Razor Bumps: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Dr. Linex December 5, 2018 0 Comments

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A nice, clean beard feels your skin so smooth and soft before – but then the red bumps. Razor Bumps is more than just a hassle; In some cases, if they are not treated they can cause permanent damage.

Other names for Razor Bumps include:

•  Pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB)
•  Pseudofolliculitis pubis (especially when there is a collision in the pumping area)
•  Baber’s itch
•  Folliculitis barbae traumatica

Symptoms of Razor Bumps
While the primary symptoms are raised, red bumps, others may include the following:

•  itching
•  Pain
•  Darkening of the skin
•  Small papules (Solid, Rounded Bumps)
•  Pustules (pus-filled, blister-like lesions)

Razor Bumps can be anywhere that is shaved. Waxing, plucking and removing by chemical depilatory may also be in some cases. They are likely to be in the following areas:

•  Face (especially chin, neck, and lower cheek)
•  Underarms
•  Groin
•  Legs

Causes and Risk Factors
According to Dr. Cynthia Abbott, a medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatologist with dermatology affiliates in Atlanta, Georgia, curly hair is trapped within the hair follicles.

“Instead of moving straight out of the coupe, the hair completes the resistance from the dead skin on open open open digging and the hair rolls back inside the hole,” she says. “This causes swelling, painful, red collision.”

While anyone who removes hair can develop razor bumps, they are more likely to influence African-American men. In fact, between 45 and 85 percent of African-American men, there is a PFB experience. Hispanic men and people with curly hair are also likely to develop razor bumps. Read More

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