Hello All,

Since I ditched the disposables and started Straight Razor / DE shaving I have had what I would consider zero razor burn. I never got it with the disposables but then again I was going for a shave not a close shave.

I had preped my beard and had done a pass with my straight, I did a second clean up pass with my DE. I splashed on some witch hazel and then put on a bit of Nivia balm. Everything was great.

About an hour later I finish breakfast and while brushing my teeth I notice at the base of neck on either side of my adams apple are 2 areas where the hair grows sideways... and there is still some stubble there!

Thinking that this will not do I grabbed my DE and did a nice firm against the grain swipe on each of the 2 areas. This felt bad. As I pulled the DE away from my neck I could see little points of blood starting to rise up from the previously stubbly area.

Holly crap! That's not good. I hit it with some witch hazel and some styptic and the bleeding stops. I even sprayed some neosporin on it.

This morning it's still red and irritated enough that I skipped shaving but now the question is how long will this last? I want to shave again!

Thank you,
--Shoki