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i was reading an interview in a magazine that explained doing something difficult like brushing your teeth with your left hand can help keep alzheimers at bay. since i am 22 i am not too worried about that yet but it dawned on me that beginners and any others that are a bit timid shaving with their left hand could practise this to help build muscle memory.
Well, I'm not timid at all about shaving with my left hand and as a matter of fact....oh...wait I'm left handed.
Really, if you want to develop facility with your off hand just use it more. Try writing with it that's the best way I know of.
that is a good idea, although i am left-handed too so will probably never get alzheimers.......now where did i leave my razor, hmmm.
I am a lefty too, odd how so many are wet shavers...
Anywho, best advice I can give is to split up your face between your hands. I do the two handed shave every time. At first it does require some focus. Just don't fear the blade. It is -your- hand after all... Strangely I sometimes get closer on the first pass with my right now. But I am still a southpaw, I swear!!!
Another left handed, split face here.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackofDiamonds
Lefty here too! Interesting info.
I use both hands to shave with, but I'm a lot older than you. Dang it! Now I forgot what the original question was.
I shave with both hands. it is so much faster for me. I think I can shave with a straight razor just as fast as someone with a mach 3.
I'm a lefty too, and Shave my left side with my left hand and the right side with my right hand.
I profess to be right-handed, but use both hands for shaving. I find it interesting though I seem to use my left hand for the more delicate passes. As for the OP, I would be interested in reading the article regarding use of one's non-dominate hand staving off Alzheimers' and how and if there is a study for those who may be ambidextrous. For instance, I play racquetball, tennis, and write right hand, I throw footballs, baseballs, golf, bat lefty, and kick with my left. Is Alzheimers' in my future? Any other ambi's out there?
Im a lefty too!
Heres me thinking i was a rare breed!!!
I must admit that i only use my left hand to shave. I tried with my right hand and i couldnt get it. Thimgs became slightly dangerous and i could of ended up with a face like silvester stallones mum so for that reason i wont try with my right again.
My left hand has never let me down....
Righty here.
When I first started it scared the stuffins' out of me to put that sharp blade in my left hand to my tender cheek. But, after forcing myself to do it, and go s-l-o-w, I now have the confidence and skill to not even worry about it.
As "The Duke" said: "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway."
I'll be honest with you, the reason I learned to shave with both hands is that I had trouble reaching places with the opposite hand. I think you were wise to at least try using both hands. Over time, you become more agile and can eventually get where you want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eekspa
One hazard of learning this is something I experienced. About a month or two into straight shaving I was concentrating so hard on technique that I cut my thumb down to the tendon switching hands and had to have four stitches. The hardest part about learning straight shaving is being distracted from what you are doing by thinking about your next move. Be careful folks!
When I started shaving abidexteriously I did the tooth brush trick (brushing my teeth w/ left hand) and I found that it worked well. Of course when it comes to shaving I would have to say the best help is actual practice.
I shave with both hands now but it took awhile to get used to. I started to do everything with my left hand, brushing my teeth, opening doors with keys etc. It took a few weeks to get the hang of shaving, scared the crap out of me holding a razor against my jugular with my left hand!!
I am a lefty as well but shave with two hands. Left handed folks are always using their right hand more than righties use their left since the world is built right handed.
i am pretty much the exact opposite to you, write, play tennis, brush teeth, all left, throw with right hand, but kick with the left, pistol left hand, rifle right hand. Straight shave both hands, so i think it may be easier for people like us to pick up using both hands, and there is evidence that at the very least, using your off hand whether you are left or right handed improves brain function.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReardenSteel
the article isnt about alzheimers it was just an interview in gq with an english comedian. that one sentence is all the info there is on the matterQuote:
Originally Posted by ReardenSteel
They say that the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, so, therefore, only left handed people are in their right minds.
I'm right handed. I'm worried.
No worries. Us Cajuns are resourceful people. Some of us just do it backwards. It's all good.Quote:
Originally Posted by RickfromLafayette
Both my parents were right-handed. Kind of fulfills the "Life is a box of chocolates" theory ;)