I have the same (or at least a similar) issue. To make matters worse, the hairs that grow east-west on my throat come out almost completely flat against the skin. What I wound up doing was stretching the skin directly opposite the direction of growth, and then using a guillotine stroke in the direction of the stretch (looks like XTG but it's actually ATG for those whiskers). You might find some help in this thread: http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...-neck-xtg.html. Near the bottom of the first page there's a useful diagram. Good luck!