Thread: For the Beginners - How Far is Too Far?

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I'd have to agree. I guess also of some consideration, for those of us who are morning shavers, is that one's face can be a little puffy in the morning. I've only just started doing a lot of ATG shaving. I do one WTG and then an ATG (no XTG). The other day I got a lovely close shave, but with a little too much red in the shaving cream when I wiped off the blade. I think I may back off on the XTG a bit for a while, and may also try to go without shaving on weekends (unless I have an event to attend). This will give my skin a rest; but also make the shave on Monday that little more interesting.

BTW, good points re the scrambled eggs, they are very easy to turn in to rubber... :-)

I would add that if you are going to shave ATG, it's very important (on my face, at least) to get a good WTG *and* XTG pass in. If I don't get a good XTG pass, or if I skip it, I'll get razor burn on the ATG pass for sure. The reason is that my whiskers are long enough at that point to have the blade catch them, and then dig into my face. They're much shorter after the XTG pass, and that doesn't happen with a subsequent ATG pass.

So, for most weekday shaves I'll do 2 passes (WTG & XTG) and on Sunday I'll take my time and do all three.

As always, YMMV.