But first, a little background.
Since I began to shave, I used the Mach 3 (or similar) razors. I never had that cool and clean sensation of a close shave because I got my skin burning and with red spots. I always thought that I had a problem with my skin and tried to get some answers with some suggested medical products for skin care. They didn't work. That was when I saw the light (music and choir :D). I picked my old shaving set and threw it away and converted myself to straight shaving - a wise decision. Since then I get the closest and coolest shave I ever had in my life and I'm always trying to improve my skills and get even better shaves.
The kind of improvement I'm trying to accomplish is BBS. Although I look nice with a WTG pass and a XTG pass, I tried to make a third and boldly go where I've never went before and try a ATG. OUCH!!! :cen That hurts!! I ruined my skin! I could notice that my first layer of skin was shredded and got tiny bits of dead skin on my face and the once dreaded red spots were back.
What do you think, guys? I think it could be one of these 2 options (or both)
- I definitely had a sensitive skin that can not be very stressed
or
- My razor isn't quite smooth as it should be for these kind of passes (I have a pro-honed Dovo best quality razor).
Thanks!