For a long time, I just never paid too much attention to
the "quality" of my morning shave, except to note that it
was OK, immediately following the shave.

Well, now that I'm retired, and have more time to pay
attention to such things, I discovered something.

Ordinarily, I "check" the quality of my morning shave by
feeling ATG to see if I "got it all". If all is well, then
that's it for the day. No discernable stubble = BBS

The other day, however, I noticed that, 10 minutes or so
after my shave, that I had "missed" quite a bit....there
was alot to be desired re: BBS.

This "revelation" occurred after I had checked for
"missed spots", rinsed my face, dried with a towel,
and applied aftershave.

Normally, due to pressures of time and necessity,
I wouldn't have even noticed this....but I'm retired
now, and I have time, and I do notice.

I wasn't happy with that shave, so I decided to "give it
a touch-up" using water only. This, remember, is 10
minutes post "BBS" shave.

I applied cold water to my face, I gave my beard another
ATG pass, and I was astonished at how much more of
my beard was removed....10 minutes later, no lather,
water only...WOW!

Now, I don't understand this. My initial "survey" was
BBS. 10 minutes later it's definitely NOT BBS.

I don't understand this at all. My beard can't possibly
grow that fast.

Does anyone have some insight into this?

Thanks,
Paul