Thread: 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.

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

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

Thanks, Lynn and Birnando. Will experiment on my next shave a let you know the results.

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.

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.

hgrail and rearviewmirror, thanks for the tips. I'll ad them to my tool kit of "to try" suggestions.