OK, lads, I am in the US and need to get an electric shaver.
I have been a blade shaver for years but my beard or something has changed, for now I get so many ingrown hairs that it’s unbearable. I’ve tried everything (exfoliating, changing blades frequently, etc.) but I get one or two ingrown hairs every time I shave around my mouth.
For the past week or so, I’ve made do with blade on most of my face and a beard trimmer where I get the ingrown hairs, but it’s hard to tell where the frontier of the problem is, and I still get them.
So, I need your advice. I’d like a good shaver that does NOT shave too close or at least can be set that way. Otherwise, I’ll be back to square one.
I’ve always used an electric razor; when I started shaving in high school, I had bad acne, and I was afraid that a regular razor would lead to much pain.
I’ve primary had Norelco (now made by Philips) rotary razors, and have always felt that they give me a fairly close, but not uncomfortable shave – and never, in 30 years of shaving with one, have I cut myself with it. I once had a Remington “foil” razor (where the blades swing back and forth beneath a layer of foil with holes in it), and I cut myself fairly regularly with it. Got rid of it quickly. (I once had a rotary from Remington, but it wasn’t nearly as good as the Norelcos.)
I agree with kenobi 65. Get a Norelco rotary, definitely avoid the “foil” razors. I have one of the “wet/dry” models and I shave with it in the shower using shaving foam.
It may take a couple of weeks of use to get accustomed to the different kind of shave you get compared to a regular razor. I have somewhat sensitive skin and the electric razor doesn’t irritate my face as much as a regular bladed razor.
Have you tried a safety razor? I’ve been using them for the last couple of years rather than the double/triple/quadruple/quintuple super expensive blade systems. It doesn’t cut the hair below the surface of the skin like those types of blades do.