What razor y'all using to avoid razor bumps?

[Mandarin Duck]

you cant avoid em. grow your beard and just keep it in shape and maybe take it down a lil bit but if you shaving it all the way down you can not avoid em.

My beard is

 

[Payroll]

I don't go below the skin and use a Wahl 5 star.

Any razor is going to fukk me up regardless of what I do.

 

[brickfare]

shower / wash face before with warm water (I know to exfoliate as well but I never did take skin care seriously enough smh)
cleaned and oiled Andis t liners
shave with the grain and try not to make too many passes

y'all zero gap your clipper blades?

 

[Koli_Kat]

Tend Skin and bump patrol.

fukking Cac job requires me to be clean shaven

 

[SheWantTheD]

Like people have said.. andis t liner.

Ive had mine for like 7+ years now and it still works. No shave bumps.

can’t remember the last time I used a razor and the straight blade razors take time learning how to use without cutting yourself.

Also get a good exfoliate and exfoliate after shaving helps as well.

 

[Grind -N- Bone]

Tried shaving with mace?, works wonders with an Andis Acg Pro.
Be sure to go with the grain and not against it mkay

 

[Asicz]

I truly believe Black History Month should have a honorary day for one non Black person. And that should be whoever invented the Andis T Outliner

 

[KBtheKey]

I never got razor bumps, or i at least I don't remember. Why do they occur? I always thought that's what sanitizing the blades/guards and using aftershave was for

 

[phcitywarrior]

Andis T-Outliner then some aftershave afterward. I'll get a few ingrown hairs if don't shave after 4-5 days so I usually trim every 2-3 days. Even then, the ingrown hairs are light.

I use black soap for my face as well (Dudu Osun). Works very well for me

 

[phcitywarrior]

I never got razor bumps, or i at least I don't remember. Why do they occur? I always thought that's what sanitizing the blades/guards and using aftershave was for

Razor bumps, at least what I've read, are just ingrown hairs. If you shave too close you run the risk of your hair growing back into your skin hence people say we black men should avoid those Gillette razors. They shave too close to the skin.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Get some T-liners.

this.

Gives a close “shave” and won’t wreck your skin like a traditional razor. I don’t know how brehs can use razors on a regular basis

 

[KBtheKey]

Razor bumps, at least what I've read, are just ingrown hairs. If you shave too close you run the risk of your hair growing back into your skin hence people say we black men should avoid those Gillette razors. They shave too close to the skin.

Makes sense. Long as you line it up clean i don't think them extra lil hairs matter much

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

I use clippers(Andi's Outliner 2). Stopped using a razor a few years back and haven't had bumps ever since. Razors aren't made for your skin bruh.

 

[Guile]

Use hot water when you shave and after you shave use aftershave or astringent. Don't shave against the grain.


Honestly, you can yse any disposable razora/straight edge/electric shavers you want just follow the steps above.

 

[3rdWorld]

I grow a coarse coiled beard..like this

When my barber shaves my head on sunday, he does my beard after with the same clippers

Never had a problem..only experienced ingrown hairs when I tried a razor. My father uses a razor and has no bumps..