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Boy shaving query

NAS81903

Hi,

I have a 15 year old son who has both ASD & ADHD. He also suffers from acne. It has got the stage where he needs to shave once a week.  I carry this out with a normal razor but I would be very reluctant to let him use it.  I've looked on the Internet but it seems the best razor for his acne is a manual razor. The websites I've looked at seem to say an electric razor helps spread the bacteria. I'm now not sure what I should do but any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you 

  • Hi, it’s something that I suffered from badly as a teenager. The other way to help the problem may be to address the acne. I went to my gp and was given a cream that really dries the skin and cleans the pores. It was prescription only. I also had a course of treatment with a lamp at the local hospital, My skin was 90% better.

  • i let my facial hair just grow a bit, and keep it trimmed with scissors.... it actually controls it better that way, because if you shave with a blade or even a electric shaver (which electric shaver maybe better for your lad) then your hair grows thicker and faster anyway making you need to shave every single day... if you let it grow a bit and keep it trimmed with scissors it retains a slow growth and youd only need to trim it every month or 2 or 3.... shaving kinda causes the issue.

  • Anything drawn across the skin can spread bacteria, I would have thought that a bladed traditional razor would have been worse than an electric razor as, it would tend to slice into active spots and release the bacteria-containing pus. With most electric razors the foil and cutting head can be taken off and cleaned with soap and water or alcohol between use.

  • I found by trial and error in my youth that a couple of drops of aftershave dripped into the front of my Philishave rotary head shaver tended to sort that out in conjunction with keeping the thing clean, and of course leaving me smelling of after shave.

    It seemed to help...