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There are many misconceptions when it comes to acne, and the fact that this skin condition mainly affects kids is just one of them. Actually, anyone, male or female, can have problems with acne at some point, its negative effects, both physical and psychological, being undeniable. However, the moment, the severity and the areas it affects can make things more or less difficult to handle.
Researchers claim that women are more prone to suffer from acne than men are, but men experience more severe acne breakouts. For things to be worse for them, particularly when they suffer from facial acne, shaving becomes a real burden.
Taking off the beard is not just something recommended by the social etiquette. In fact, it can be a problem of hygiene, but for guys who have pimples on their face - and just a few of them are enough, it does not take for the whole face to be covered with zits – things are not that simple.
Remember that some people consider a poor hygiene to be one of the most common causes of acne, be it mild, the issue of skin irritation is just as important. Needless to say, regardless what type of razor you are using, shaving aggresses the skin, leads to irritations and these combined with other internal common causes of acne can help pimples develop.
On one hand you need to take the beard off for properly washing and maintaining your skin, even though this will give you wounds should you cut a zit. On the other hand, you need to have a clear skin in order to apply the pimple treatments you are confident in, despite the fact that shaving irritates skin and increases the odds for experiencing new acne breakouts.
It looks like the only thing left for those in this situation would be to do their best to shave with minimum damages of the skin. For this purpose, it may help doing the procedure after a hot bath, so that the skin pores to be opened and absorb a special scrub lotion that you must apply before shaving.
Additionally, chose a gel instead of a shaving cream, for its softer texture and improved ability to lubricate your sensitive skin. In this way, the razor will slide much easier on the potential acne breakouts, making things simpler.
Last but not least, use a razor with at least two blades, so you will not have to make repeated movements in the same area and irritate skin much more, and go with the grain, to avoid as much as possible bumping into pimples.
At the end, you should only wash the face with cold water, use a toner with a little bit of alcohol and, after a while, you should be able to apply the treatment for facial acne without a problem.
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