Thread: Shaving Everyday?

Even though I've been shaving strictly with a SR for going on 9 months now, I still consider myself a newbie, so I'm posting this question here.

What's the key to shaving everyday? I get a nice smooth shave with no problems one day, but if I try to shave the next day, then it's like hell on my face. I have to leave at least one day between shaves for there not to be some serious discomfort. I'd like to be able to shave everyday, though, just to keep a neat appearance. Any suggestions or ideas?

I had a similar experience for the first few months. I think there was a combination of things I had to get over .
For one, I believe I needed to learn to shave with LESS pressure. I know everyone says they don't use pressure, but i do not believe in the beginning we really know how to properly shave,
Then i think my face needed to adjust to this new method of shaving(this took a while).
I think in the end it's different for everyone , but you'll be fine,,, just keep plugging away at it.

Originally Posted by coachmike

I believe I needed to learn to shave with LESS pressure. I know everyone says they don't use pressure, but i do not believe in the beginning we really know how to properly shave.

Well said coach. Once I learned to apply virtually no pressure, I was able to get good daily shaves. I don't know if this is universal, but I found that watching shaving videos, while extremely helpful, led me to use too much pressure. The audible feedback (scraping and scratching) gave me the impression of greater pressure. Once I overcame the pressure issue, it all seemed to fall into place.

I'll have to pay more attention to the amount of pressure. Thinking on it, it doesn't seem like I use much, but maybe I'm using more than I realize. Thanks for the tips.

Coach is right on, but I have to ask...how many passes do you make? I personally only do two, one WTG, one ATG, & touch-ups to my trouble areas of the chin & throat on each side of the adams apple. When I go to three passes my face gets tender as well...

By now your face should be accustomed to the razor so I would guess its either a matter of using the wrong angle or pressure or too many passes.