Thread: Something to consider!

I made a big change in my shaving routine today, and recieved my biggest cut to date!
Now we all hate to admit we are getting older, and further, hate to do the things that prove it. OK, my eyes are not as sharp as they once were, and I wear glasses to read. And maybe a little for distance. The point is I have never shaved with my glasses on, and have blamed the odd missed patch of whiskers on, 'it happens'. So today I decided to wear them in order to get a perfect shave.
As any wearer of glasses will tell you, you don't look at the stairs when starting, because they aren't where they seem. Well, the same holds true for looking in the mirror. I reached my free hand up for a skin stretch and promptly pushed my razor into, and across my chin. Somewhere between looking in the mirror, through the glasses, and guiding my hand to my face, an error occured. It's hard to accept because these are the same hands and face that have been with me for fifty years! I have straight shaved thousands of times, and don't even own any nick relief type things.
So, if you are going to make any radical changes to your shaving routine- be extra careful.

Ed
quicknicker

i hear u i shave my sideburns and some stubble once a week (sideburns everyother day) and i also wear glasses i must say its deffinitally diffrent when u wear them to shave.

I hate shaving with my glasses! If I do not have my contacts in I now skip my shave entirely.

i can do the cheeks and the neck without the specs, but have to put them on for the chin, upper lip, otherwise i'll cut myself to ribbons.

Originally Posted by quicknicker

So, if you are going to make any radical changes to your shaving routine- be extra careful.
quicknicker

My thoughts exactly.
Now, I am a complete newbie when it comes to straight shaving (I was using safety razors for as long as I can remember), but this is the very first thing I encountered when I started to use straight razor.
I do have contacts and I will use them, though I will have to get use to shaving with my glasses on...
Up until this very moment, I thought that "clumsy glasses" are just one of those boring "newbie things", and because of this I was kind of embarrassed to even ask about something like that - now I see that I was wrong.
THX

I am nearsighted as well and was having some difficulty shaving, so I got one of those adjustable mirrors; now instead of getting closer to the mirror the mirror gets closer to muah. Here is a small pic of what I am talking about.