Quote Originally Posted by Justso View Post
...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.
There is a technique that helps mitigate the irritation problem and something to consider for the future if your technique is still not perfect. One's razor must be at peak keenness with a highly polished bevel. Laying the razor down to the absolutely lowest angle possible, almost to the point that it will not cut, then applying ever so slightly more pressure will cut the hairs not skin, and I do mean very slightly more pressure. What it does is create a slight bulge of skin that presents the part of the hair that is every so slightly below the skin line. I have heard it referred to as "riding the edge". The point where the cutting edge is fractions of millimeters above the skin. This technique is used by the multi-blade razors from the big manufactures and is touted as the reason that multi-blade razors work so well. One does have to be careful that the hair is not cut to far below the skin or you will get ingrown hairs....a very fine balance.


Take Care,
Richard