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    Default How smooth is smooth?

    Most if not all guys on this Forum aim for a smooth face. I go for a shave that results in BBS.

    Once I had this very good shave, was excited and felt great. After about an hour, just to check the shave result profoundly, I rubbed my face and noticed that some small parts of my skin still felt a bit like glasspaper. All in all this was not inconvenient.

    Due to this experience, I have a question. If you people have had that great shave you consider BBS, are you still noticing, very slightly, some rough spots?

    Or are you one of those that have such a smooth face that even when stretching the skin and rubbing it, everything feels soft ?

    Thanks in advance for the input.

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    I normally stretch and feel against the grain to assess the shave. I am OCD about it and go for smoothness over comfort...... I heard a good definition of BBS is to take a cotton ball and if it leaves no fibers when rubbing all directions of the face = BBS

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    I generally find patches that I "missed" on one of the final passes.

    If you want OCD results, I suggest that you thoroughly inspect your wet semi-lathered face before putting your gear away. You may end up with razor burn from a 4th pass, but you will learn a thing or two that will help you in the future.

    I do this occasionally on my Sunday shaves. Always learning...
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    You have to a lot of faceturbating to figure out which way to attack your whiskers.But smooth is smooth no matter which way you rub your face.And the smooth,smooth feeling lasts about 6 hours but you cant see any growth.

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    I had to back off on faceturbating because my vision was going.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
    I had to back off on faceturbating because my vision was going.
    Nah, that is just the territory that comes with age!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
    I had to back off on faceturbating because my vision was going.
    My vision is fine but it always makes my nose run?
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    I generally will have just a bit of stubble on the jaw line that most seem to have difficulties with starting out, but as long as I can't see (it doesn't look like a dark patch) the stubble...it's all good. My neck will not get BBS, I would have to do 4-5 passes, and under my lip I get little bumps if I go ATG just once, so I just deal with it As long as it's comfortable, and no burn...I'm a happy camper.
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    BBS and closeness of shave are two mutually exclusive conditions. I can shave with an electric razor and be totally BBS but 4 hours later stubble is starting to sprout. I can shave with a straight and have some areas that seem to be a tad rough but 12 hours later that hasn't changed one bit. Depending on my beard length and the razor I use sometimes I get total BBS and sometimes I don't. I really don't fret over it.
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    I don't do much against the grain so there is alway a little roughness in that direction.

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