Thread: Neck Advice

As a newbie, I have gotten comfortable with shaving the sides of my face the past few weeks and I dared to go for my neck area today. The problem is that my neck hairs grow in all different directions. Any tips or advice on shaving the neck area?

Thanks,

CW

this is the rule i follow.
Always go WTG IN FIRST pass.
Second you can go AGT.(with the grain and against the grain.)
Now how many different directions you will go depends on you neck area -direction of the hair.Lastly i would say angle when you go AGT SHOULD be between 5-10 degree.no more then that
Make short strokes.
leather up very good.
if you follow this rules i think you should be ok
Good luck

Yes mate,
either pick the dominant direction of growth, or just go straight down. Mine grow off to one side, but straight up, or straight down is far easier on the throat. Try that till you feel you're ready to get a bit more adventurous!

i have the same problem so i simply go straight down on the first pass, straight up on the second with a reduced angle (the angle is something you will have to experiment with) and then i open my mouth as wide as i can and pull the skin up on my side burn and go from sideburn to chin which in turn does the jaw line and a large portion of the neck. this is what works for me along with keeping the angle right.

I have been having trouble with my neck as well. I have been working a lot on stretching the skin and using short down strokes then if possible going with xtg strokes. The hair on my neck grows in about 4 different directions and my adams apple sticks way out so I have a lot of fun with my neck.

There is a way to get the adam's apple. Take a good swallow & hold it. When you swallow the adam's apple will move upwards. You can actually get it to stay there if you hold the swallow, shave where it was, then release. It does take practise though! Be careful at first, because if you release & the blade's still there it can get messy!

I shave down on the first pass then up on the second. I then shave down again on the third pass. I don't know how you would shave across without cutting your throat. I make faces to stretch the skin.

bj

I don't think there's anything wrong with a XTG pass on the neck first. I have sideways growth all over my neck just like many others, and it just doesn't make sense to attempt WTG as a first pass. I have fairly sensitive skin I guess, and this technique has yet to cause irritation, but that's just me.

I have a lot of hollows and nooks and crannies on my neck. I do a down pass and then on the second pass some up and some oblique. It took me over a month to go anything but down on the neck.

I gradually started figuring out different directions that worked for problem areas. I stretch sideways (pulling a hollow into the adjacent flat area) sometimes.

I also started shaving at the back side of my neck first. I figured out that it would get the lather off of a good place from which to stretch the skin on the more difficult areas.

The adams apple is simple to get: just pull the skin on the AA to either side of the AA so it is flat and then shave the skin. release it and it will go back on top of the AA. Simple and no irritation.