# Why no hair removal cream for a man's beard

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-hair-removal-cream-for-a-mans-beard/668202 "2013-09-06T20:50:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-hair-removal-cream-for-a-mans-beard/668202/41 "2013-09-11T05:41:24Z")

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> [@Mister\_Rik](#):
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> I had a black roommate years ago who used that stuff, and it was pretty clear it was specifically marketed to black men. (Though, of course, there’s no reason it wouldn’t work just as well for non-blacks.)
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> If I understand correctly, the natural “tight, curly” nature of “black” hair makes it more likely that a shaved beard will curl back under the skin, causing those “razor bumps” that non-blacks rarely have to deal with.

I’ve been hearing this for years but no one told my beard 😛 I’m white but have a curly beard (but straight scalp hair). Shaving with a manual razor would leave me with just horrible weeping bumps that would even get infected.

I ended up using a electric shaver designed for scalp use on the lowest setting, it leaves a small fraction of an inch of stubble but it is worth it to avoid the bumps.

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