Thread: Ouch!! I Haven't Gone There in a While...

So the school year, and thus my teaching duties, has ended. And like I do every summer, I got a wild hair (hehe) and decided to shave off my moustache and goatee. Having had no practice there for the last 10 months, I should have known better-that area looks like Jack the Ripper got to me. Probably 7 or 8 good cuts, and a couple of nice gashes on the 'stache where I rested the blade trying to get my bearings-idiot!


I know it wasn't my razor or prep, as I took a good hot shower/face wash, and I keep my Improved Eagle in tip-top shape with the 8k Norton, Swaty, CrOx, newsprint, and lots of regular stropping; it will pop hairs from across the room! An uberlather of Godrej Menthol Mist and T&H Trafalgar kept things nice and slick. But after my 2nd pass turned everything pink, I knew to finish up with my SuperSpeed. After a cold-water rinse to stop the bleeding (sort of), for my sins I finished with a generous splash of AV Ice Blue. Painful, but worth it when the outside temp pushes 100.

I'm not complaining or asking for advice-I can find that with a search, I suppose. Just sharing my stupidity; will probably do the same again next June. Aaron

edit: Once again I have Barney Rubble lip, and my kids are laughing at me.

There's nothing overly stupid about it. Skin that hasn't been shaved for awhile is bound to be more tender than the rest of your face that sees regular razor use. Couple that with the possibility of using a tad too much pressure and voila - a massacred upper lip. I often end up with a beard and mustache during the winter months (I live in Canada, what can I say?), and when I get around to shaving my upper lip it does seem to be a bit tender for the first few shaves. Such is life, my friend.

Thanks Ryan-I could do with some Canadian weather right about now. Of course, they say that when you get up above 6,000 feet in our Blue Ridge mountains, where I spend a lot of time, we have Canadian weather down South.

Yeah, I feel your pain. Literally. I shaved my two year old beard and remember now, what razor burn was. Happily, I haven't cut myself too badly, but oh, the burn! On a more positive note, I'm getting a closer shave now than I did before I grew the beard. Go figure.

Just tell people you're in a German dueling fraternity, that usually works for me