Shaving Irritation

[jerrybyers]

Okay, I've been shaving for 3 weeks; it's been every day for the last two weeks. I have been concentrating on my shaving and things are going well. However, the last two days, I have had the worse burning sensation on my neck below my chin down to my adam's apple. The rest of my face is fine, but the small strip on my neck burns when I shave. The skin is smooth and isn't red, no other irritation; it just burns when I run the razor across it. It's weird that it doesn't burn when I run the alum block on it, and it's not red.

Is there something that I doing or not doing right? I shave with a light pressure stroke and the razor is sharp. Or, should I just take a couple of days off in that area?

[Birnando]

Sounds a bit odd, I must admit.

Yes, give your skin a couple days off and see what that does.
If that doesn't help, I would try to remove or change one thing at the time, and by doing this hopefully discover what might be causing it.
The area is a place where a lot of guys experience irritation, so it might be that a product you are reacting mildly to, is only felt on that area.

It is hard to pinpoint by your description alone, but try to change prep a bit, maybe a different puck of soap, a slightly different stroke on the affected area or some different post shave treatment.

[richmondesi]

What products are you using?

[jerrybyers]

Warm water, AOS Sandlewood shaving cream, Le Grelot. Most of my neck hair points north. When using a regular razor, I shave up and then down. With the straight, I tend to shave down first and then up.

[richmondesi]

That's a good product, but maybe your skin is sensitive to the sandlewood. Might want to try an unscented product just to see if it makes a difference. My face reacts to Tabac that way except it gets really red too

[jerrybyers]

Sounds like a plan. I look for the lavender or unscented.