Hi everyone - new forum member here! I've been wet shaving for about 6 months - 3 with a DE and 3 with a SR and DE finish. I continue to have a rough time with the corners of my mouth with both the SR and DE. The corners seem to be made out of paper and the hair there grows at odd angles and lays very close to the skin. I can't cut those hairs without using more pressure, and then I get razor burn and nicks.

Do others find this area difficult? In the shave videos I've seen people seem to glide over that area like it's nothing. I know I need practice, but unlike the other areas of my face, practicing around the mouth corners is becoming a bit painful. I sometimes will grow a goatee for a week or two just to give that area a rest.

Any tips for shaving around the mouth, either in prep or blade technique? I think stretching might help, but I haven't found a way to effectively use my other hand to stretch and still get to it with a blade.

Here's how I typically prep:

- shower
- hot towel
- Poraso pre-shave
- Mix up Baum.be or Poraso lather while pre-shave soaks in
- One more hot towel
- lather and go

Thanks!

--Steve