Vaginal shaving is really serious business because it is a very sensitive area and any mistake could lead to extensive bleeding. Great care is needed to perform shaving of the vagina. The vaginal area becomes ultra sensitive, just before, during and after the menstrual cycle. Therefore, it is better to perform shaving of the vagina after periods for this area.
Women often seriously injure themselves while shaving their vagina when they are not fully awake. Many women do this standing in the bathtub or shower with one leg raised, holding onto something other than a slipper. Some women use a toilet seat. It is easy to reach the entire vagina and makes shaving easier.
Before shaving, hair should be trimmed down to the beard with scissors or clippers. This will clearly show the progress of the shave and also the hairs will not stick to the razor.
Shaving should not be done on dry hair. As the skin cells are dead in dry skin. They are simply scraped into the hair follicles at the time of shaving. It really is a worse combination as dry hair is hard and pubic hair is coarse, making shaving impossible. The hairs will break more often at the time of shaving. Causes various skin irritations.
You can take a long hot shower or bath. A moisturizer should be applied to open the pores of the skin. The moisturizer should be left on the hair and skin for several minutes. The bottom hairs are thicker, it will make shaving easier.
A new blade should only be used with a good quality razor.
Shaving should be done in the direction of hair growth. It should start at the back of the vagina, the sides should be done first and then the front. After removing the lump, shaving against hair growth should be done. This provides a very close and clean vaginal shave.
Too much pressure should not be applied to the razor and repeated strokes on the same area should also be avoided.
The hairs just inside the lips of the labia majora should be pulled taut with one hand while slowly moving the razor. This part of the shave should be given very careful attention.
After shaving, the vagina should be washed with cold water. The lubricant must be completely rinsed off.
A skin moisturizer should be applied to soften the skin and some good powder for dryness. Scented products should be avoided.