how many times!!

[Feenix]

Hey.

OK, slight issue Im having when shaving the back of my head.  The bit just where the back of the head starts, about an inch behind the ear - the rest of my head can be as smooth as glass, but the areas just where the back of my head start are like sandpaper, no matter how many times I go over them.  Does anyone else have an area of their head that just wont get smooth and how do you deal with that? 

Cheers

feenix

[balddan013]

Hey Feenix.  Could be what I call phantom hairs.  Not hair at all.  It is skin from the hair follicle.  Feels like hair but is really dead epidermis.  Pulled out during shaving sticking out like small hairs.  Occurs around the ears and neck where there is thicker skin.  Try using some rough exfoliate scrub to remove it.

[Magoo]

Balddan has a good point, beyond that I do the best I can . Just forget any roughness, in a few hours it won’t be perfectly smooth anyway. Over due it will cause irritation and razor bumps. Being OCD about it , is not worth the effort.

[Feenix]

Ahhh, its not actual hair!  That makes sense.  And yes - being OCD about it is pretty pointless I guess, I just have a bit of a unit completion issue I think, lol.

[chrisphilly123]

Hey.

OK, slight issue Im having when shaving the back of my head.  The bit just where the back of the head starts, about an inch behind the ear - the rest of my head can be as smooth as glass, but the areas just where the back of my head start are like sandpaper, no matter how many times I go over them.  Does anyone else have an area of their head that just wont get smooth and how do you deal with that? 

Cheers

feenix

pull the skin tight with your non-shaving hand in the offending area. run a fresh blade a few different directions. btw, i think the hand is more sensitive than the eye in such matters.

[Feenix]

Yeah, I think thats true about the hand rather than the eye.  Ultimately I need to just chill, lol - thats anxiety for you, I guess!

[chrisphilly123]

Yeah, I think thats true about the hand rather than the eye.  Ultimately I need to just chill, lol - thats anxiety for you, I guess!

[slybeard]

We all have areas where it is nearly impossible to get smooth.  It usually has do with our bone structure making it hard for the blade to have complete contact.  Pulling the skin "over" the bone shape help get the hard areas, but I have learned if not smooth in a few passes to just leave it, or I will get razor burn.

[chrisphilly123]

We all have areas where it is nearly impossible to get smooth.  It usually has do with our bone structure making it hard for the blade to have complete contact.  Pulling the skin "over" the bone shape help get the hard areas, but I have learned if not smooth in a few passes to just leave it, or I will get razor burn.

true that!

[Tyler]

@Feenix Do you shave against the grain?

[Feenix]

Yup, with the grain, against the grain and across the grain.