Thread: Shaving the neck

You need to turn your head and stretch your skin.

I have a thin build and a big adam's apple. A smiling blade is the best ally, since it'll reach safely into nooks and crannies. If you don't have one, the best comparison I've seen was to a carrot peeler... just shave very narrow bands at a time. Just because you've got three inches of blade doesn't mean you need to use all of them on each pass.

I manage my own this way:

Very narrow passes down the front of it, then I'll turn my head to the left to shave the right side (also in multiple narrow passes), and to the right to shave the left side. I do it all with the blade in my right hand, but do change my grip as necessary.

If you've got a little play in your skin, you can also pull it over so the bit that's normally centered is now off a little to the side, and shave it there. If you don't have that sort of play in your skin, just wait a decade or two; you'll get it.

Hope this helps. Best wishes to you.

Originally Posted by roughkype

If you don't have that sort of play in your skin, just wait a decade or two; you'll get it.

Lol thanks

Great background music! One of the best.

On your shave...I don't know how you haven't cut yourself to pieces, I would if I shaved just like you. Stretch the skin, use less blade pressure & less blade angle.

I personally use both hands to shave & I have a more round face like you...just no sideburns or other facial hair. If I am shaving the left side of my neck, I turn my chin all the way right and use facial contortions and even cheek puffing to help pull the neck skin tight. I use light and short shaving strokes around 1-2cm. On a north to south (mostly wtg) I use my left hand and keep the spine about one spine width off the skin. If I am shaving south to north (mostly atg), I use my right hand and keep the blade real low, occasionally it touches the skin. I just do the opposite on the right side of my neck.

Thanks for sharing...

I have that same problem egg...I just do North and South and then South to North with a lot of moving the skin..if I ever took a video of it it would be scary..the hair on my neck has a road map of a drunk driver...it is literally in circles..the best thing for me is trying to pull it over to the sides as much as possible. Hope it helps.

Anthony

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Great background music! One of the best.

On your shave...I don't know how you haven't cut yourself to pieces, I would if I shaved just like you.

lol hold up! That wasn't me. That was a random Youtube video I inserted. I wish I was that proficient but I've only tried this like 4 times so far haha.

Many guys have hollows on either side of the Adam's apple which presents a challenge. I have the same issue. Yes a smiling blade helps but as most of us have razor rotations not every one will be a smiler and therefore it's down to technique. Stretching is your friend in this case. For me what works best is to grip the skin on my neck close to the base and stretch upwards towards my jawline. This creates an adequate flat spot that I can shave the area much easier (going south to north). Just watch out for your hands!

O yeah stretch your skin around, and be cautious haha

One word "round tip".. No. Wait that's two words... But anyway, a round edge is easier because you can use the tip in those dips in your neck. A square edge only allows you to use the flat area of the razor.