This is most likely exactly why two day and three day old shaves produce great results. My problem is that I need to shave after a day and a half if I want to look clean. I can't quite make it two days between shaves and still feel comfortable. If I shave on a Monday morning, then by Tuesday mid-day I'm feeling real scratchy and definitely showing the shadow. However, I do prefer to wait two full days to shave because the results are much better, three day old shaves and the results are tremendous. If I wait four or five days, I feel like a new man and look like one too.
With one day old shaves, I am prone to get irritation and overall discomfort, but feeling that baby's butt smooth face is almost like a drug addiction. I'll go through the "pain" to get the end result. If I do shave back to back days, I spend extra time on the strop to make sure I have a keen an edge as possible to minimize discomfort.