Thread: Still dealing with irritation

Shaved this morning, with a big focus on relaxing and gliding the razor. Did much better. I cut my chin though. I had a poor strop to start, so when I went to shave around my mouth to start out, it felt like I was ripping out the hairs. Must have rolled the edge. So after another, better strop I had a good shave. The irritation around my mouth though is pretty bad. My Gillette aftershave felt like acid.

But the real area of concern, which is my neck, was really good. No burn, one little weeper and a little bit of tenderness. My shave wasn't as close as the past few, but I'm just glad my neck doesn't hurt. So thanks for all the advice.

so let me provide an update to my ongoing battle of the burn.

This is, verbatim, how my shave went this evening:

Pass One: Hey, that was great! No discomfort! Smooth with the grain! Best first pass ever!
Pass Two: Great again! This is better than any 3 pass shave I've ever had! No irritation! No cuts! I FEEL GREAT! Let's go for a third to get those last straggly bits under my chin, base of my neck and around my mouth. I AM THE MAN!!!
Pass Three: HULK SMASH! HULK SCRAPE! RAH RAH RAH! HULK DESTROY FACE!!!

Exactly like that. Still, not the worst burn, but after my first two passes I should have done better. I got carried away, yet again. Baby steps.