Thread: Am I being unrealistic?

Originally Posted by regularjoe

I'm politely walking away from the thread now. I don't think I've helped any here. Good luck! You'll figure it out. Just keep in mind that there are many variables, and it might just take a lot of experimentation to figure it out. I still think it's a "technique" issue more than a "my beard eats steel and my skin is allergic to it" issue. But, I've been wrong before. Best advice I got left is to scour youtube for member shaving vids, then vid yourself, and compare. When everything matches....I bet you get a good shave, your beard stops eating steel, and you stop having all the skin issues too.

Actually I think you've helped a bit. I like your prep routine and I hope to try it. And you're right, it probably is a technique issue...I've watched a lot of videos and I think I've learned about technique from them. I think what's most likely is that I damaged or rolled the blade a while ago and it's starting to catch up with me now. My technique has improved in leaps and bounds in the past 10 days or so (IMO), but I think by that point the blade was too far gone.

I still can't deny the fact that I have exceptionally coarse facial hair with some pretty sensitive skin, which complicates things for me.