When I first started shaving, I would shave with a cartridge razor or a single-blade razor. Then I went and bought an electric razor. Little did I know I was in for a surprise. I passed it over my face, and it was pulling on my hair. So, this had me wondering why does my electric razor pull my hair?
Here are a few reasons I found.
The obvious reason: The battery doesn’t have enough power. Dying batteries will always have some trouble pushing the motor to do more. From cutting the hairs and pushing you to pass over your face a few more times. It is trying to get a lot out of the motor. More than what the motor can handle when it does not have juice. So, it can end up tugging and pulling on your hair a bit.
Low quality and a poor design of the electric trimmer can be another reason. Maybe the rotary trimmer is going bad. You probably got a defective product. One type of foil trimmer might be worse than another because of your skin’s sensitivity, your hair’s width and coarseness make a difference to how the trimmer will perform.
The technique you use to trimmer your hair is not that good. Your beard is too long and needs to be cut to a more desirable length before you start trimming.
How to prevent your electric trimmer from yanking and pulling your hair!
Try cleaning it first. Just like with cartridge razors, electric trimmers can get clogged up. When they get clogged up the head of the trimmer can trim the hairs efficiently.
The rotary shaver can give you a very close shave, even if you have long hair. Why can it? Because of the circular blades located in the head that gives it the flexibility to move around your face. When you use one (rotary shaver) move it in wide circle patterns across your face. Doing so can help lessen the hair pulling.
I found this method when my trimmer starts to pull my hair. It’s nothing too special and doesn’t have a good-sounding name. Its T.O.P.C.
It stands for Teeth, Oil, Power, Clean
This is a good way for you to find out where the problem can be.
First, you check the blades. Is it good? Are the blades dirty, clogged up, bent or broken? Clean them or replace them. Alright, on to the next thing.
Now you oil it. Lubrication is important to fix the problem especially when you have a motor and blades working in conjunction.
Still pulling your hair. check the power. If you can pinch the blades with your two fingers, thus making it stop. Then the power is an issue.
Now clean the thing. A lot of times you’ll find that cleaning your trimmer will stop pulling the hair since most people including you and me don’t regularly clean them.
Alright, you finished the steps up above, then probably you got a cheap trimmer, defective trimmer, or it just isn’t working properly.
Health risks linked to trimming pulling hair!
Only minor health risks. Nothing too major. I mean it just pulls your hair. The health risks have more to do with the cut hair than the actual pulling of it. Your trimmer can irritate because of the trimmer pulling your hair. It can cause an uncomfortable and painful experience.
Let’s examine this problem a bit more!
The first blade on your trimmer tugs the hair a bit, the other blades then cut the hair. The blade isn’t being tugged but it’s being pulled out of your skin, then the secondary blades cut.
It’s cutting below the skin’s surface. Now the hair has to grow back. This makes it more likely to be ingrown hair. Now ingrown hairs are the real problem. They can cause acne, infection, irritation.
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Here are Five Reasons Why Electric Shavers Pull Hair When Shaving
The shaver you bought isn’t good.
One of the things I experienced whenever I used electric shavers is when I buy a not-so-good brand product or one that is cheaper, they just aren’t any good. A lot of different shavers, so many low prices, high prices. But the variable is some are just poorly designed a lot with bad performance.
Your best option to avoid this is to go for a better product. Focus on the reviews of the product and not necessarily the price. Because you get what you pay for.
The shaving technique needs improvement
The switch from regular traditional shaving to an electric razor can be a little challenging. Some may find it’s too different and won’t provide what exactly you’re looking for. It won’t cut as close as a razor blade. And using the same technique you use with traditional shaving can irritate your face.
So, along with the high-quality shaver you just bought yourself, adjust your technique a little bit.
- One tip is to pull the skin taut then run the electric shaver over your skin.
- Another tip is to not push down too hard with the electric razor. This one tip is similar to using a razor blade. You want to just let the electric razor do the work.
Beard Too long
Just like with traditional shaving, electric shavers work well under certain conditions. One is that your facial hair isn’t too long. They must be within a good cuttable length. An electric shaver works best when you shave daily especially when you see stubble.
Guess what happens when your hair is too long. The shaver will yank and pull on your hair. What will happen is you’ll pass over the area a few more times and push down on the shaver to get more of the hairs but then you’ll get pain and irritation.
So, to avoid the yanking and pulling of your facial hair you can either shave daily or when your hair gets to be too long cut it with some scissors. On the market, there are a few electric shavers that are built for handling long beards. You can check those out also.
Shaver and your type of beard aren’t a good match
There is a difference between the foil and rotary shavers and how they deal with certain types of beard. so, yours might not be a good match for whichever one you bought. A few foil shavers may work well against long wiry hairs but on the flip side, others are ideal for thick coarse beard types. Some may handle skin sensitivity better than most.
Good maintenance. Cleaning
Daily cleaning or cleaning after every use is the perfect regimen. Dead skin, dirt, and lather can build up in the shaver’s head, thus creating a huge impact on the performance of your shaver. Even if you don’t use it daily, you should wash it consistently depending on if you prefer a wet or dry shave. Although there are a few shavers on the market with an automatic cleaning feature, you may not have to employ daily shaving tactics with shavers with this feature.
How should you clean it and lubricate it?
Some warm water and two drops of liquid soap are all that is needed. Every shaver will have its cleaning recommendations that you must follow. But generally, they are all the same. When doing so, make sure to avoid wetting the internal parts. I mean it is a motor. Also, lubricating regularly is needed.
When you lubricate it regularly, you avoid not getting the best performance out of the trimmer, you avoid the problems of getting blemishes and irritation. It can add to the life of the blade and foils. Thus, preventing regular replacement. And finally, it can reduce the amount of stress on the motor when it allows the blade to glide with the least resistance.
Doing all this can help the shaver perform at its finest, therefore, limiting the possibility of it pulling your hair
How do you get the hair out of an electric razor after it pulled it?
You would have to remove the head of the razor. The blades will most likely be attached to the top of the razor. And there you can remove it, take a little brush and gently brush the hairs off. Or splash around a cup filled with rubbing alcohol can get the hairs out and disinfect your razor at the same time.