So I've been having a particularly hard time getting a certain spot under my chin. It's above the adam's apple, but not in the center. The hair grows downwards and out. Well.. Actually how the grain grows doesn't really matter in this case. Either way, my neck is too short to fit a blade in there. And I'm too skinny that it contours too much so I can't just hold it at an angle instead of perpendicular or parallel to the grain (don't know how to describe it). So what I tried today was getting only the tip of the blade in the troubled area, and then twist the blade. It worked a whole lot better than sliding it, but I'm worried I might be doing some sort of harm to the blade, since the part of the blade inside the turn would feel less of the sliding motion than the part of the blade outside of the turn.

I only tried this on the ATG pass, so it might've been too big of a jump. Possibly cause some ingrown hairs - if I continue. So I suppose all I have to do is whenever I get to the troubled area, just change the direction I'm turning the blade.

Can anybody else see some any problems I may encounter by employing this technique? Or do other people do this as well?