Thread: Neck Irritation

I had a sensitive area on both sides of the adams apple myself when I started. My skin may have just gotten used to shaving after a while, but I think several things helped. First I finally got my razor sharpened by one of the hone miesters here so I could use a light tough and get good results. Next I started to pay attention to the direction of hair growth around my face and modified my strokes to get a good against the grain pass on each section. Skin stretching gets the troublesome hairs to a flatter surface and moves them out of the hollows where they like to hide. All of the above enables a lighter pressure on the skin and less razor burn. Two last things are one, use a good soap or cream and don't water it down too much and second use a good after shave or balm. I like Capt. Smith's bayrum myself. It really burns for about 30 second but when the fire goes out it leaves your face ready to face the day YMMV. Hope this helps