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Offline slybeard

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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2016, 07:16:28 PM »
I responded one to this, but for me it ls less maintenance (or time) to daily shave than the time it took to make my hair presentable each morning.
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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2016, 07:52:24 PM »
High, need razors and shaving cream and if you miss a few days you need to trim first. 
If only I could figure out how to get rid of the hair that still comes back...

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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #32 on: May 29, 2016, 09:30:32 AM »
I consider it high maintenance , but something I want to invest my time doing. I used to have really long hair back when I was a musician back in the late 80's/early 90's and it was a real pain to untangle my rats nest after a gig. After my hair started disappearing I finally started shaving my head with clippers but never went all the way because I was afraid I would cut my head off and didn't think my electric would be able to do the job. I was lazy and would go a few months between shaves and swore every time I would do better at keeping it trimmed but never did. I finally went sly and now I look forward to shaving every day....sometimes twice a day. :) I started out using my old electric and moved up to the Bald Eagle and now am using my safety razor . I am still slow at it but have been trying to practice as much as possible to get the technique down which is why I have been shaving twice a day for the last week. I even get up earlier in the morning so I can spend the extra time shaving. I love the whole brush/bowl experience...it really changed my thinking about shaving and my getting ready in the mornings in general.

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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2016, 04:51:49 PM »
Yes, being retired is a simple pleasure. Having the extra time every day to enjoy a lengthy bowl/brush, DE razor headshave. BBC here, so head and face take at least 30 minutes. Time well spent!
Bald by choice, and loving it!

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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #34 on: July 05, 2016, 07:55:22 PM »
High maintenance, bordering on royal pain in the ass...

would not advise anyone to do this by choice LOL

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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #35 on: August 08, 2016, 01:54:02 PM »
I've been bald for almost a year now(on my birthday,July 9th) and I never thought about shaving my head often as high maintenance or low maintenance. What do you think?

High maintenance.

Shaving my head takes 10 minutes, which I do every other day. Used to be daily. So that's about 2.5 hour per month. When I had hair, a monthly visit to the barbers would be over in 15 minutes.

Then there's the beard to be groomed and washed once a week. And until recently, I'd spend 5 minutes each day waxing my moustache.

It's a full time job being a SBG !!

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Re: Do you consider shaving to be high maintenance or low maintenance?
« Reply #36 on: August 28, 2016, 06:43:49 PM »
I consider it a pleasure and not a chore. I never spent much time worrying too much about my appearance before I started shaving my head because once I started losing my hair I didn't want to spend much time doing more than washing it before I left the house. I started wet shaving my face again shortly after I started shaving my head....this time I started to shave properly and not rush through it like I had done off and on for 30 plus years. I now really enjoy my shaves and if I get a great shave in the morning it sets me up to have a good day. Now that my head is shaved I make sure I have a really great shave before I leave the house every morning ....so to me it is not high or low maintenance , it's just an enjoyable start to my day.