I have only been str8 shaving now for about 3+ months or so, and with all the natural experimenting with all the AS's and Balms and such one thing finally took hold in my brain, a lot of the bumps and what I thought was just the irratition that of course only led to more and more the the little and not so little 'weepers' with every new shave turned out to be just plain pimples coming up that I have NOT had to worry about since puperty!! If your skin like mine seems to react to all the oils and various lotion vehicles by just plain breaking out, then the paridigm of less is more, or maybe just enough should be taken up in post shave!! I never thought about acne being part of the experiance, but when I backed off with all the extra balms and skin oil my shaves became less bloody and skin smoother. With less acne breakout there was less uneven terain to chop off. I hope this little epiphany will help other middle age newbies with teenie/boper type skin.
Post Scriptum : Thanks to all of you at SRP for making my new wet-shaving hobby a great experience!!

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