Anyone Navigating Around a Scar? Advice please.

Here's the deal. I had cervical vertebrae fused six months ago. Surgery left a crevasse, I mean scar, in the bottom of a crease near the bottom of my neck. I guess I could call it the bottom of my shave line but that would be giving in too easily. I have managed to skim over/around it without creating a new scar but the quality is lacking.

I am so far unwilling to take the leap of faith and drive on or "shave through", so to speak. Anyone else have a history with working over gullies and chasms like this? Just take a steeper angle and breeze over it? What's the best approach? I can't be the only guy here with a cervical fusion. I mean, I wish I was but doubt I am.

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Creases do seem to take a little different approach. If you have maneuvering room on that part of the neck, orient the edge at a 45 deg angle to the crease. With age, you'll get more creases & it'll be a bigger part of your technique. Sure, a light touch while traversing the ditch is necessary, but the angle will keep the edge from running into the ditch.

If the doctor says ok to shave then give it a go. I would smooth the lather with your hand in that area so you have a good view. One light pass and see. Cant do nothing more than up or down though.

Stretch the hel out of it.....

Uh huh...good advice, thanks.

i have nothing like that but i do have a small raised beauty mark and 3 raised scars on my lower lip from piercings ...

all of them a straight performs well and ive yet to nick any of them .. my DE Safety razors perform well also , unless i set my fatboy or adjustable higher then 4 .. anything after for and i hit em every time and bleed like a stuck pig .. needless to say they dont get 4 or higher any more ..lol

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Originally Posted by pinklather

Creases do seem to take a little different approach. If you have maneuvering room on that part of the neck, orient the edge at a 45 deg angle to the crease. With age, you'll get more creases & it'll be a bigger part of your technique. Sure, a light touch while traversing the ditch is necessary, but the angle will keep the edge from running into the ditch.

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The 45* approach worked well along with a good upward stretching. Not so troublesome as I thought. Thx.

Moo, 'Very glad to hear. Thx. for letting us know. 'Hope the shaves are great.

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Moo, 'Very glad to hear. Thx. for letting us know. 'Hope the shaves are great.

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They are! Seven months down the straight road and I've nicked myself just about everywhere except on or near that scar. :D

Have you tried a str8? It's longer 3ins and if you XTG you should slid right over it.

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Have you tried a str8? It's longer 3ins and if you XTG you should slid right over it.

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Yes - been on board for a while. I did follow advice above and, yes, it slides right over. I was all worry and no problems.

I have a few scars on my left side of my face. The most significant one is just to the left of my chin courtesy of one mean ass dog. There are days when I snag it but stretching it really tight helps as well as tilting the blade such that it doesn't engage the scar head on also helps.

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I have a few scars on my left side of my face. The most significant one is just to the left of my chin courtesy of one mean ass dog. There are days when I snag it but stretching it really tight helps as well as tilting the blade such that it doesn't engage the scar head on also helps.

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I think you cut yourself shaving. ;)

Hey Dan, glad it's all smooth shaving, I have a bumpy scar on my chin and I would fairly regularly nick it with my old cartridge razor, but that doesn't seem to happen these days.

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Hey Dan, glad it's all smooth shaving, I have a bumpy scar on my chin...

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Dog bite or bar fight? Resisting arrest???? Be a little more forthcoming, people.

Being from Chicago, scars like this have been a tradition since Al Capone. Dog fight, bar fight, resisting arrest,.....they're all legitimate reasons. It just depends on what reaction you're trying to get.

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This guy has a pretty nice size scar on the side of his face.

Straight Razor Shaving for Beginners - YouTube

I like the instructions this guy gives. I have one or two scars on the face and I stretch the skin tight. the one on the side of my neck is pretty deep but doesn't give any problem. I don't have to shave it.

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Dog bite or bar fight? Resisting arrest???? Be a little more forthcoming, people.

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Rode my pushbike into the back of a car, my chin had a fight with the back window, I consider that my chin won as it healed up, the car window didn't, though nor did my bike. :)

I recently had a problem salivary gland removed the same week i started straight razor shaving. The surgery left a pretty nice scar beneath my jaw line. Here's what i do... After applying my shaving cream, i clear away the cream right over the scar. I shave around that area and use an electric shaver to clean up the scar area.

I have had two operations on my neck since wet shaving. The great thing is... all the tissue is dead! So nick away :).

In all seriousness though, after the first one I was a bit nervous. I stretched like a champ at first which did the trick. By the time I had the second, I was shaving over it almost as soon as the stitches came out.

I have to say that in my case anyway, it was really a non issue. Glad you're well and that its all working out for you as well.