Thread: Shaved off moustache, have issues with upper lip.

Bob,

When starting out the moustache area is indeed one of the hardest areas to shave using a straight razor. There has been some good advice given so far. Hang in there, you will get it eventually.

I've taken the suggestion someone else posted, and that's to do the mustache area first, right after your preshave strop. The fresh blade, or maybe just the idea of the fresh blade, makes it work better for me.

Sounds like a good excuse for a new razor --Dovo makes a nice little 3/8 wedge that could be just the ticket!

Stupid upper lip anyway....phooey !

All very good suggestions and insights.
I will continue to practice, practice, practice. What a great idea!
I looked up the Dovo 3/8 wedge and that may just be another purchase in the future. I have heard razor acquisition disorder (RAD) can be an expensive and recurring chronic condition but I think I can learn to cope with it. Too bad there is no insurance plan for it. Just thinking out loud.

Can you tell me where you found this 3/8 wedgs ?There are so many place that sell different models.Is it a vintage or modern straight currently in production?

I found it at The Superior Shave. It is $90 and has an inox blade.
It appears to be brand new.

I have the same challenge ... the dreaded upper lip.

For me, I can go WTG all day long and not get a close shave.

Unless I am ok with a scruffy upper lip, I have to do a XTG pass or two.

XTG with light but deliberate strokes usually works.

ATG almost always gives me at least one weeper; usually two.

I like to use soap on the first WTG pass, and more water than soap on the XTG pass... just enough soap to get the skin slick.

Seems to work for me.

Originally Posted by roughkype

I've taken the suggestion someone else posted, and that's to do the mustache area first, right after your preshave strop. The fresh blade, or maybe just the idea of the fresh blade, makes it work better for me.

I prefer to get "warmed up" on an easier area first, but I have taken to re-stropping for 20-30 extra strokes before going back to the moustache area; this does seem to help. Unfortunately, stopping to strop in the middle does add to the time taken.

When I started out the moustache area was the most sensitive. Now its been desensitized by shaving(3 times every two weeks)

I pull my cheek outwards towards my ear which stretches the moustache area and makes it much easier to shave. I can get a X/ATG pass doing this.

Good luck

EDIT: that videos great, gave me alot of ideas. My face has alot more hollows though, he makes it look so easy

After shaving off moustache, don't you have problems with self respect?