Thread: What's your hardest area for you to shave? (of your face)

for me- the hollow of the neck towards the bottom of the hairline. there's almost always irritation especially when i go down against the grain(hairs are pointing up and towards my ears). unless my razor is scary sharp which i only achieve occasionally by dumb luck, the razor will pluck these hairs out by the roots and the hairs will come in ingrown. any technique tips?

My hardest area is my right undercheek/jawbone area. It's a kind of hit and miss area. Sometimes I'll do one good stroke and whip it all away in one, other times, all the blade-buffing and scraping in the world doesn't get the stubble to budge. I've found it's generally an indication of the sharpness of my razor, so the moment I can't make this stroke, I know it's time to hone.

the hollow just under the jawline. Everything else is easy.

The right and left areas just below the chin/jawbone. The hair changes growth pattern. Under the chin, the hair grows down and then changes directions and grows toward the ears for half the distance and then finally changes directions to due south.

To get BBS, I often revert to a Jagger DE 89L for a final ATG touch-up after the WTG, XTG, & ATG straight razor passes.

My ear lobes. I don't shave them very often, and when I do it is unintentional and very ugly.

I tend to have problems with the two little spots directly under the nostrills. I can't even count the number of times that I've cut my lip or nose trying to get those spots.

Definitely directly under my chin. I've got a good scar there and makes things interesting. Other than that, just to the right of my adams apple. For some reason the hair grows in different directions and the concave topography of the area make it a little difficult. :/

Definitely my chin. It's nearly as sharp as my razor.

The areas right and left of the chin, underneath the jawline, and the final line of hairs at the bottom of the neck, just like the OP.

I turn my head to the side and tilt it up to get the flattest area possible under the jaw. I head southward with the razor. Just before I get to the final line of hair, I use my hand to pull my neck south even more, lifting those little guys straight up. Razor at about 10 degrees, and a scything stroke. Usually leaves with no irritation or ingrowns.

I've been doing this for a while, so I know how to attack those tough spots with relative ease. But for some time the toughest areas to get a clean shave were my chin (like everyone else) and the hollow on one side of my neck. A little practice and perseverance, and now it's all good.