Thread: Struggling to move forward

Originally Posted by toroo

To be clear. I am right handed and use my right hand when doing X/W the grain (downward) and my left hand going upward.

Hello Toroo! Congratulations on getting the shave down to a tee.

Thank you as well for posting this thread. I have a very similar zone where that area has very swirly hair on the left neck, and I find it v difficult to get smooth, as RezDog says, without rash. Up to now I have just settled for no rash and not quite smooth, but your posting made me try some different things to see if I could improve, so thanks for starting up the thread. This post is a bit redundant now that you are sorted but I thought I would share anyway.
Just now, I shaved WTG as per normal R hand to R neck, L to L. I then shaved the cheeks XTG and pulled the upper part of the neck skin up onto the cheek to continue XTG. This is where I made a change. I then shaved my neck against the grain BUT I used the R hand to the R neck and L to left neck. I then finished with an against the grain on face and neck exactly as you describe. The result was v v v smooth. There was neck redness and tenderness, but I am attributing this to a heavy hand on the new manoeuvres, which felt decidedly alien. However, there was no focal area of redness and "pimpling (?)" of the skin that I can get if I chase that area too hard normally.
In summary. Thanks for making me try something new.
I've posted a video below that I used when looking for new ways of attacking this area. My shaving method is NOT like his, but the part at 6:20 in the video illustrates the stroke for that side of the neck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIM0Coix6Gg#t=385