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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: Timmay on July 09, 2008, 08:02:55 AM
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OK all dont get all bent out of shape there. Yes I didnt shave for 2 days. After all of the projects we had to do over the week of the 4th...i took saturday and sunday off and didnt shave until monday morning. Heck I dont even know if I took a shower...joking...i shower everyday. Anyways. When I went to shower and shave on monday morning..I noticed something I have never noticed before. My razor was gumming up with what looked liek dead skin. I dont mean just a little...but lots. I have never noticed this before when I shave daily. When I had hair..i never had a problem with dandruff or flaky scalp so why would it be starting now? Would it because I shave everyday and just dont notice it? Maybe I should start exfoliating?
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You don't exfoliate ?!?! I don't even want to talk to you ;)
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What exactly is exfoliating? Is it using that St. Ives Scrub?
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What exactly is exfoliating? Is it using that St. Ives Scrub?
Yep.
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Who are you and what have you done with Timmaaaay? Exoliating will help.
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I never have done that. So you saying I should...without a doubt? But..but ..but that seems like soo much work...lol I am going to Walmart today or somewhere..I hate walmart...to get some
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Timm, i thought I knew you, but you're a complete stranger! you don't exfoliate??? :'(
Ice
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Exfoliating... :*))
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Timmmay!
YOU don't use scrubby stuff on your dome??? :o Ewwwww!!!! :XX LOL!
Go to dollar general. Same stuff as St Ives, 2 or 3 $ O0
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On a side note, how do all these stores with "DOLLAR" in their name charge more than a dollar?
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Some are in increments of a dollar (1,2,3,etc) while the others everything is 1 dollar...
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OK all dont get all bent out of shape there. Yes I didnt shave for 2 days. After all of the projects we had to do over the week of the 4th...i took saturday and sunday off and didnt shave until monday morning. Heck I dont even know if I took a shower...joking...i shower everyday. Anyways. When I went to shower and shave on monday morning..I noticed something I have never noticed before. My razor was gumming up with what looked liek dead skin. I dont mean just a little...but lots. I have never noticed this before when I shave daily. When I had hair..i never had a problem with dandruff or flaky scalp so why would it be starting now? Would it because I shave everyday and just dont notice it? Maybe I should start exfoliating?
sometimes it is good to take a break from shaving the head for a couple of days even though it may clog up the razor more often. I have done so in the past when I nicked myself
:px
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hey timmy! did U buy the st. ives apricot scrub? make certain 2 exfoliate 2-3 times a week. if U did it everyday... it can cause an irritated dome. >:( keep us posted.
WARHAWK O0
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nope aint bought it yet EH. I just making sure I shave every day...no more of this skip a day I will do it later.
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Eh? Still haven't gotten any? Well, I don't exfoliate either eh. I still get a good shave every time with no irritation ant my scalp is nice, smooth and clean...
What is so special about exfoliating anyway eh?
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Oh but Jer..man..you got to get those dead skin cells off your noggin. Just think of all the ewwie gooies that sit on your head all day lol.
I wont exfoliate either, I doubt. I will just get my #0000 sandpaper out if i need to buff the noggin
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#0000 sandpaper eh? I thought about sticking some of that on my belt sander and trying that...
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Yeah, I won't WASH my scalp...sheesh. I prefer to SCRAPE my scalp with my nails to get dead skin up.
Seriously though, I am unconvinced that 'exfoliating' is essential. We wash our scalp daily, no? We shave off those annoying long strands of dead skin that acts as a sweatband and duster for everything around us, no? We scrape our scalp and anything on it with multiple passes of sharp razors, no? What could possibly be left on the top of your head that all this washing and scraping hasn't gotten off?
I USED to have some scalp issues when I had a big thick rug on my head, but since going bald I don't seem to shed any skin. Well, who knows WHAT I shed? I am shaving it twice a day, washing it thoroughly once, and wiping it clean a few times, AND using acne pads twice a day. The only thing I can tell about 'exfoliating' soap compared to others is that it has hard pieces of sand-like things that scrape against my scalp. It sort of falls into the same category as vibrating razors, in my book.
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#0000 sandpaper works wonders
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I only exfoliating & use a lufa (Axe "body detailor") because it makes my skin silky smooth & soft for the lady foke O0
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OK Dead bob....silky smooth and soft doesnt work well in the same sentence with the word Male ( man) LOL
just rubbing ya man..lol
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If I don't shave for a couple, I can actually get a decent shave in. For me, shaving every day is a recipe for disaster... razor burn and just a lousy shave. I seem to need a bit of stubble growth before it'll come smooth.
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the st ives or the target/wal mart imitation does wonders! dont waste your time or money on the nivea scrub....its a bunch of crap. too watery and doesnt really exfoliate anything! once this tube is done i'm back to my equate apricot scrub(target or wal mart brand)
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If I don't shave for a couple, I can actually get a decent shave in. For me, shaving every day is a recipe for disaster... razor burn and just a lousy shave. I seem to need a bit of stubble growth before it'll come smooth.
