Goatee Q

• Goatee Q by junglephone on 14 Sep, 2010 15:33
• I'm what one might call an "intermittent goateer."   Every couple of years I grow one but the same thing always happens: chin itch. Now I'm not talking about the itch that happens in the first month. I'm talking about the fully established goat. It always gets bad and then I shave it off. What is revealed is a very red and irritated chin. I'm wondering if anyone knows the cause and if there is a product that will penetrate the super dense hair to sooth the skin underneath. I've tried hair conditioner but it doesn't work.
  
  Anyone?
• #1 by D.A.L.U.I. on 14 Sep, 2010 15:48
• It could be a "dandruff" like response.  I find that I'll get some flaking at times, and so about twice a week I use an anti-dandruff shampoo and it never develops.  It's a thought.  Also, I use shampoo and conditioner, not soap to clean the chin mitten--regular soap is very harsh and hard to completely rinse out if you've got any length at all. 
  
• #2 by reb123161 on 14 Sep, 2010 16:29
• I agree with SaintC....I had some drying and flaking years ago until I washed the goat completely-- meaning RINSED completely, also...Here is a big one---I also let it DRY completely before I went to my daily tasks....never had a problem since.  Hope this can be decent advice for you, man!
• #3 by Mikekoz13 on 14 Sep, 2010 18:29
• Try keeping that rascal a little shorter........ easier maintenance.
• #4 by Smooth_Operator on 14 Sep, 2010 20:53
• I sport the Mr. Clean look now, but before I went sly I was an intermittent goateer/beardie, too.  Like Saintc I'd shampoo it with Head and Shoulders a couple times a week (warning... tastes awful) and brush it with a stiff boar hair brush.  Seemed to do the trick.
• #5 by Coltsfan73 on 15 Sep, 2010 10:07
• My beard/goatee is pretty thick and has a curl to it. I used to get a horrible itchy/irritaded skin under the chin and at the base of my stache area kinda.  I was told that is because moisture was pooling there from my cheeks and therefore sat up against the skin and irritated it to a miserable point. Moisture rich conditioners only added to the problem (duh)... it wasn't until I actually dried my goatee/beard with a hairdryer that the problem went away. So now, no matter what length I decide to keep the beard/goatee... I dry it and have NO issues what-so-ever.
  
  Good luck.
• #6 by lordmage on 15 Sep, 2010 23:11
• coltsfan that is one massive face blanket you got there
• #7 by SlyintheOC on 17 Sep, 2010 22:53
• I used to have a flaky spot under my goatee. I use Bluebeard's Original Beard Shampoo and their conditioner called Beard Saver. It has aloe in it and I have found that it takes cares of the chin dandruff. Plus it makes your beard real soft. Hope this helps.
• #8 by rcg5227 on 19 Sep, 2010 02:16
• I almost always had a goatee, even back when i had long hair. Now these days I let my goatee grow out and le my wife's beauician  trim it. She only charges me $3, bu my wife and her beautician have known each other since kindergarten. Therefore. she charges me only $3. I've never had the problem of flaky spos.
• #9 by BaldWriterBob on 19 Sep, 2010 16:04
• A good shampoo and a hair dryer solved those sorts of problems for me.
• #10 by Coltsfan73 on 20 Sep, 2010 08:07
• Ha. Thanks Lordmage. It changes from time to time when I get bored with it.
• #11 by PigPen on 20 Sep, 2010 09:55
• I do get the occasional flaking. So every now and then I'll use the apricot scrub on my beard that I use for the noggin. Works great!
• #12 by Nonick on 20 Sep, 2010 22:05
• Gents, I'm about 3 weeks into my first goatee!  Thanks for the awesome postings!!! 
  I haven't had much itching or problems of any kind (knock on wood  - I crack me up)    but if I do, I know what to do! 
  Is this an awesome site or what 
  
• #13 by BaldWriterBob on 21 Sep, 2010 01:41
• I'm with you about the awesomeness, Nonick. Lots of help here.