Thread: Days of Beard Growth

more than 1 day is rough on my chin when i shave

I also have a full beard(Al Borlen type) so neck and cheak is all I get to enjoy.

Matt

Nice bump!

I shave every other day. But I find the most satisfying shaves are after 3 days of rest. Having said that, I've never gone more than 4 days without shaving. (For aesthetic reasons... I'm not really keen on the Fu Man Chu look!)

I notice many prefer to shave after a couple-few days growth, if this is your common time table for shaving, do you need to hone/sharpen your razor more than a person who shaves a little bit of stubble everyday?

The blade wear is about the same for stubble as it is for a little more growth, the difference comes in how fast your skin replenishes itself.

Every 2-3 days is the soonest I can shave.....longest I can go is a week.
My beard grows slowly due to haviing native american bloodlines, it grows nearly to my eyes but is very sparse on my cheeks. Im letting my goatee go, trying to re-grow my van dyke, probably in another 3 months my stache will be long enough to curl again.

Just this morning I had my first shave in 4 days. There was a bit of pulling, but it was a quite smooth and satisfying shave after that first pass.

Normally I shave every day (only two passes, however). If I go for 3 or more passes, I get irritated skin with daily shaving, thus I backed off to the ol' 2 pass daily, since I have to get my "fix".

That being said, a 2-3 day growth yields optimum results for me, I just can't wait that long!

I find that I get more skin problems when I let the beard grow. I.e. clogged pores due to dirt perhaps accumulating in the beard hair.

I do however get a closer shave off the first pass with a few days' growth than If I am shaving every day.

Best results for a real close shave are after 3-5 days growth for me. I'f I am going to a function or wedding etc, I let my beard grow for the fews days prior in order to achieve the closest possible shave.

If I want to get the ultimate shave (closest with the least chance if irritation) then I like to let my beard grow for at least 3 days. Most of the time I will shave every day or at least every other day.

Usualy I'll shave every two days. Before, shaving with the electric lawn mower or cartrage razor, I would go at it everyday.
Now with the str8 I'll do it everyother day or else it is to short to shave. It seems that the closer shave with the str8 , the beard dosn't grow back as fast.
Twice I waited 3 to 4 days before shaving and beside having the impression to being closer shaved it was the same but cleaning more apparent beard lets you think it's cutting more!!!.


Jacques