
If you do choose to shave your bikini line, you may be up against both ingrown hairs and red, itchy bumps. Wait, is it bad to shave your bikini line?įirst of all, removing hair anywhere on your body is completely your decision-don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise, or feel pressured into shaving, waxing, or using any other hair removal method. Rodney, MD, is a dermatologist and dermatopathologist in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area.

Meet the experts: Lindsey Zubritsky, MD, is a dermatologist and an editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

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Here's what you need to know before the razor is in your hand for a smooth shaving experience (and skin afterwards!). It’s time-consuming, hard to keep up with, and easily irritated, especially if it’s not done safely and properly. Plus, shaving your bikini area is a lot of work. So, a quick swipe of the razor may not actually be the quick and painless alternative that you imagined it to be. It’s no surprise that after 12 months of use, shaving heads should be replaced to maintain peak performance.Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play Over the course of a year, a regularly used shaver will cut an average of 4.5 million hairs. These three rounded blade caps house 27 self-sharpening blades. The perforated holes in the foil aren’t sharp to the touch on the outside, but internally, they act as a second blade to cut each hair like a tiny pair of scissors. True to their names, linear shavers move laterally, while rotary blades go in circles. In both linear and rotary electric shaving systems, a foil makes contact with the skin while an “undercutter” blade moves underneath. These springs allow the shaver heads to flex in four directions, ensuring a consistent and smooth shave as they glide over the face’s contours. The motor rotates at a constant speed, turning a shaft that drives a plastic gear assembly connected to the three rotary blades. The switch directly below energizes each armature coil in turn, generating a magnetic field that reacts with the charges of the stationary magnet to create a rotating movement known as torque. With CT, we can see the stationary magnets (the thick vertical bars on either side of this crop view) bracketing a wire coil. Explore the scanįueled by two nickel-hydride rechargeable batteries, this DC motor transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy to power the shaver’s rotary blades. Gillette has cited these and other “differences in technology, materials, manufacturing, and promotional factors” to account for the on average 13% higher price of personal care products marketed toward women, a phenomenon known as the “pink tax.” Whether or not this is justified, an individual’s specific needs may be a better guide than a razor’s target market for choosing the right shaving tools.

Women’s razors may more accurately be called body razors, since they’re designed for removing finer hair in longer strokes while navigating physical contours and sensitive areas.

The moisture strip on the front, pivot mechanism in the back, and rounded head shape are all hallmarks of women’s razors. With CT, we see how the super-thin corrosion-resistant steel alloy blades are actually welded onto L-shaped supports. Though too many blades can lead to clogging, multi-blade cartridges evenly distribute pressure and prevent skin from bulging up between the blades, which leads to irritation. This Venus Gillette women’s razor features 5 blades, making for a close shave as each blade following the first cuts the hair progressively nearer to the skin.
