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When shaving your head, do you shave against the grain or with it?

Against the grain
69 (92%)
With the grain
6 (8%)

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Offline Noner

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Against the grain?
« on: October 27, 2006, 04:23:51 PM »
Ok I hear a lot of people talk about shaving techniques. So which do you do?

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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2006, 04:49:00 PM »
I always shave against the grain. I feel I get a closer shave doing it that way. It has never caused me to have ingrown hairs as some have reported by shaving against the grain.
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2006, 05:19:59 PM »
I'll tell you that tomorrow.
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2006, 05:35:32 PM »
Well I shave my face with, because it leaves a nice semi day's growth.  You know the 5 o'clock shadow, look.
Otherwise, against the grain if I have the goat-t growing and on the head.
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2006, 03:38:31 PM »
Only 3 votes so far?

I was asking because there are two schools of thought here.

* Against the grain gets the best shave

OR

* Against the grain is bad for you skin and creates in grown hairs.

So who does what?
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2006, 03:49:27 PM »
It's the best shave I say
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2006, 03:55:49 PM »
When I'm shaving with a straight razor I always do the last pass against the grain.
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2006, 04:06:17 PM »
I usually do a combination of both... so I can't answer the poll!
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2006, 08:43:45 PM »
Same here , i tend to go all over the place , against or with until smooooooooth
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2006, 01:34:30 AM »
Both actually
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2006, 08:07:04 AM »
I am new to the world of baldness (1 month actually) and I remember reading all the forums carefully on shaving techniques. I was nervous about shaving against the grain, I had pictures in my head of ingrown hairs all over my scalp. But I got frustrated shaving with the grain because I could not get the smooth look and feel. Now, I go which ever direction that gets my noggin the smoothest- with and against the grain.

I have had no problems with ingrown hairs or razor burns or anything. Maybe my brother was right when he use to call me a thick-head numbskull. ??? :D
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2006, 04:52:39 AM »
Noner, I always shave against the grain.

I'm aware of the fact that there are many who think that shaving with the grain is better for your skin.

Naturally, if you shave against the grain, there's more friction, more bad stuff can happen. But I don't care, I always shave against the grain. The smooth feeling you get with this technique is just great, and I hate feeling any stubble when I move my hand over my head after a shave. So, against the grain it is...

By the way, could anyone explain to me what "ingrown hair" is? I've heard about it, but I have no visual concept of this, well, concept of ingrown hair.
How does it look like? Have any of you been affected by it?
Please let me know so I can figure out whether I've got any or not...
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2006, 11:28:04 AM »
Quote from: happyharry on November 06, 2006, 04:52:39 AM
By the way, could anyone explain to me what "ingrown hair" is? I've heard about it, but I have no visual concept of this, well, concept of ingrown hair.
How does it look like? Have any of you been affected by it?
Please let me know so I can figure out whether I've got any or not...

Ingrown hair is a condition where the hair curls back or grows sideways into the skin. It may or may not be accompanied by an infection of the hair follicle (folliculitis) or "razor bumps" (Pseudofolliculitis barbae). It most commonly appears in areas where the skin is shaved (beard, legs), but can appear anywhere.

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrown_hair

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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2006, 04:17:33 PM »
Quote from: happyharry on November 06, 2006, 04:52:39 AM
By the way, could anyone explain to me what "ingrown hair" is? I've heard about it, but I have no visual concept of this, well, concept of ingrown hair.
How does it look like? Have any of you been affected by it?
Please let me know so I can figure out whether I've got any or not...

You may want to put this in another area as a new thread but......

You gotta be careful of ingrown hairs when you shave your head.  I got a really bad one near the top of my ear where my sideburn would start. I made this round red bump and I had to go to a dermatoligist (can't spelll) to have it removed. He said that if I shave too fast, it causes the hair to turn underneath itself and not be able to grow straight back up the same opening. So instead it curls in a circle making a bump.

Since then, I take my time shaving the noggin.
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Re: Against the grain?
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2006, 06:24:09 PM »
Well, depending on how much time I have...

I go all over because I like the whole head to feel smooth
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