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Shaving around scars?
I'm a relatively new member of the forum, and new to shaving with straights, so there may be a a link that addresses this elsewhere, and if so please direct me.
I have particular problems with shaving around a couple of surgical scars on different sides of my neck. They're barely visible, but provide enough change in texture/contour of the shaving line that my razor either wants to bounce over them (like a car on a washboard gravel road) leaving a series of abrasions, or to bite in and cut. Any pointers would be appreciated.
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I'm not sure about the size and depth of your scars, so take this for what it is worth:)
I would try to stretch even more than usual to flatten them out, and also try to change the direction of approach a bit.
So that you you go more along the scar line instead of parallel to the scar. I have a couple pretty small scars where this helps enough to make me avoid cutting myself.
That's pretty much all I can think of to do about it.
Try it out, and let us know how it went:)
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I have a decent size scar on the side of my face from some skin cancer being cut out and a raised scar under my chin. I shave over both using a very light touch and rarely have any problem. The skin stretching as noted above is part of my regular shaving regiment and definitely recommenced. Although if I use a disposable blade like my feather, I always nick the scar under the chin so it really doesn't see any action these days.
Lynn
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Thanks, Lynn and Birnando. Will experiment on my next shave a let you know the results.
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I have a good surgery scar on my neck and I've found that a lighter than usual touch - and good stretching make a big difference. If is a long scar try approaching on the diagonal rather than across or along the mark. If I'm not careful I can get mine good - but if I am paying attention I do fine with both the DE and straight. I agree with Lynn- when I am using a *really* sharp razor I go extra easy and all is well.
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I have a 3" x 1/2" scar on my neck from surgery. I normally get as close to it as I feel comfortable, then use tweezers to get out the really close hairs.
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hgrail and rearviewmirror, thanks for the tips. I'll ad them to my tool kit of "to try" suggestions.