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The People at Hey Dude Skin Care...

know that for most dudes, personal grooming usually centers around the shaving routine. Love it or hate it, shaving is a daily part of life for most men. As a matter of fact, if the average Dude starts shaving at 13 and continues until he's 85 years old, and assuming he spends just five minutes shaving each day, he will devote over six months (not a typo) in his lifetime to just shaving his face. Isn't easy to see that if those 6 months are to be made more enjoyable and effective, that using the best products makes so much sense?

While shaving is a form of physical exfoliation, the shaving itself can impose a stress on the skin that can impact its health. In another section of our site, we describe the risks and issues associated with inflammation, which can lead to a number of conditions damaging to the skin's health. If you think of skin as what it really is – the body's largest organ – wouldn't you want to treat it with utmost care? Think of your teeth – isn't it an automatic habit to brush them twice a day? Proper skin care is as much a daily necessity as your teeth! You might lose your teeth one day, but you can't live without your skin.

Unless high quality products like Dude Scrub - Fresh Citrus Pre-Shave Exfoliator from Hey Dude Skin Care are used to prepare the skin for the repetitive physical stress of a metal blade scraping against it, shaving can trigger a high level of visible irritation that can lead to overexfoliation, as well as a compromised lipid barrier. The lipid barrier layer is a fancy medical term that refers to a layer in the skin that retains moisture in the tissues and controls the entry of external chemicals from entering the deeper layers of the skin.

During shaving, the barrier lipid layer can be compromised, especially if a Dude uses aftershaves laden with alcohol. Once that lipid layer is compromised, water easily escapes from the underlying tissues to create a dehydrated skin condition. Outside chemicals can now penetrate into the skin causing irritation and sensitivity. As we discuss throughout our site, in addition to all of the symptoms that sensitive skin can experience (redness, razor burn, breakouts, among others), we now know that inflammation leads to premature skin aging...

...and inflammation can be made even worse if a Dude doesn't use his razor correctly – that is, shaving with a high quality, sharp razor in the direction of his beard growth.

The GREAT news for Dudes is that ALL of the shaving concerns and risks described here are carefully managed and mitigated by the shaving products from Hey Dude Skin Care. From Dude Scrub, to Dude Cleansing Shave Gel and Dude Aftershave Gel, all Dudes benefit from high quality formulations that counter the long term damaging effects of irritation and inflammation.

Hey Dude Skin Care deliberately includes soothing ingredients – even when sensitivity or irritation isn't a regular problem for a Dude. We have combined the wisdom of nature with the innovation and power of modern science. Whenever possible, plant and mineral-derived ingredients have been blended instead of those from animal or petroleum sources. Bio-effective ingredients like multi-functional antioxidants, phytonutrients, and clinically tested peptides and botanicals have been combined to create the BEST available shaving products for Dudes!

For each of our core facial products, Hey Dude Skin Care blends a carefully integrated system of desert plant extracts that we call the Desert Dude Complex. These hearty plants, such as aloe, prickly pear, and cactus, have the inherent natural ability to retain moisture and thrive under the most extreme of arid conditions. Hey Dude Skin Care extracts the life giving properties from these plants to craft a safe, high quality series of skincare products that rejuvenate the skin and keep a man looking and feeling like the Dude he wants to be.

So in fighting off shaving related skin conditions like ingrown hairs, razor bumps, razor burn, redness, and pimple breakouts, the enlightened Dude arms himself and is ready to do battle with premium products designed for every stage of his shaving experience. And if he will be spending six overall months of his life engaged in daily battles with his razor, what Dude wouldn't want the best ammunition he could use in the fight?

Remember: Ladies Beautify, but Guys Dudify! And guys Dudify best with Hey Dude Skin Care!