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Hello, I was wondering what advice you could give me about shaving with a straight because I have a mole at the back of my jawline that protrudes maybe 1cm out from the skin, I want to avoid shaving it off. Lol but want to make sure I don't have any hair on or around it either. Any tips would be greatly appreciated :D
Pag, its no easy thing, but can be done. 'Had issues w/ shave bumps when I took up the straight and bled less w/ a str8.
Moles seem to grow hair on their top. In addition, you have to shave up to the mole & not do surgery. For the mountain top, its delicate, mainly trying to stabilize the mole which is held in place by a flexible/stretchable tether of skin. It helps to have at least 3 hands, but the idea is to stretch the skin w/ 2 fingers (like the thumb and birdie finger) and place the index finger against the side of the mole to help stabilize. If a regular tiny short stroke won't fully mow the timber, you may need to do a few strokes rotating the razor on the axis of the spine - like the coupe de maitre under the schnoz. Mowing up to the mole will just be practicing your approach. If that's intimidating, start by using short, no pressure buffing strokes - where a back & forth stoke is done without lifting the cutting edge from the skin. The backstroke portion also keeps the skin hydrated w/ lather. (Thanks to the honorable Godfather for the backstroke putting lather back in place for another stroke)
My goodness! I hope that you meant that the mole protrudes 1mm! It would be extremely unusual for a mole to be a full centimeter high, though acanthomas and their kin can achieve those elevations.
I agree that you should care while shaving around moles; repeated trauma can lead to problems.
Have a dermatologist look at it and perhaps remove it or at least biopsy it,I had a good friend that had a mole on his back,turned out to be a melanoma,it killed him:(
Yeah that's what I meant. Lol it's like Val Kilmers just on the opposite side
Eehhh!!...
Lol. I'm your Huckleberry...:D
This is truly the strangest thread I have read so far on SRP. First off, a one cm Mole! When a mole gets cm long it gets a new name. Then a member wears a tin hat to the party and tells new guy that he might die with this extra thing hanging off his neck. Next someone references an actor, then a quote from an old movie of his....well since you started it, I had a friend who had a friend who had about 78 one cm or longer moles on his face. He could never shave which is why I suppose he never joined SRP.
OK reset, let's say your mole is actually 1mm. That would make it about like one I have on my top lip, well between the lip and nose, a beauty mark if you will. So the first time I went over it with a straight I took the top off and as you know they bleed for about a month before they stop. So I started bring out my double edge just for the mole and that got old real fast and felt like a defeat. My strategy is to shave up to the mole as someone above has said then remove about 90% of the lather from the mole so I can know exactly where it is. Then I let the razor float over the mole ever so lightly. If I need a second pass I get a little lather from somewhere and repeat until it LOOKS ok. I don't spend a lot of time trying to get the mole BBS as I think that would indicate insanity. A square point helps. Good Luck!
MyPoint was: if indeed the mole protrudes 1CM,it should be looked at by a dermatologist
From what I understand, apple cider vinegar will get rid of moles, I will probably try this too. I accidentally cut mine off and haven't had any more issues, it's mostly gone now, sure did bleed though.
How to remove a mole with apple cider vinegar.
+1 on this. It can be done. I have a mole on my left cheek just down and forward of my sideburn. I mow down to it from the top, down past it on one side with the toe of the razor just brushing the mole (slightly rounded toe), coupe de maitre stroke underneath mole and from back of mole to my ear. Then stretching the skin I do a VERY LIGHT stroke with just the toe of the razor to get whiskers off the top. All of this with my LEFT HAND! I'm a righty. This actually shaves around the mole closer than my cartridge ever did! I have cut it a few times on the pass past the mole with the toe but nothing a styptic pencil won't fix. I actually had worse results and bleeding with cartridges. All of this of course is done with a very sharp shave ready razor and a very light stroke. The whiskers just pop off the top of the mole. Did I mention a VERY LIGHT stroke with a shave ready razor? Very important.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinklather
Pagan, the link above to removing that "pet" using apple cider vinegar is spot on. Make sure you use Bragg's Organic "With the Mother". My wife is all about organic stuff and knows about that particular type of vinegar very well. I'm guessing the pharma companies hate that stuff because it's really great in all sorts of situations. I've used it myself to remove a mole on my back (after seeing a dermatologist, having him remove it, and seeing it grow back again). Once it came back my wife interceded and permanently removed it using Bragg's as described in the article.
Another mole I had that was bugging me was essentially over my canine tooth on the right side. It was just off any whiskers but close enough that I accidentally sliced into it pretty often. Interestingly, after about 5 times getting sliced with a straight razor it just gave up and never returned. I guess you just never know how a mole will react.
So advice from a somewhat old guy - see your dermatologist, and after he does what he'll do (and if it grows back anyway), use the Braggs as described.