Razor Bumps - What to Do

Causes of Razor Bumps

Razor bumps occur when hair curls back into the skin and causes inflamation. This condition is referred to as razor bumps because it most commonly occurs as a result of shaving. Hair that has just been shaved is short and hence rigid; it also has a sharp tip. Thus it can curl around and force its way back into your skin.

Razor Bumps Treatment - treat razor bumps the natural way

For centuries, shea butter has been used in Africa to keep skin and hair moist and healthy. In the 1900's, the French discovered shea butter and began to use this magical substance sparingly as an ingredient in expensive moisturizers. Shea butter is now finally becoming more readily available world wide and is beginning to be recognized as the most natural way to treat razor bumps and to prevent the recurrence of razor bumps.

Shea butter is a wonderful agent for treating hair so that its moisture retention capacity is enhanced. Hair treated with shea butter becomes soft and pliable and consequently even curly hair is much less likely to force its way back into the skin. And shea butter not only contains a high moisturizing fraction, but also contains an extraordinarily high healing fraction and is thus nature's one stop product for dealing effectively with existing razor bumps.

The Healing Fraction: Razor bumps are most prevelant in people whose hair is curly. When just a moisturizer is used to treat razor bumps, the hair cells are hydrated, but nothing is being done to deal with existing inflamation. To prevent razor bumps - or to prevent razor bumps getting worse - the hair cells need to be moisturized so that they become more elastic; but existing bumps can only be removed by directly treating the inflamation. Shea butter's healing fraction attacks those inflamations. As the healing progresses, existing bumps disappear.

The Moisturizing Fraction: Shea butter is a particularly good moisturizer because it penetrates the hair cells quickly, without leaving an oily or sticky residue.

To deal most effectively with razor bumps, apply a moderate amount of Karite Gold shea butter before you shave. After you have coated the area with shea butter, give it a few seconds to moisturize and soften the hair. If you have existing razor bumps, apply Karite Gold again immediately after you shave; spend some time making sure that the shea butter works its way down into the inflamed hair folicles. Move your fingers gently in a circular motion as you apply the shea butter.

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