Barber Goers

frando
frando Posts: 583 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I've just had my first visit to a barber, for reasons I can explain if you want but are kinda unrelated to my question, and it was also the first time I've had a straight razor used on me. The areas he used the straight razor on (at my hair line above my temples and my nape) have become really irritated. Is this normal? I've used moisturiser but it's still itchy and I suspect red at the back.

Thanks for any help :3

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  • frando
    frando Posts: 583 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    frando wrote: »
    I've just had my first visit to a barber, for reasons I can explain if you want but are kinda unrelated to my question, and it was also the first time I've had a straight razor used on me. The areas he used the straight razor on (at my hair line above my temples and my nape) have become really irritated. Is this normal? I've used moisturiser but it's still itchy and I suspect red at the back.

    Thanks for any help :3

    Okay, sorry to be a party pooper and I don't mean to derail your thread. But you shouldn't allow a barber to use a straight razor on you unless it's disposable and single use. The shaving lotion used should also come from a single use, disposable dispenser. Not a large bottle used for multiple clients. Standard issue, multiple use, straight razors have the potential to transmit blood borne pathogens unless - between each client - they are autoclaved and sterilized with bleach solution. With no exceptions. In barber shops, this level of consistent sterilization is often not adhered to, even if they assure you otherwise.

    I don't think blood borne pathogens are the cause of your irritation. You probably got shaved too close, in addition to the lotion used on your skin, which exacerbated the shaving irritation.



    Holly crap o-o

    I went to a highly rated barber that has a high focus on traditional methods. He used a straight razor like the kind in Sweeny Todd, I had gotten there early and saw that there was an apprentice in charge of cleaning the blades between use so it wasn't completely unhygienic.

    And it's not derailing it, more of I'm trying to figure out why I'm so itchy! When I've been to hairdressers they have never used a straight razor, just clippers on a low setting (ie a 1 or a .5). I just though the straight razor was just part of the traditional barber ethos :scream:
  • frando
    frando Posts: 583 Member
    Also he used the blade on dry skin, I had booked to have a wash and cut but the plumbing was out so he did just a dry cut- I doubt this helped?
  • frando
    frando Posts: 583 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    frando wrote: »
    Also he used the blade on dry skin, I had booked to have a wash and cut but the plumbing was out so he did just a dry cut- I doubt this helped?

    OMG. Just don't go there again.

    I'm wondering how this place got so highly rated!
  • healthykaitlin
    healthykaitlin Posts: 91 Member
    Facial skin=very sensitive. I get red & itchy from having my brows waxed, never mind if I were to be dry shaved. Unless it looks infected to you, it just sounds irritated & I would treat it as such.. Do you have a product like Tend Skin? Look it up, I'm pretty sure they sell it at Target & Ulta now... I've used it for years after shaving legs. It stings on application but treats razor burn, razor bumps, & helps prevent ingrowns.
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