Should You Exfoliate Before or After Shaving?

Shaving alone isn't enough; you need to take care of your skin. After all, you're subjecting it to a cold, sharp razor that's running over it with reckless abandon (even if you're being extremely slow and careful).

Exfoliation does a couple of things:

• It gets the dirt and grime out of your pores before you start shaving so you have less of a chance of getting bad bacteria into your skin after your follicles are freed up.
• It helps prevent hairs from curling up underneath the skin after you've shaved, which could otherwise cause ingrown hairs and painful bumps.