How do you shave with out making your neck bleed?

[LordJezo]

On the right and left sides of my face it always ends up in a bloody mess whenever I shave.

Its not acne.. my face seems pretty smooth, but still, bloody mess.

 

[Fausto]

Take a hot shower first or apply a washcloth soaked in hot water to the area for a few minutes prior to shaving. Softens up the hairs so you don't hack yourself up as much. Fresh blade on the razor will help too.

 

[a7berwill]

Don't use dull blades.

 

[pulse8]

Don't slap men's asses while you're shaving.

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: a7berwill
Don't use dull blades.

 

[Amused]

Try an electric shaver.

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: Amused
Try an electric shaver.

I did, and now its leaking battery fluid and oil.

I need to call Remmington up about that one.

 

[Hammer]

hot water on your face first and never using a dull blade

 

[LordJezo]

Do you shave with or against the hair?

 

[Gooberlx2]

What kind of razer/shaving cream do you use? I use Mach3 Turbo and either Gillette or Edge Shaving Cream. Also, what way(s) do you shave? (with grain, against, sideways?)

Maybe my skin is just tough but I'd have to press reasonably hard to break it. It could also be because I don't shave against the grain.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Originally posted by: Amused
Try an electric shaver.

I did, and now its leaking battery fluid and oil.

I need to call Remmington up about that one.

:Q

Try Norelco. Anything Santa can ride down a snow covered slope is good enough for me. 😀 (You have to be pretty old to remember those commercials)

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: LordJezo
Do you shave with or against the hair?

You're supposed to shave with the hair.

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
What kind of razer/shaving cream do you use? I use Mach3 Turbo and either Gillette or Edge Shaving Cream. Also, what way(s) do you shave? (with grain, against, sideways?)

Razor: Mach 3 or the Tracer FX.

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

That'd be your problem right there.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

That'd be your problem right there.

yup, don't shave against the grain

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

That'd be your problem right there.

yep
at least go top to bottom first then you can go bottom up. That's usually what I do.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Amused

Try Norelco. Anything Santa can ride down a snow covered slope is good enough for me. 😀 (You have to be pretty old to remember those commercials)

Calling me old??? 😕

How to shave

 

[Fausto]

I actually shave up on my neck except for my chin. For some reason I end up scalping myself if I try to shave up there. The rest of my face I shave with the grain and then go back and shave across the grain to get things nice and smooth.

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

That'd be your problem right there.

yep
at least go top to bottom first then you can go bottom up. That's usually what I do.

So top to bottom all over?

 

[Brutuskend]

Yup.

Hell I DRY shave, and still never cut myself.

But then I have YEARS of practice.... 😉

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yup.

Hell I DRY shave, and still never cut myself.

But then I have YEARS of practice.... 😉

Ouch. I tried that once. Everything seemed fine until I went outside and got sweaty. All the salt on dry-shaved skin hurt like hell.

 

[dolph]

try using neutrogena anti bump shaving gel, or aveeno. and take sloooow, deliberate strokes. i only cut myself when i'm going too fast.

 

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

That'd be your problem right there.

yep
at least go top to bottom first then you can go bottom up. That's usually what I do.

So top to bottom all over?

yes. Top bottom all over, then bottom up. Otherwise you are just asking for trouble.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yup.

Hell I DRY shave, and still never cut myself.

But then I have YEARS of practice.... 😉

Ouch. I tried that once. Everything seemed fine until I went outside and got sweaty. All the salt on dry-shaved skin hurt like hell.

been there done that myself, I was at a friends house with a razor and no shaving gel. I just wet my face and shaved it. it seemed ok and did not really hurt. it was not until after I was patting my cheeks dry did i discover that I had done something very bad...My cheeks were bleeding all over, pinpricks that took forever to go away. Afterward it looked like I had a permanent case of Ted Kennedy going on (less than Rudolph like nose)...Looked almost as red as the time someone spanked my butt...thank god I was wearing boxers.... 😀

 

[Hoober]

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Direction.. bottom up mostly.

That'd be your problem right there.

yep
at least go top to bottom first then you can go bottom up. That's usually what I do.

So top to bottom all over?

Top to bottom on your cheeks and chin.

I shave bottom up on my neck until I reach the bottom of my jaw. The above suggestions are good, though. Shave with warm water, use a sharp blade.