Babzog, I agree. I shave everyday, but on weekends that I don't shave, I get the baby smooth noggin after Monday's scrape O0
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If you are shaving with a blade you are already exfoliating.
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If you are shaving with a blade you are already exfoliating.
nope, your just scraping the topside your missing all the gunk that is in the pores
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If you are shaving with a blade you are already exfoliating.
nope, your just scraping the topside your missing all the gunk that is in the pores
That's not what exfolitation is. Exfoliation is the removal of dead skin cells, and you are scraping them off any time you drag a blade across skin.
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If you are shaving with a blade you are already exfoliating.
nope, your just scraping the topside your missing all the gunk that is in the pores
That's not what exfolitation is. Exfoliation is the removal of dead skin cells, and you are scraping them off any time you drag a blade across skin.
you are correct but it is better to use an exfoliating cleaner on the dome first and remove as much as you can along with the cleaning the pores.
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Well nomad....im sure there is a "THEORY"
TImmay
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If you are shaving with a blade you are already exfoliating.
nope, your just scraping the topside your missing all the gunk that is in the pores
That's not what exfolitation is. Exfoliation is the removal of dead skin cells, and you are scraping them off any time you drag a blade across skin.
Oh, Lord. The next great debate begins ... B@n%
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OK Dead bob....silky smooth and soft doesnt work well in the same sentence with the word Male ( man) LOL
just rubbing ya man..lol
Silky, smooth and soft and male and "just rubbing ya man" doesn't work much better. :*))
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Hi ,exfoliate, and moisturise,the moisturise IS the important bit.
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For the guys that have a woman in the house you will probably know what I'm talking about. For those single guys, I'll go slow and try to explain.
One day will I was in the shower about 6 months ago, I was washing the dome. It had been a very hard workday around the house that day and I had dirt, grease, you name it on the dome. I was washing the dome for the third time when I noticed a "ball of plastic" upon one of the several shelfs that all women in the house have claimed as their own. It's like an artificial LUFA sponge (I think). I borrowed the blue one, it was the most manly color out of the 5 that were up there, and proceeded to apply the Body Wash to it and started to lightly scrub the dome as a test. I soon learned that I could apply all the pressure I wanted and it felt WONDERFUL. It made the scalp tingle, it cleaned the dome so well that I claimed that little blue ball as my own.
I did place it in a secret place, and when questioned about it I played dumb. I'm good at that. Since that day I have a couple of different once stashed away.
I have also used them in conjunction with an exfoliant and have noticed a serious, in a good way difference I use them everyday, and with an exfoliant every other day.
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dude get one of those japanese cloths. Salux best exfoliator
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Nick bro...its good to see you back ....Welcome Home!!
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"ball of plastic"
Umm,uhh,,, ???
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:o Awe man you gotta exfoliate. Run the nogging under hot water then apply some apricot scrub to the dome and work into the scalp. I like to let it stay on there for a minute or two and then rinse off. I do this everytime I shave whether I shave everyday or every other day.
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I get a super close shave. Nice and smooth.
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If you don't shave for a couple of days, your pores get clogged with dead skin and oils. as you hair grows out it pushes the stuff up and out of the way, but it clinges to the hair at the base. Even washing the hair does not get all of it off, hence when you shave the noggin' your taking all that STUFF of with the hair, causing your razor to get clogged. O0
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Have you ever noticed when you dont shave for a day or two ( yes I fall in that catergory sometimes) but... noticed ifyou rub your hand across the stubbles that it feels liek little bumps and that if your rub yoru hand across them hard enough that they go away. Ever expirence that or is it just me?
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Have you ever noticed when you dont shave for a day or two ( yes I fall in that catergory sometimes) but... noticed ifyou rub your hand across the stubbles that it feels liek little bumps and that if your rub yoru hand across them hard enough that they go away. Ever expirence that or is it just me?
Ummm...Tim.....they are called flea's..... :*)) LOL.....just kidding bro...couldn't resist....
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Fleas heh..
Tim that's your hairs waiting to poke out and exfoliating will persuade them to come out a little sooner just like rubbing your hand on them, but easier. But I agree you get a smoother shave if you let them all grow out on thier own.... If I wait 2 days between shaves my head is smoother with less shadow after shaving.
If you don't want to buy special stuff just lather up your head and go to town on it with a scrub brush...
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Fleas heh..
Tim that's your hairs waiting to poke out and exfoliating will persuade them to come out a little sooner just like rubbing your hand on them, but easier. But I agree you get a smoother shave if you let them all grow out on thier own.... If I wait 2 days between shaves my head is smoother with less shadow after shaving.
If you don't want to buy special stuff just lather up your head and go to town on it with a scrub brush...
Please don't tell me that the good head rubbin is bad for me? :Xo! :Xo! :Xo! :Xo!
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Just rub it bro...and rub it good! LOL
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I was told that if I rubbed it to much I would go blind ;D
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just dont rub your forehead.....
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All of this talk of rubbing is making me nervous. :-[