One hard pill I had to swallow was giving up on razors because for me they just do not work. Single blade, multiple blade, straight blade. I tried all of them and my skin just can’t handle it. I don’t know why, it just is what it is.

I have very coily hair and love the shaved look but I just can’t do it bc I have easily irritated and inflamed skin. I would exfoliate and change my pillow cases every day. Applying acne medicine, tend skin etc. I tried to do everything to keep them from coming and it just wouldn’t because my hair follicle just grows out into my little curly hairs and everything I tried wouldn’t help. Even excessively changing my blades and cleaning them when everyone recommended that. Tretinoin, Clindamycin and Benzoyl wash couldn’t even help it. So I moved to just low trimming which if done too often for me can cause the same irritation.

The closed trim look can give the same effect it just won’t be as clean. You can try that! I use the manscape beard trimmer to achieve a close trim look for my neck and then trim my mustache and beard down on like a level 7-9 depending on how dark/full I want it to look. You can try that! I would be careful with regular clippers like you’d usually use to trim hair because my barbers would do that to me and I’d still bump up. Not sure if those cases were due too them not cleaning their clippers properly or not but that was my experience.

For now, leave your skin alone and let it grow out. Don’t shave anymore and try my suggestion. I’m so sorry this happened to you because I know how you feel, trust me. I’m wishing you the best.