razor bump

razor bump (plural razor bumps)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) A skin eruption in the area of the mustache or beard, caused by irritation from shaving.

   Synonyms: folliculitis barbae traumatica, pseudofolliculitis barbae, shaving bump

   • 1990 July 19, Lawrence K. Altman, “Health: For Some, 'No Beards' Is Painful Job Rule”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 4 August 2013:

     For millions of men […] shaving is painful because they develop razor bumps on the face and neck from the closely cut ends of hairs that imbed themselves to irritate and scar the skin.

• barber's itch
• razor burn
• strawberry leg

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