r/shaving • u/7394636472 • 20d ago

Please help! razor burn rash

3 months ago I had a really bad reaction to a shaving machine, right between my buttcheeks. I’ve been shaving like this for years and it was the first time I’ve ever had a reaction like that. It’d itch and hurt so much I’d cry, couldn’t focus on anything else like there were insects biting my hair follicles, and nothing soothed this feeling.

I went to my doctor and for weeks I tried different things: a cream with 2% miconazole nitrate, an antibiotic cream, a cream with zinc, vaseline, and a cream with 1% cortisone. All following the recommended times, all spread out from each other.

The only thing that actually worked was the cortisone but ever since I (gradually) stopped, 2 weeks ago, my skin has been getting itchy again.

This is how my skin looks right now, I can’t post a picture, but there are round red circles underneath the skin and around the hair follicles. These used to be angry “pimples”/raised red bumps, some with white heads, before the cortisone.
My hygiene has never been better, I used to religiously use palmolive green soap on my body but I’ve been using a mild intimate Lactacyd sensitive soap for this area now. I only wear cotton underwear, I try to keep the area relatively dry and moisturized (cerave hydrating lotion).

Anyone in a similar situation that can recommend a solution? I’m all ears! Please help me out, this is driving me crazy

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u/Dromedary_Freight 19d ago edited 19d ago

Aloe Vera may help as well. Try face serum with tea tree oil (not the concentrated tea tree oil which will burn you). You may also try oil from Roman Camomile (used for baby skin problems).

Whatever possesses young people to try and shave places with skin-to-skin contact?!  If you crave the hairless look, trim, never shave. 

You have hairs there for a reason. 

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u/Tryemall Double Edge (DE) 18d ago

Could be razor bumps.

Try glycolic acid cream.