Shave Frequency?

I know this topic has been beaten to death already, but I wanted to see how often people shave and what the pros and cons are to shaving more or less frequently.

I am currently shaving every other day. My beard is thick enough and tough enough to shave everyday, but I have always shaved every other day. Now that shaving is so fun, I am thinking about shaving every day. I worry about more irritation, but it seems that since the whiskers are shorter, they may come off easier? :shrug:

So, what are the pros and cons to shaving more or less frequently?

I have a similar beard. I love to shave every morning. The only time I skip is if I have a new razor coming. I like to have two days growth for a new razor test. I dont do BBS to often. If i do there isnt much to shave the next day, so I do a "close to" BBS shave.

There is another thread on this subject. But I am happy to always help out.

If everday, the first day gets the 3 passes to acheive BBS. Then the next work days just get touch ups and the passes are XTG/ATG only.

It takes about 48 hours growth to warrant a good 3 pass shave.

Pabster

I shave every other day.

Daily shaving pro: you get to shave every day.
Daily shaving con: not as much stubble to remove.

I know I'm not the only one who finds it strangely gratifying to grow a week+ beard just so that you can take a nice large wedge to it. :)

If you want to shave more frequently then just give it a try. If your skin becomes more irritated then scale it back for a bit.

I love to shave every other day. I miss it a lot.
Now i shave twice a week .
I think the best result for me is every other day.
1 it helps if any nicks etc to heal
2. hair grows enough you can shave it.
3.your face always clean.
4. you get the play with your toys stragiht razor etc.
gl

every day for me

When it was fashionable to be clean shaven, I shaved quite infrequently, but in those days I shaved just to remove stubble.. a chore!
Now that many folks show a few days growth as the fashion, I shave every day, and quite enjoy it!
I'm the type that likes swimming against the tide... Running counter of the prevailing trends. Kind of like a big ole' salmon fighting it's way upstream.

So, at the moment i'm shaving more and enjoying it more. I consider myself to have relatively sensitive skin, but my face has held up well to my everyday regimen... But i do still enjoy going to camp for a week and coming back like Grizzly Adams just to mow it all down!

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Originally Posted by Fbones24

I know this topic has been beaten to death already, but I wanted to see how often people shave and what the pros and cons are to shaving more or less frequently.

I am currently shaving every other day. My beard is thick enough and tough enough to shave everyday, but I have always shaved every other day. Now that shaving is so fun, I am thinking about shaving every day. I worry about more irritation, but it seems that since the whiskers are shorter, they may come off easier? :shrug:

So, what are the pros and cons to shaving more or less frequently?

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Firstly, don't ever feel bad for revisiting a previously dicussed topic of this nature. Most of us don't just wake up and know everything, and real progress and growth happen when we realize that what we thought yesterday has indeed changed.
I do a close shave just about every night after shower. The better my skills, edges and prep got, irritation became a non issue. About the only days I don't is when I feel too tired to concentrate. Those are the times most likely for nicks to happen and it gives me something to look foward to the next day.

I can go at least a few days without shaving before looking scruffy but when shaving is so much fun who would want to wait?

there's no better daily way to test your stropping skills than to put a blade to your face and see if it pulls or not

however I do agree with the others in that waiting for a while so you have a bunch of scruffiness to rid yourself of is pretty cool

So I think I'm going to try shaving daily and see where it takes me. As long as there is no irritation and ill effects, I don't see why not. My day starts off so much better when I shave. :) My facial hair grows in so fast, I could shave right now and my last shave was exactly 12 hours ago.

During the three years in which I was unemployed, I shaved every day (slept late, too). Now that I'm back working, I shave every-other day (don't sleep quite as late, though).

I'd prefer to shave every day, but these cool Alaskan summer mornings are just made for "lying-in" a bit. :)

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Originally Posted by Fbones24

As long as there is no irritation and ill effects, I don't see why not.

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That's pretty much the make-it-or-break-it factor for daily shaving. If your face can tolerate it then go for it. If you can't, like me, then every other day will suffice. It's not worth the pain and redness just to say you shave daily.

Plus, IME you get a nice smooth as glass shave after waiting for a few days!

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Originally Posted by Ryan82

That's pretty much the make-it-or-break-it factor for daily shaving. If your face can tolerate it then go for it. If you can't, like me, then every other day will suffice. It's not worth the pain and redness just to say you shave daily.

Plus, IME you get a nice smooth as glass shave after waiting for a few days!

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Right there.

I can't resist getting BBS every time.......and I feel the irritation if I shave every day; so I shave every other day. I suppose I could go a day and a half and get BBS every time, but that extra half day of recovery is worth it.....for me.

Every day for me. :beer1:

I shave everyday (mornings are the best for me)...I do achieve BBS and that lasts 'til late night. But, the beard grows enough to warrant this frequency for me. Besides, even if it didn't, I enjoy the zen time of shaving (especially the perp) too much not to do this everyday.

Also, in my line of work, I think I would scare potential collaborators and maybe even existing colleagues :rofl2:.

I would not think of intentionally missing a day. On the very rare occasions when this happens, I find I get a bette shave with two days of growth. However, I get far too much satisfaction from the shave to let it go.

