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Hair Removal - Shaving
Safety Razor - Electric Razor
Shaving with a safety razor blade or an electric razor is the most common method of hair removal for both men and women. Men have been shaving their beards and mustaches for thousands of years. Cosmetic hair removal in women was relatively uncommon until after World War I. Now, many American women routinely shave their legs and underarms.
There are safety razors, straight razors, and disposable razors, which are all wet shaving using shaving creams, gels, and foams, etc., and electric razors, which are dry shaving.
Shaving your face or legs with a safety razor blade or an electric razor is quick, simple, and cheap.
Shaving with a clean razor and sharp blade is essential for a safe and comfortable shave. To help lessen skin irritation and cuts, skin should never be shaved dry, wet hair is soft, pliable, and easier to cut, also, shave in the direction in which the hairs lie.
Shaving "does not" change the texture, color, or rate of hair growth for both men and women.
Shaving is not permanent, you will need to shave again tomorrow.
Safety razors and electric shavers are under the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Pain Factor: No pain, unless you cut yourself.
Cost: Cheap.
Warning: There is always a risk of cutting yourself when shaving, especially with a brand new blade in your razor. Be careful, please don't cut yourself. Shaving can leave the skin dry, sore, irritated, and/or open to infection if you cut yourself.
The Influence of Shaving Method on Perfume Allergy
Author: Edman, B
Citation: Contact-Dermatitis. 1994 Nov; 31(5): 291-2
Abstract:
Among men, the most frequent contact allergens are perfumes (fragrance mix and balsam of Peru). Considering that the main cause of nickel allergy is ear-piercing, shaving with a razor blade might be the cause of perfume contact allergy, by creating small wounds that increase the penetration of applied perfume substances derived from soaps, shaving foams and after-shave lotions.
19 males with contact allergy to fragrance mix and/or to balsam of Peru were interviewed about their shaving habits by letter. 17 responded (89 percent), of whom 12 (71 percent) had been using razor blades continuously for a period of at least 1 year. At our clinic, the frequency of razor blade usage was found to be 45 percent in patch tested men without perfume contact allergy.
When comparing the frequencies of razor blade usage among patch tested men with and without perfume contact allergy, there was a statistically significant over-representation (p = 0.047) among those with perfume allergy. The risk of perfume allergy when using razor blades was found to be 2.9 (odds ratio).
References:
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) - USDA Agricultural Research Service - National Agricultural Library (NAL) - grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index.php
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