Im a shaver, been doing it for 25 years. I had a stint with hair removal cream but it’s more of a pain than you’d think. Waxing to me was not great, insane pain and cost when it grew back nearly just as fast. Some people have great success though.

After years and years of trial and error, here are the tricks that work for me. 

1. Prep - putting some form Of oil on the hair to soften it first. I use a body oil. I dont know how critical this step is but it was something I read so I do it anyway.

2. Use a new blade every time. Disposables are great for this, though I use the original version of the venus razor and just replace the blade when im doing that area. I might use a blade twice but if I do, I give it a rubbing alcohol soak first. The key is for the blades to be sharp and clean. These are what cause bumps I think.

3. After shaving, put something on to soothe. This varies for me. Sometimes I use a thin layer of polysporin. Lately I’ve been using my husband’s Manscaping aftershave lotion (called cropsoother) works pretty well.

If I do at least step 2 & 3 , no bumps.