I really like shaving. If I don't shave every day I feel gross. Even the feeling of a bbs shave couldn't keep me away from my babies.

Fbones24,

Every day for me :)

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

I'm an every other shaver most of the time, unless I worked on to many razors at once lol :)

Shave every day. When I used to use an electric, had to shave twice a day! Using an injector (2 blade) would shave only once a day, but got a 5 o'clock shadow at about 3-4 PM. Straights are great! :tu

I'm an everyday man unless I sleep in or I'm hungover :( oh unless I'm goin out and know a few days in advance, I like the satisfaction and relaxing feeling of a few days growth coming off, and it's a good start to a night out.

Geek

I shave everyday, for the most part. I feel better after I do.

Of course, there are those days that I may skip a shave. The result, imho, is a smoother, closer shave. My skin feels better too.

Usually twice a week, but sometimes thrice.
I use my jaw as a belt sander on the days I have stubble.

Every day. For me it's a meditative experience, and I feel better after I shave. Best way to start my day. I wish my beard grew faster, so I could (would need to) shave twice a day.

2 days on the average or 3 days for a little more more comfort..unless my face begs me not to wait!..lol

pcdad

Every two to three days for me. I like stubble. I like smooth. Best of both worlds. =)

Me

Depends for me,
Sometimes daily sometimes once a week or even less.
For me its about luxuriating in the ritual of the shave.
Good prep
Sandlewood candle
Good soundtrack (Vangelis is a favourite)
If I'm rushed or not in a conducive state of mind then I'll blow it off and have a quick DE.
That said I do mess about with honing and test shaving quite a bit to tune in these edges, so it's not uncommon to see me wondering around with smooth or irritated patches in my stubble.
I know I might seem a bit wierd to some but I don't really care.

Below mouth, growth is heavy enough to show shadow 'tween 2:30-3:30 with former methods (twin blade disposable).

At 15 wks or so, I'm still very much in skills acquisition mode & am grumpy if anything deprives me of the practice. If I could, I'd shave twice daily, just for the practice. As is, I'll hone a blade and take a few swipes at the problem areas to see how the blade does.

On irritation, that's what keeps me from shaving twice daily. If I'm bothered by irritation shaving only once/day, I think I must be doing something wrong - likely too much pressure. I'm still having a torrid affair with heavy grinds, even though the obstacles that kept me from full/extra hollows seems to be gone. The heavy blades do make it easy to be seduced away from good technique - light touch, good angle, guillotine stroke. For myself and others, irritation comes mainly from too much pressure.

Bones, w/ that stosser, keep it light on the touch, and you can shave daily & be in hog heaven. If you don't feel like it daily - all the more fun the next day.

Not that I have the "wildest" of beards, but I have always shaved everyday. Now, after discovering this wonderful hobby I often shave twice a day just of the pure luxury and pleasure of it.

Every two or three days for me while being Mr Mom. Every day when I'm working.

My shave frequency is about 60 hz...unless of course I am in Europe.

When I was using cartridge razors I hated shaving and avoided it as much as possible. Now I love it and wish the hair would grow faster. When I go for BBS shaves then I can't shave the next morning because there is nothing to shave...
my hair doesn't grow fast enough.
That never happened with Gillette fusion, i could shave everyday and still take quite a lot off.

i've always been an everyday shaver.. in my mach3 days i would often skip a day or two here and there and it was no big deal..

now.. as soon as i start to get a shadow i feel like a slob and i'm seriously bothered by it.. i really enjoy taking a few days growth off.. but it's serious hard work to allow it to go that long.

Here's what I do:

In the morning...as soon as my wife and 3 daughters
relinquish the bathroom...I shower and have a full
2-3 pass shave. In other words, I take my time and
get a shave that satisfies me.

At the end of the day...after all the sweat-generating
activity is over...I take a quick cold-water shower,
and a quick 1-pass cold water shave...no fancy prep...
no worries about BBS...just a quicky.

A splash of aftershave, brush my teeth, comb my
hair, and that's it.

Feels good!

...since 1982 when I joined the forces. Although, the dress and appearance regulations require airmen to be clean shaven (moustache and sideburns allowed, with size restrictions) at all times.

Since I retired, I have had a full beard for awhile, and have grown a couple decent goatee beards, also. But, even with a beard, you still have to shave the outline every day or so, unless you don't mind the beard growing down your neck a la hillbilly. I used to have a nice read beard, too. That's the one thing the Air Force took from me. My red beard. It's half grey now, of course.

Usually I shave daily, but its been less recently as I'm mid moving house and my razors are all packed up.

I've been stuck with the DE for a few weeks now, and I've been shaving every other or every third day depending on how scruffy I want to be...!

I shave when I feel like it and usually in the evening after a bath and if I have the luxury of a boss that doesn't care and two weeks growth on my face, I absolutely love to shave it all off with one pass in under 5 minutes while at the same pointing and laughing at the mug of disgarded mach3 handles and blades that the rest of the family use and saying "wilt in the face of your predecessors kick assedness... the Crown and Sword Fusion" it doesn't vibrate but it doesn't need to.