Thread: Shaving the jaw and neck

My most difficult place is on the side of my neck, straight down from my ears. The hair grows funny there, I shave up and at an angle, but the only way to get at it is with a DE. I want to only shave with a straight. Any suggestions?

Try moving the blade sideways (not slicing but shaving from the cheek toward the shoulder). That does the trick for me. Ofcourse I reverse the direction for the against the grain pass.

I find that most of my neck (including the part you mention) is actually the part that I picked up pretty quick. I do my best to look at the ceiling and that flattens it out pretty well. But as anyone who knows me will tell you, I have a giraffe-like neck, so maybe it's flatter than most.

my neck (but more towards the Adam's apple) is pretty tough to handle (still )

I haven't tried it, but I heard something somewhere about the so called 'bullfrog technique' - I think it actually has you tilt down the head (vs. looking up)

I should say I got good results with head at normal position.

Cheers
Ivo

I've found the most important factor in shaving any part of the neck is to stretch the skin a tight as possible. Whatever maneuver you need to do to get the skin tight you need to do.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I've found the most important factor in shaving any part of the neck is to stretch the skin a tight as possible. Whatever maneuver you need to do to get the skin tight you need to do.

this is why I think the bullfrog might be controversial.

For me, if I look up to stretch the skin, I find I'm a bit more prone to irritation. My skin there is very thin and sensitive.

Cheers
Ivo

My neck hair grows from my left ear toward my adams apple and from my adams apple towards my right ear. On the left it grows from the jaw down on the right from the neck up. One I figured out the different angles of growth it corrected all of my problems. With the grain, across the grain, and against the grain were not the same on both sides.

Dave

I think that may be my problem. I was assuming that both sides were the same and maybe that is not true. I do have some success across the grain when I use a DE under my jaw and come from back to front. When I do that the under part of my jaw is like a baby behind. That is what I am working toward with my straight. Thanks all for the helpful suggestions. Want to try them out.

I have the same problem with my neck with hairs growing in different directions, and what makes it harder is that I have a 20 inch neck so i cant get a good bend to to tighten everything up. And having fat fingers doesnt help me either.