Face hot after shaving

Shaved after my shower last night and my face felt hot, not burning, just hot. It's not the first time. Wondering what may have caused this. It was a cold water shave and I used bloom water for prep. Gillette SS adjustable with a #2 setting and a new Personna blue. Stirling Ozark Mountain shave soap, Thayers Lemon Witch Hazel, Addidas AS, Nivea face balm. No cuts or weepers.
Could it be technique? The blade? Razor setting?

 

Could be a mild skin reaction to something in your regimen.

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Have you used these products a lot or is there anything new in the set up?

 

My first thoughts as well.

 

Nothing I don't normally do. I finally did some research and I may be buffing a bit too much. I think I'm a bit hard on my skin. It's really hard for me to get a bbs shave without buffing. May just have to settle for a dfs instead. It's like an addiction, I want to see how close I can get. I guess I need to learn to step away from the razor, lol.

 

BBS finds you, you don't find it. Or as the saying goes "don't chase the baby". Nothing wrong with a DFS...unless you're around folks rubbing cotton balls on your face trying to find stubble...

 

I always feel hot after a shower, face included, shave or no shave. Could this be what your feeling?

 

When it happens, it starts within 30mins to an hour after shaving.

 

This happened to me after having a reaction to an aftershave.

 

When you dry your face after shaving, do you wipe/rub your face with a towel?

I was having post shave irritation some years ago and @swarden43 suggested I pat my face instead of rubbing and in doing so, I have eliminated the irritation altogether.

 

Thought about that but it doesn't happen every time I shave. I think I'm gonna try not buffing so much and see if that helps.

 

Pat. Also cold water shaving too.

 

Scrapes from blade angle and pressure is probably right.

 

Hrmmm... Mebbie dump that avatar...

 

........nope! Love my HOGS!!!

 

My initial thought was it was the soap causing a reaction, but after reading what you said about buffing I believe that's the culprit.
Once I stopped trying to get the closest shave possible I noticed that things got better with my skin.

 

The one and only time in my life that I had a sunburn my face felt like it was very hot after a shave. This happened about 15 years ago when I was in Dominican Republic. It was my fault because like a shmuck I fell asleep in the sun on my 2nd day there. A very bad move on my part!

 

I burn easily, avec mon blond cheveux.

 

A little off topic, but when I go to dry my face, I use the flapping towel thing. Also, after reading the various skin problem posts, I've come to the conclusion I must have rhino skin. No bumps, ingrown hairs, etc. This was even the case when I was cart shaving.

 

"Chasing the baby" can get you in trouble.