Thread: Shaving over moles...

I have a couple of moles on my face, notably on my jawline and above my lip. Do you guys have any tips for ways to shave these without cutting myself?
Thanks,
Andrew

Cannot be done,sorry.

I have one on my cheek, I swear I'm slowly removing it every time I shave. Another year and it might be flush with the skin.

Have that thing chopped off and call it a day. It will save a lot of blood!

Originally Posted by robellison01

I have one on my cheek, I swear I'm slowly removing it every time I shave. Another year and it might be flush with the skin.

I was going to say...that can be a problem only so many times

Originally Posted by RNMike

Have that thing chopped off and call it a day. It will save a lot of blood!

Haha I was sure that would be suggested.

Originally Posted by RNMike

Have that thing chopped off and call it a day. It will save a lot of blood!

They are rather vascular

Yeah I've the same problem by my chin to the left just below my lip. It seems to be getting smaller lol

Originally Posted by azmreece

I have a couple of moles on my face, notably on my jawline and above my lip. Do you guys have any tips for ways to shave these without cutting myself?
Thanks,
Andrew

Hi Andrew, I have two moles that used to bother me. One on my upper lip just above the kissin' part and another one in the "hollow" area just below my lower lip. I nicked them every single time back when I used to shave with a Gillette cartridge razor. Once I got my technique with a straight razor down, I never nicked either mole ever again.

The key is to use practically NO PRESSURE at all when you shave. Good beard prep, proper stretching of skin, a SHARP razor using ALMOST NO PRESSURE at all, will enable you to remove stubble without slicing into your moles.

With cartridge razors we had to use pressure so those little rubber fins could "stand the whiskers up," or so the TV commercial said. We don't do that with a straight razor; we stretch the skin to stand the whiskers up. And we remove the stubble with the straight razor using zero pressure.

As you develop your technique and muscle memory, your confidence will build. When you feel ready for it, begin to incorporate scythe and guillotine strokes that are described in the wiki. Those strokes will make it very easy to shave your face without nicks or razor burn, but don't try them until you feel confident about using them.

Follow JimmyHAD's advice for "Avoiding Nicks and Cuts" in the sticky at the top of this forum. Jimmy states: "An old barber told me to hold the razor securely but lightly enough so that is if it pulls the razor will flex in your fingers and be less likely to nick. He also told me to never force it if it does pull. Following that advice I have rarely gotten a nick." That helped me a lot when I was starting out.

Finally, if the shape of your moles is such that they catch your razor's edge when you attempt to shave over them, stop. Wipe the lather off your moles, do your best to shave around them, and if need be, use a cartridge razor to remove the hairs from your moles.

If your moles are really large and troublesome, it might be worth the one-time investment to have them removed. I had a hemangioma on my waist that was always bleeding and getting infected because my belt rubbed on it constantly. It took a dermatologist all of one minute to remove it.
Namaste,
Morty -_-

I have a nasty sucker on my cheek as well. Still working on it, but I have found it helps not to stretch the skin when I shave over it. I simply let the skin go when I get to that spot and then stretch it back when I get over it. Almost seems like stretching pulls my mole up to get shaved in a similar fashion to the hair