Originally Posted by
TristanLudlow
As your edges and technique improves BBS will come.
Always shave for comfort first, a comfortable shave with some stubble left and a good skin feel is much better than a BBS shave with painful skin that takes a while to heal.
I can't stand a DE shave tbh, I strongly dislike the blades.
What helped for me was not to lather up my entire face and proceed to shave. I would lather up half my face and take my time shaving that, taking my time to stretch well adjust my shaving angle and shaving stroke. Take the time to feel how it shaves and adjust the angle and pressure where needed, try different thing see what works best, I like a very shallow shaving angle.
Don't apply too much pressure.
I like focusing on shaving smaller patches per time. I also lather up in "areas", first the right side of my face, then the left, then the middle. It's also convenient for skin stretching to not be all lathered up (although alum rocks for this)
I have a small part on my neck that gets razor bumps if I don't shave it right. It's very peculiar about how I shave it, but sadly there's only one way to find out what will and will not cause them: shave it in a few different ways. Stretch up or down, shave from N-S or S-N or E-W, W-E, etc; it can all matter.
A certainly honed edge can also limit razor bumps IME, but it's mostly about technique and figuring out how to shave your face best
and don't shave with dried out lather (: