Have you ever heard of this??

it's a shame that churchilllafemme isn't on the forum, I believe he's a retired dermatologist.

isn't Dslack3 in medical school to be a doctor? do you have any medical opinions on putting your blades in bleach?

I use alcohol wipes on my blades.  As far as the bleach, it is a little overkill for the organisms that would normally be around the house and on your face, but if you want to try it out a 10% bleach solution, it is strong enough to kill even the most resilient anaerobic spores.

I use alcohol wipes on my blades.  As far as the bleach, it is a little overkill for the organisms that would normally be around the house and on your face, but if you want to try it out a 10% bleach solution, it is strong enough to kill even the most resilient anaerobic spores.

thanks for the insight.

Wouldn't a very generous helping of an alcohol based aftershave post shave go along way to taming infection concerns. I would think the brush, dirty hands, towel, etc would be more likely the culprit in these cases than the blade or razor?

I also keep a generous supply of alcohol swabs around for first Aid Kits and the like, so I might try that as well. The bumps have not returned so I'm not sure which one, if any are better then the other. They all seem like perfectly good solutions to me, however the bleach does seem like over kill. Which is precisely why I have not tried it.

Are you gents removing the blades from your razor to wipe them down (with either Witch Hazel or Alcohol)? I mainly use a 3 piece (Weber), but sometimes I use an injector.

We tend to get carried away with germs and such. It's not like blades are made in the HepC ward. The germs on a blade made in Russia are the same germs as here in the USA or most anywhere on the planet.

I don't get too upset over blades not being sterile. Maybe I would if my immune system was compromised; then it would make sense to me. I won't use a rusty blade, but that's only common sense and probably not because of what you're thinking. Sure tetanus figures into it, but even more so, if I can see rust on a blade that means the edge is useless.

Remember the polio epidemic of the 1950? That was all because of keeping children away from germs and such. The children never developed their personal immunity to polio while still under the mothers acquired immunity. The first time they contacted polio in the environment, and it's everywhere, they contracted it. Prior to that the disease was rare or unknown. The case could be made that a few germs are actually good for you (not infections). That's actually what vaccines are. They're a controlled visit by a pathogen.

A while back I was having some issues with my neck (some bumps I couldn't get to go away).  Thought ingrowns, turned out not.  Thought pimples, turned out not.  Had a biopsy by a dermatologist, couldn't figure out what they were.  Eventually he put me on some cream and they have disappeared and not returned at all, but it was during these visits that he told me something I have never in all my years of shaving the hair on my face heard...

Soak your blade in bleach after each shave.

To this day, I still have not followed this advice, but I find myself wondering often about it.  Mainly for fear that these bumps will reappear on my neck, but also because I'm wondering if anyone has ever heard anything like this...Ever...

Well, have you?

Were these bumps itchy? I'm just wondering if it's an allergic reaction to an ingredient in your soap. I've heard of allergies to lanolin or certain dyes and fragrance oils. I'm no expert, but I would think this a more plausible explanation than funky blades.

A while back I was having some issues with my neck (some bumps I couldn't get to go away).  Thought ingrowns, turned out not.  Thought pimples, turned out not.  Had a biopsy by a dermatologist, couldn't figure out what they were.  Eventually he put me on some cream and they have disappeared and not returned at all, but it was during these visits that he told me something I have never in all my years of shaving the hair on my face heard...

Soak your blade in bleach after each shave.

To this day, I still have not followed this advice, but I find myself wondering often about it.  Mainly for fear that these bumps will reappear on my neck, but also because I'm wondering if anyone has ever heard anything like this...Ever...

Well, have you?

Were these bumps itchy? I'm just wondering if it's an allergic reaction to an ingredient in your soap. I've heard of allergies to lanolin or certain dyes and fragrance oils. I'm no expert, but I would think this a more plausible explanation than funky blades.

At times they would be itchy, but I attributed this to the fact that they were dryer than the surrounding skin.  I initially thought that it was an allergic reaction but to my face wash, which was Dr. Bronner's Lavander at the time, however after discontinuing use, they remained and even a couple of new ones appeared.

I pretty much only use one soap, Barrister & Mann, and have been using it almost exclusively for a couple of years now with no ill effects.  Winter Spice does make my skin red, but that is probably the cinnamon; and that is the only effect I've ever gotten out of B&M Soaps...

OP, are you shaving against the grain? This may be your problem.

OP, are you shaving against the grain? This may be your problem.

Nope.  I never have been able to go against the grain.  I do a with and and then across.  Two passes and done.