Thread: What Are The Toughest Places to Shave For You?

I have heard from people having problems shaving the mustache area, the chin area and the neck area. It would be interesting to hear what areas are problematic for folks and get some input from others on trying new things to make shaving the total pleasure it should be. For one thing, I always advise new people to just take a small area at a time until they get comfy with the razor. Usually works best to shave straight down from the side burn on one side and then the other with your other hand until it becomes natural.

for me, the neck area. i have a goatee, so from the base of my goatee (which is about half an inch under the jaw line) down to about half way to the adams apple. then at the adams apple itself extend about an inch either way, and that is the toughest spot.

sam

The moustache area for me is the easiest place to shave for some reason. There is a hollow on either side of the neck that gives me fits but it seems to be getting a little better with time & practice. Most of the nicks that I get are on my chin - but thats getting better too!

Rick

I have a moustache, so that's easy....

The hardest part with a straight for me is just below the lower lip. I find it hard to start the stroke--whether going sideways along the line of the lip, or going straight down from the lip. I both cases starting and continuing a smooth stroke have been really tough: I don't know if it's lack of lubrication, not-the-sharpest blade (does well elsewhere).

The last few times I've switched back to DE for the toughest of it, until I get my straight skill up. I'm only about a week into it.

I have the same problem as Rick.
There are hollow patches on either side of my adams apple and the problem is that my beard grain grows back and up towards my ear, only in these two spots.
It’s as much a pain with a disposable as it is with a straight, so it was expected.
I'm actually doing a little better with the straight than with disposables, by pulling the skin halfway around the back of my head (slight exaggeration there, but it give you an idea of how much I have to "move things" around), and then pivoting the razor in my hand to create a slight against the grain sweep that catches about 90% of the stubble. But with or with out a straight I always miss some in this area.

Another area I’m having trouble with is just under my chin where you can press up and feel the mandible, for about 3" back down my neck. The stubble here is just tough as all hell and no matter how tight I pull the skin I cant get a close shave with out going directly against the grain and even then its hit and miss some times.

Well, since I shave my nog too, behind the ears is particularly tricky--some strange angles involved. lol... The area, just to the left side of my mouth is never easy. There's a bit of recess there, a dimple of sorts, that makes it tricky to shave.

Hal

The point of my chinny chin chin is tough to get really clean. I've had so many little cuts there it looks like I have a striped chin!

My upper lip and my neck area are the easiest to get perfectly smooth.

....were my chin, and a bit of the neck area. My chin has a lot of smaller "creased" areas, that make a smooth stroke tough.

I solved the chin shaving areas several ways:

1 - made sure it was really prepped well, and relathered before shaving;

2 - divided it into *very* small areas to shave;

3 - change the angle of the blade to face....this also helped greatly just under the chin and jaw;

4 - used different parts of the blade for different areas. i.e the tip of the blade for the creased areas, the middle of the blade for the flatter areas, and the heel of the blade for the jaw.

5. restropping before attacking the chin

6. stretching the neck skin WAY to the side, while pushing the neck muscles out gets it all

7. shaving against the grain in certain areas if needed

For me, the chin area and the adams apple area of the throat are the ones that present the worst problems. I have a moderately prominant adams apple, so when I shave this area, I really have to shave with a light stroke, tracing the countours of the adams apple. I heard Lynn suggest stretching the skin to one side or the other in this area, but that doesn't seem to work for me. Won't streatch far enough.
My chin area is complicated by a small mole which has the toughest hair on God's earth growing out of it and around it. And of course, it also goes a different direction than any other hair on my chin area. So I have to shave it downward righthanded, then downward lefthanded, then crossways righthanded...then down and crossways lefthanded...lol.

Bob

Trying not to feel like a guest in my own home. It seems that the automatic login and password doesn't always work so very well. I feel like one of those pilots in the movie Midway. "Don't touch those automatic arming switches!!!" Ooops. Too Late.

Bob