For the last ~2 months I've been shaving every 2 or 3 days by squirting foam from a can into a terrible $7 brush and using a 2 blade disposable razor and throwing it away every time (they go dull in one shave, even a Fusion does in one or two shaves). I tried Mach 3 and Fusion and both were terrible. The Fusion shredded my poor face and I actually had to stay home from work twice trying that and it was expensive.
So using the disposable was better than the electric (shaver not sideburn trimmer) and using a brush to apply rather than my hand helped about 50% and really took care of the small whiteheads and rash leaving only the big red bumps which are sometimes white headed and sometimes not.
So decided to try and go further, I watched some YouTube videos and then found a DE razor, bought some blades (the only ones I could find so I don't know if they're any good) and gave it a shot.
The first two days I tried the Crabtree & Evelyn cream for the first two days but found that it was hard to lather and I didn't like the sandalwood smell. Today I tried Proraso and it was much easier to get a nice this smooth lather up, I liked the smell and I found it lubricated well. Which is good because if it didn't lubricate well I think I'd be in world of hurt.
I took a set of photos at day 0 (before switching to the DE and cream) after 1 day my skin was much clearer, like I hadn't shaved at all, 2 days my skin was a little clearer stil and then the 3rd day I work up it got worse again and didn't improve through the 3rd day, as though I'd gone back to the disposable. I decided to shave with the Proraso anyways and it didn't seem to make it any worse but I'm sad that I've gone backwards. To be clear my face regressed BEFORE I tried the Proraso.
I have photos from before I began and about 8 hours after shaving today with the Proraso.
Zero day photos
Chin
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Left
![Image](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/GoClick/th_DSC03607.jpg)
Right
![Image](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/GoClick/th_DSC03608.jpg)
And then today, remember it got worse between shaves 2 and 3, 3 made it no worse at all. I felt no real irritation after any of my DE shaves. Between shaves 1 and 2 my skin cleared in the most impressive way I could have imagined, it was nearly completely clear.
Chin
![Image](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/GoClick/th_day3chin.jpg)
Left
![Image](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/GoClick/th_day3left.jpg)
Right
![Image](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/GoClick/th_day3right.jpg)
The trashy low budget products I'm using (it's all I can really afford right now)
![Image](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/GoClick/th_discountshaving.jpg)
Also, a family member said I should just consider electrolysis or laser hair removal for my face, and that I wouldn't have to worry about this anymore in the long run it would be cheaper, though painful and expensive in the short term… insights?