Grooming Tips?

This was mentioned by someone else in a different thread, but a little more publicity couldn't hurt.

If you have trouble with bad razor burn, shave WITH the grain of the hair (i.e. shave down your legs/face). I'll be honest, it doesn't get a close shave, but it will give your skin some time to heal up without having to look unshaven.

Also, for girls with acne, Neutrogena has a good line of make-up with salicylic acid, which can really help with the inflamation. I'm not a big make-up girl, but I use their cover-up and powder because they make my face less greasy and don't cause break-outs.

And if you have eczema, sun helps. In fact, sun helps complexion in general... If my face has broken out really badly, I go lay out in the sun long enough so that I get a light burn, and it will clear up within a couple of days (I'm afraid some people will jump on me about this one, since sunburn damages skin... but if one has a reeeally bad breakout, one's willing to go to great lengths to get some relief).

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Anyone have good advice on eczema? I developed it a couple of years ago, about 6 months before I was diagnosed with diabetes (I have NO idea if they're correlated, or if 18 is a strange age to get eczema), and it's still going strong. It's on my hands, and they're very dry because I wash them so much... I'm kind of a germ-a-phobe. So aside from the whole "don't wash your hands as much" and "use lotion" advice, whaddaya got?

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All you people and your shaving abilities. I'm convinced that my skin just sucks. I've tried everything... various after-stuff, various gels, soaps, shampoos, razors, dry/wet... BOSH. If anyone out there SERIOUSLY had HORRIBLE razorburn every time they shaved and found something to magically make it disappear... let me know.

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By ingrown hairs, do you mean those little hairs that you keep trying to shave off before you realize they're hiding under a very thin and transparent layer of skin? I've been getting a lot of those, lately... I just peel the skin off of them; mine aren't too bad.

Also, Racin Reaver: I have used electric shavers in the past--for women and for men. I have one right now (a pretty good one), and I've found that it (and electric razors in general) doesn't get a very close shave. My razor burn isn't as bad when I use electric, but it's still painful enough that I have to wait a few days to shave again.

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