only to hold the shaver in place as it trims your hair. Gliding it over your features instead of pushing or pressing helps to eliminate irritation. Shorter or longer strokes can also help, depending on the types of strokes you already use while shaving.
Shave Wet
Although you may like to perform a quick, dry shave to save time especially with the morning rush. Shaving wet is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to prevent irritation from occurring while you’re skin is still adjusting with new shaving method. The water acts as lubrication to help the shaver move more effectively across your face. It also moistens your beard to make it softer and easier to shave. For best results, wash your beard with warm water prior to shaving.
Shave with Cream or Gel
Shaving cream or gel makes the process of shaving easier, while it also helps to reduce irritation from rotary shavers. A thick lather is usually best with a rotary shaver because it helps to protect your face against the tool’s motions. A gel shaving cream is especially helpful as it creates a very thick, protective lather. Shaving cream also serves as a lubricating agent as well as a conditioner, soothing the skin both during and after a shave. An alcohol-based pre-shave formula can also be used to stimulate the hair follicles into standing straight up. This helps make the hair easier to shave off, but remember to wash your hands before touching the shaver since alcohol based pre shave may affect the appearance of the shaver.
Regularly Rinse Blades
Dull, clogged blades are a common cause of shaving irritation. By rinsing the blades more often as you shave, the shaver can glide much freely on to the face since hair debris and shaving creams are wiped off from the shaving head. Additionally, read the instructions manual to keep the shaver always in good condition and keeping the blades to be fresh and sharp each time you need to shave. If blades are dull, it’s time to replace it and you will notice improvements with the rotary shaver performance. More tips here on cleaning and maintaining electric shavers.
Don’t Quit and Do Some Experiments
When using rotary shavers for few weeks, you might get disappointed and quit using it. Instead do some experimenting and spend more time with the particular shaver and get to know it better. As time goes by, you will learn the shaving patterns that best suits you and make shaving quicker plus achieving closer shaves. Then from time to time, irritations are greatly reduced and the facial skin has now adjusted with the new shaving method. But for some reasons that all fails after more than a month of using rotary shavers, you can now try getting a new foil shaver since they are easy on skin and there are very minimal reports of skin irritations with foil shavers. You can find the top electric shavers for 2017 and tips on how to choose which shaver is right for you on our homepage.