Thread: Steady Progress

Doncha hate having sensitive skin? A few things that really helped me:

Soap/Creme- Certain soaps or cremes will actually cause the irritation. Try out some different varieties and see if anything changes for you.

Pressure- For those of us with sensitive skin, almost any pressure at all equates to irritation. Pay attention to how much pressure you're using.

Strokes- It sounds like you've got your strokes down, but something that helped me was taking more of a scythe stroke, rather than straight down.

Neck stretching- Where does all the skin come from?! For the neck, the best way I've found is to jut your chin out, scrunch up your chin/lower lip area, look up, and pull down near the adam's apple. As far as your chin, you're on your own there. Every day is an experiment for me on my chin- I even have a hard time using a M3 on it!

Rubbing alcohol- Like the alum block, it'll let you know where you didn't shave too well. Just take a teaspoon or so in your palms and rub it into everywhere that you shaved. Be forewarned- places like your chin where you're likely to not have a perfect shave will burn like hellfire for a second. I don't know if your irritation is such that you get redness or worse, but the alcohol will keep that from happening. That being said, you'll know when you have a great shave because the alcohol will just feel refreshing with zero burn whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

Rubbing alcohol- Like the alum block, it'll let you know where you didn't shave too well. Just take a teaspoon or so in your palms and rub it into everywhere that you shaved. Be forewarned- places like your chin where you're likely to not have a perfect shave will burn like hellfire for a second. I don't know if your irritation is such that you get redness or worse, but the alcohol will keep that from happening. That being said, you'll know when you have a great shave because the alcohol will just feel refreshing with zero burn whatsoever.

I would avoid using alcohol, as it tends to dry out your skin and worsen things - e.g. pimples...