You use a razor to remove hair and make skin beautiful legs - smooth and shiny. Leading a razor on his legs, you really do not think that they may appear unattractive red spots. Unfortunately, due to improper shaving the majority of women seeking this outcome. You put on your skin and lather quickly drive with a razor, that leads to irritation and redness.
The fact that sbrivaya hair, you remove a part of the epidermis, the top layer of skin. Reds - is a normal reaction to tissue damage. Blood flow to the affected area increases in order to quickly heal the wound, blood vessels dilate and the skin reddens.
Get rid of this "burn" rather difficult. Whenever re sbrivaya hair, you again and again irritate the skin surface.
What to do? - You ask. One way to avoid irritation - to stop shaving his legs. If this is an extreme solution does not suit you, we recommend the following procedures to avoid redness and itching after shaving.
Prepare your skin for shaving
Soften hair
Before you start shaving the hair to soften it. To do this properly wet feet, or wrap them in a towel soaked with warm water. The best time to shave - immediately after a shower or bath. Your skin is moisturized, soft hairs sticking out, so shaving will be less hurt your skin.
We recommend you forget about the soap
Soap dries the skin even more irritating it. People with sensitive skin should use shaving cream containing aloe in its composition or other sedatives.
If your skin is prone to irritation, shaving cream should help. Apply it on your feet after a bath when the skin itself and the hair is already relaxed. Wait a few minutes before shaving the skin to become softer, and you're ready.
Top-down
Shave the hair in the direction in which they grow, that is, from top to bottom. Of course, you'll get no such good results, but it will not cause irritation of the hair follicle, as in shaving in the opposite direction.
Relieves irritation after shaving
Lubricate the skin after shaving
After shaving, apply to the skin of the legs a special lotion.
If necessary, use regular body lotion. This will help reduce the redness and itching after shaving off.
Rescue hydrocortisone
Help reduce the irritation 1-percent hydrocortisone cream, which should be lubricated reddened skin of the legs immediately after shaving. Redness, burning or irritation immediately disappear.
The fact that hydrocortisone constricts blood vessels, has an antiseptic effect, reducing blood flow to the treated area, and hence the redness. You may need to carry out this procedure only twice in the first day, and all the symptom will disappear.
We are not in any way suggest that recourse to hydrocortisone daily. Any vehicle containing cortisone can be used only briefly. Lubricate them to the skin once or twice. In extreme cases, repeat a couple of days.
The abuse of cortisone skin gets used to it, and as soon as you stop applying it, the redness and irritation appear stronger than before treatment. These products are not intended for everyday use. In addition, abuse of drugs cortisone can cause thinning of the skin. Blood vessels in the treated area can expand, perhaps even the appearance of signs of stretching the skin. Therefore, use hydrocortisone only when absolutely necessary.
How to reduce irritation when shaving
Often change the razor
Razors with double blade or disposable machines shave very close to the skin - so close that it may cause skin irritation and damage the hair follicle. And the dumber they are, the more irritating to the skin when shaving, as if it walked on the scraper. We advise you after three or four of throwing machines or change the blade.
Go to the electricity
Some experts advise women to use the shaver. Their use skin becomes smoother than the usual shaving razor. Besides the risk of irritation is much less.
Remedy against acne
Fight the roughness of skin protivougrevymi drugs. For long-term treatment can be applied local creams containing 2,5 - or 5-protsetny solution of benzoyl peroxide. They reduce the reaction to the shaving and reduce the likelihood of relapse. Currently, there are a lot of shaving creams that contain benzoyl peroxide and nullifies the symptoms of skin irritation. If your skin reacts to shaving, use such creams constantly. They allowed for daily use.
Alternative means for removing hair
If your skin reacts to shaving appearance tuberosity, we recommend you try to use lotions for hair removal. Many women refuse them, because these drugs are very fragrant, and messing around with them anymore. But they are much less traumatized hair follicles than usual razor.
Most people are well tolerated in lotions, but some of them still cause allergies. Therefore, to start to do a test: a small amount of preparation put on the elbow. If 24 hours does not cause irritation, can cause the product to their feet.
If the lotion causes redness, irritation or burning, immediately rinse with water and no longer applies.
Unintended consequences
If the skin after shaving formed "burns" or lumps that do not pass within a few days, or if the skin is infected, show your doctor. The appearance of pus, increased swelling, heat or throbbing in the inflamed area of skin can be signs of a developing infection.
Repeated inflammation, accompanied by the appearance of irregularities should be treated under medical supervision, so as to further the use of razor wire can only aggravate the skin condition.
French women do not shave their legs, but we are with you live in Russia. To keep your skin always remained smooth and beautiful, follow these simple rules.