Do you go BBS every time?

[Hogrider]

Gents,

It is my practice to do three passes. I shave M-Th skip Fr and shave on the weekend. First I do WTG then XTG and lastly ATG only my neck up to my chin and jawbone. Most of the time I achieve BBS; but if I don't, I still enjoy shaving with a straight (and that is whats all about...right?)

[ChrisL]

I'm one of the ones that's prone to ingrown hairs on my neck, chin and upper lip areas although the neck area is most prone. I do a modified diagonal upward XTG on my cheeks (not completely ATG) and find it provides a true BBS on my cheeks without the need for an actual upward ATG stroke.

You guys that can do ATG on the neck, I applaud you. Forget it for me. I also would rip my upper lip area into a galaxy of weepers if I followed through with a Fools Pass. The follicles for my whiskers above my upper lip are conical. My skin upon close inspection there is not flat but each follicle is raised.

So, no, I don't do BBS across my entire face and it's true, no one is the wiser as my face feels like glass even in the non ATG areas on the downstroke.

Chris L