Post date: August 5, 2024 | Blog
How to Deal with an Itchy Beard: Tips and Solutions
Growing a beard is absolutely a rewarding experience. However, beard growth often comes with challenges, one of the largest and most dreadful being that awful “beard itch” feeling that plagues most new beard growers. Here are some tips for how to deal with an itchy beard.
All you have to do to defeat the horrors of an itchy beard is use the right combination of hydrating products and best practices for your beard care. Let’s dive more into the root causes and solutions of an itchy beard now!
Understanding Beard Itch
Itchy beards can be caused by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, dry skin, new hair growth, and bad grooming techniques.
When you first start to grow a beard, the active hair follicles and the friction of having hair rub against skin can cause irritation. Additionally, without the proper beard grooming products like beard wash or oil, beards have a habit of trapping dirt, oils, dead skin cells, and more, leading to itchiness, dryness, or breakouts.
Understanding this, and why it’s necessary to groom properly, is going to be key for dealing with an uncomfortable beard nad making it more pleasant to wear!
Tips to Prevent and Soothe an Itchy Beard
1. Keep Your Beard Clean
Regular washing is crucial to preventing itchiness in your beard. Remember all that buildup I mentioned earlier that beards like to trap close to your skin? Well, without washing, that gunk is going to do damage.
What you want to do is use a mild beard shampoo to clean your beard and the skin underneath it. Avoid using hair shampoo, as the chemicals often used in those shampoos are too harsh for the skin on your face and strip away too many necessary oils that your beard and skin needs to stay hydrated.
- Tip: Wash your beard 2-3 times a week with a beard shampoo to maintain cleanliness without drying it out.
2. Hydrate with Beard Oil
Ok, you’ve heard of beard oil before, right? It’s the magic miracle product that helps beards stay healthy for longer. Beard oil is a must for any bearded guy with a beard of any length and shape. It helps moisturize the beard and skin to reduce dryness, flakes, and irritation.
Just a few drops of oil daily, especially after washing your beard, goes a long way.
- Tip: Look for beard oils like Volt’s Lube Beard Oil that contains natural ingredients like jojoba oil, argan oil, and vitamin E for the best results.
3. Exfoliate Regularly
Exfoliating is a useful trick for helping prevent the itchiness and flaking that is often accompanied with dry skin! Use a gentle facial scrub with exfoliating beads once or twice a week to remove any of the dead skin cells and buildup that can be causing issues and keep your skin smooth.
- Tip: Be gentle while exfoliating to avoid irritating the skin, especially with harsher scrubs.
4. Use a Beard Balm
Beard balm is a combination product, meaning that it’s useful in more ways than one and combines the effects of various different beard products. Overall, beard balm combines the hydrating properties of beard oil with the styling properties of beard wax to create an all-in-one product.
- Tip: Choose a balm with natural ingredients like Volt’s Beard Balm and use it on a dry beard to hydrate and give the beard some shape and control.
5. Brush Your Beard Daily
You may not believe me when I say this, but brushing your beard is going to be close to beard oil as one of the most important and effective beard itch-relieving methods you can use.
Using a natural boar-bristle beard brush can help exfoliate, spread oils, and get rid of build up and debris all in one. It’s super healthy and effective at cleaning your beard and softening the skin underneath to prevent flaked, itch, and dryness.
- Tip: Brush your beard with Volt’s Octo Brush in the direction of growth to avoid causing breakage or split ends.
6. Stay Hydrated and Eat a Balanced Diet
The fuel you feed your body is a huge factor in the health of your skin and your hair. Drinking plenty of water each day alone can ensure your skin and hair are hydrated enough to avoid the damaging effects of dryness.
- Tip: Foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, C, and E, and zinc can help improve the health of your beard and hair.
7. Avoid Excessive Touching and Scratching
Although it’s tempting to touch, scratch, and tug at your beard pensively, this can actually worsen the issues that are going on below the surface. Instead, try to use the tips mentioned above to manage the itch before digging in the fingers to scratch.
- Tip: If the itch becomes unbearable, gently pat your beard instead of scratching to alleviate the discomfort and to avoid scratching your skin.
Conclusion
All in all, dealing with beard itch doesn’t have to be as much trouble as you might think. By taking these tips into consideration, you can prevent and treat the itch to ensure that your beard stays as comfortable as possible for as long as possible.
Patience and consistency are always key, so, embrace the journey and soon you’ll be dealing with an epic beard of your own!
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