A Close Body Shave Can Be A Catastrophe

Whether with a wet razor or an electric shaver, anyone who's taking the time and making the effort to shave any part of their body is doing so with the intent of getting a close shave.

Problem is - More often than not, getting a close body shave does not always mean getting a clean and/or smooth body shave. In fact, it can mean a catastrophe involving swelling, redness, itching, scabbing and dreaded ingrown hairs.

Unless you understand what you're doing and how to go about it.

For instance: A lot of people have acquired the habit of shaving first thing after waking from sleep.

Have you ever thought about why your face looks puffy after you wake up? Well, while you're sleeping, body fluids settle up under the skin. (This applies to all of your skin, all over your body.) When the skin is swollen, it hides most of the shaft of each hair. There's just no way for any blade, regardless if it's in a wet razor or electric shaver, to get a close shave.

If you allow about 20-30 minutes for your skin to, "wake up", it will become more taut and the hairs will be more exposed, which means you'll have a better chance at getting at least a close shave, whatever the body part.

Waiting will also allow YOU to become fully awake as well, which is quite important. Because you should always make sure you're fully alert and totally straight whenever you shave. You don't want a close shave to be a close call.

Now - If it's been a while since you've shaved an area of your body, whether it's your face or pubic region, always trim long hairs down to a short stubble first. Trimming long hairs will make the actual shaving go faster and easier.

But don't use your razor or electric shaver for trimming longer hairs as it will dull the blades and you need these blades to be as sharp as possible to achieve a clean, close and smooth body shave. A hair trimmer is the best and safest tool for this purpose.

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Another reason people receive such unsavory results from shaving: A lot of people believe to get a close shave you need to press down with the razor or electric shaver while shaving.

Did you know that after the blade(s) of your razor or electric shaver cuts each hair, they go back under the skin?

This is important to understand because when the hair is cut too short, (as it will be from pressing down on your shaving tool in an attempt to get a close shave), it goes back under the skin and immediately irritates the hair follicle, the skin depression from which the hair emerges.

A hair that is cut too short much more easily gets caught up and grows into the sides of the hair follicle, as opposed to growing up and out of the hair follicle, which is how/why an ingrown hair is created.

So even though it may feel as if you've gotten a close body shave, what you've actually done is created the ideal conditions for ingrown hairs.

All of this information, and consequent results, applies as well to the belief: You can get the closest shave by shaving over the same area repeatedly.

The only thing pressing down and/or shaving over the same area repeatedly will get you is at least, severely irritated skin and probably, several ingrown hairs.

This is especially true if you're trying to get a close shave in a more sensitive area of the body like the neck, under arms or the pubic region.

Thankfully, today there is a tool that will quickly convince you that you don't need to press down or shave over the same area repeatedly to achieve that truly clean, close and smooth look and feel you're after on ANY part of your body - Without catastrophic results.

It's a relatively new electric shaver that has been gaining in popularity and earning its positive reputation, because it's specifically designed to make shaving quicker, easier and, most importantly, safer, especially in more sensitive body areas, than a wet razor or other regular electric shavers available in the general market.

If you're someone who desires some part(s) of your body smooth without muss or fuss or unpleasant after effects, (don't shave right after waking up, and), do just a little more research to find out about this amazing little electric shaver.

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