Strange Post Shave Phenomenon

Roger, I'm impressed that you can distinguish your dermis from your epidermis. On a good day I have trouble telling my elbow from my...  Never mind....

Actually, I didn't distinguish between them, I lumped them together because I couldn't distinguish between them.

But seriously ... I think LegalEagle1 is onto something. Even after a thorough 3-pass-plus-touchup shave, I can often still feel some minute stubble deep down. But once I'm on my walk to the ferry, whether it's freezing cold or NYC-summer-hot, the same spots feel as soft as a baby's ... elbow. So ambient temperature can't be the deciding factor. What is the deciding factor is beyond me. Only my dermatologist knows for sure.

Cheers.

So, could it be a simple time related phenomenon with temperature having nothing to do with it? Geez, you people with a life can't turn your attention to these really pressing matters leaving them to the retirement slowed minds of my ilk. I'll probably spend this entire day further pondering this matter. Sure hope something eventuates; I hate failure!

I have found this thread to be very interesting because like everyone else I have experienced this same phenomenon. The lesson I am (slowly) learning is that I have to resist the urge to keep trying to eliminate that residual stubble that I know from experience won't be there later. I am reasonably stubborn, however, and its been during these moments of "just one more pass to eliminate that stubborn stubble and I'll be perfect" that I have inflicted most of the nicks, weepers or burn that I might get. The key is knowing when to stop.
Mark

Marko, I,  too, learned that lesson some time ago. In my case, it was with my model E Schick Injector. I used to think I had to have a 3-pass shave to get BBS. However, with this razor, I always ended up with weepers on that third pass and still ended up with the phenomenon we are discussing here.  Johnnyuggested I do only two passes and, bingo, the lightbulb went on. The shave proved close, with no weepers, and, yes, occasionally I still get the stubble to BBS feel about 20 minutes to an hour after the shave. I now almost always do a two, rather than three, pass shave with all of my razors and get superb results while giving my skin some TLC.

I am reasonably stubborn, however, and its been during these moments of "just one more pass to eliminate that stubborn stubble and I'll be perfect" that I have inflicted most of the nicks, weepers or burn that I might get.  The key is knowing when to stop.

I now almost always do a two, rather than three, pass shave with all of my razors and get superb results while giving my skin some TLC.

You guys are on to it! Two'll do for anything but your wedding. AAMOF, as I get to better know my face map, my second pass is becoming more of a melange of XTG and ATG strokes depending on where, geographically, I'm targeting.

BBS is overblown! I want a good growth of stubble for the next shave. Faceturbating is alright for a few hours, but beyond that people start to wonder. Of course, when the stars all line up properly and you come away with a near BBS shave, who's complaining?

Hi beamon,


I've experienced this too and after shaving my neck it feels smooth. After an hour or less I feel stubble and for some reason I cant get BBS on neck no matter how many passes or angles I use. But at least it feels good for a little while. Frank