Shaving without ingrown hairs: follow this routine
Let me reassure you: if you struggle with ingrown hairs after shaving, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with your skin.
With the right routine, you can prevent ingrown hairs — as well as itching, red bumps, and irritation. It’s all about giving your skin a little extra care using the right products.
In this blog, I’ll walk you through 5 simple steps to shave without dealing with annoying ingrown hairs afterward.
Why Do Ingrown Hairs Appear?
Unfortunately, your skin isn’t thrilled about your desire for smooth, hair-free results, and it lets you know. Right after shaving, your skin feels irritated, and as the trimmed hairs start to grow back, small inflammations can appear.
This happens when a hair doesn’t grow properly out of its follicle, leading to an ingrown hair. Not only can this look unpleasant, but it can also be quite painful. Instead of growing out of the skin, the hair curls back into it.
These ingrown hairs often result from hairs being cut improperly, such as with a dull razor or a multi-blade razor. They can also occur if your skin is clogged with dirt, soap residue, or dead skin cells that block the hair follicle.
A 5-Step routine
Thankfully, there’s a way to prevent ingrown hairs after shaving. Follow these steps for a healthy, smooth shave every time.
Step 1: deep cleanse your skin
The cleaner your skin, the lower your chances of ingrown hairs after shaving. That’s why I recommend regularly exfoliating and peeling your skin.
This removes dead skin cells, dirt, soap residue, fungi, and bacteria. The result? A deeply cleansed, ultra-smooth complexion.
For exfoliating and peeling, I developed YIONN Kjarr . This all-in-one scrub and peel is enriched with shea butter and sunflower extract. Use it 2-3 times a week for silky-smooth results.
Step 2: Protect Your Skin with Shaving Cream
Protecting your skin during shaving reduces the likelihood of post-shave irritation.
A good shaving cream creates a thin protective layer, preventing cuts while nourishing and caring for your skin.
I created the YIONN Cream Shave line for optimal protection. These transparent, hypoallergenic shaving creams are perfect for sensitive skin and come in fragrances like Rósir, Mandarín, Án, Summer Fruits, and Winter Glow.
Step 3: Use a Single-Blade Razor
Are you aware of how your razor affects your shaving results? If you’re currently using a multi-blade razor, I recommend switching to a single-blade razor.
A razor with just one blade is gentler on your skin, reducing redness, irritation, and ingrown hairs. This is because the hairs are neatly cut rather than torn, making it easier for them to grow out of the skin.
The YIONN Razor is a sleek single-blade razor designed for women. It works with interchangeable blades, allowing you to select your preferred sharpness. Order it online now.
Step 4: Soothe Your Skin After Shaving
After shaving, your skin needs care. Shaving can cause microscopic damage, leaving tiny, invisible cuts — and perhaps a few visible ones too.
It’s essential to help your skin recover, and this can be done with a soothing aftershave balm.
The Náinn Aftershave Balm calms and nourishes your skin post-shave. It contains vitamin E to strengthen your skin’s barrier and mint oil and aloe vera for optimal recovery.
Step 5: Prevent Ingrown Hairs with the Raka Treatment Lotion
If you’re prone to ingrown hairs after shaving, I recommend incorporating the YIONN Raka Treatment Lotion into your routine.
This lotion naturally evens out your skin, eliminating red bumps while removing dead skin cells that block hair follicles. It deeply cleanses, helps your skin heal from shaving, and soothes itching.
Raka is a natural treatment lotion made with rose water, camphor oil, and willow bark extract for a deep skin cleanse. It’s a must-have for tackling ingrown hairs. Apply it daily for the first three weeks, then as needed.
Say goodbye to ingrown hairs with the YIONN gold set
All the YIONN products mentioned in this blog are available in the budget-friendly YIONN Gold Set. This set includes the Raka Treatment Lotion, the Kjarr Scrub & Peel, the YIONN Cream Shave, the Single-Blade Razor and the Náinn Aftershave Balm.
The set also comes with a scrub glove and washable cotton pads for applying the Raka Treatment Lotion. Shop the Gold Set directly here.
To shave or not to shave is a choice, shaving irritation now thankfully also!
YIONN has developed the perfect product for every step of your shaving routine!
You’re fed up. Those annoying red bumps, ingrown hairs, and itching after shaving your bikini line, underarms, and legs. It leaves you feeling frustrated and anything but confident.
No woman should ever feel that way, and neither should you!
First, let me reassure you: there’s nothing wrong with your skin. Your skin is simply doing what it’s designed to do, reacting to the stress of shaving, which leads to unwanted side effects like itching and red bumps.
That’s not the result we women want, so we need to give our skin and nature a little extra help. And that’s exactly what YIONN products are designed to do!
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Get rid of your shaving irritation within 3 weeks: or your money back
That is my promise to you!
From registered nurse to hair removal expert:
I am Wendy, the founder of YIONN.
I know better than anyone what it is like to go through life with shaving discomfort.
After desperately trying every possible way and remedy for red razor bumps and ingrown hairs, I was fed up.
I decided to find a solution to my shaving irritations that worked and it did!
I developed Raka, a caring lotion based on rose water, camphor and willow bark, which, by applying thinly to the problem area, easily and quickly calms the skin after hair removal, prevents red bumps and allows the hairs to grow out – instead of in – again.
And with that, I could finally say goodbye to my insecurities and discomforts.
Hallelujah.
When it later turned out that Raka was not only for me, but also for many other women, I started making several other products around it that can make hair removal a pleasant experience again.
And because I’m so convinced it works and I don’t want to keep your money in the rare case you’re not satisfied with it I came up with the unique YIONN within 30 days money-back guarantee (a guarantee you never normally get on hygiene products).
