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Anyone shave their head around here?

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Tricky
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I need a little advice. I've been seeing some kind of rash on my head every time after I shave it while taking a shower. There is no skin flaking or anything, but I have all these red areas that take a few hours to subside. They seem to be more intense if I take longer showers. It doesn't look like razor burn at all, I'm pretty sure I'm being fairly gentle with my razor. Am I doing something wrong? I was under the impression I had been treating my head pretty well until a couple of weeks ago.

I completed the treatment I spoke about well over a month ago, so that can't be it. By the way, I thought about letting my hair grow afterwards but I've really come to like this, as some predicted. :)
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Not quite sure but....Some of the hairs might be grown in, leading to red bumps. When you remove the tapered end of a hair, it sometimes gets stuck inside the follicle and grows through surrounding tissue leading to irritation and sometimes infection.

I know it is your head, but try gently exfoliating with an abrasive washcloth before shaving, and afterwards put a little antibiotic cream onto the affected areas.
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No that's not the case. I've seen that happen to stubble on my chin sometimes, but never on my head. If I didn't know any better I'd say I'm building up an allergy to hot water.
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I once had my head shaved involuntarily. An interesting experience, to be sure. I didn't particularly care for it, but when you enlist in the US military they don't offer you a choice in the matter. So off it went. The barbers in the reception station got a real kick out of it, too. "So, what do you want? A little off the sides?" they quipped as they worked your noggin over with these monster clippers attached to vacuum hoses. :rolleyes: :D

It felt funny. I looked funny, too. The hat I had to wear while outdoors helped somewhat. Despite the initial shave-down, they did permit you to grow it back - within certain limits, of course. That I did, and had to move up a few notches on hat size.

I'll never shave my head until the following condition is met: 50% of my hair turns gray. When that happens, it's flat-top time. You know, the J. Jonah Jameson look. :D

Right now, it's still 100% ash brown. So for now, I'll keep the disheveled look. :)
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