Originally Posted by
RezDog
You are on the right track. Getting the motion and angle of the stroke down pat is where the comfort and closeness come from. Not cutting yourself is always a bonus. I am not sure that you can be too cautious, I'm sure we all find our comfort zone. As your techniques improves and you start to figure out the growth patterns of your face you can start to try different passes to get a little closer. For me at the angle of the blade and the stretching of my skin are paramount for comfort and closeness. Skin stretching also helps avoid blood loss.