Hi all,
I have posted a similar thread before, but long story short, I love the hobby BUT still can't crack the redness/irritation problem on the neck.
To be honest, I have gone between growing a beard and then shaving on and off for the past 3-4 years, but at the start of 2024 decided to keep shaving every 3 or 4 days to put up with irritation but hopefully crack the process. I am however still getting constant redness on my neck every single time I DE shave (doesn't really hurt, but within 5 minutes of shaving my neck gets very red and lasts a couple of days).
I have stayed with one razor (Karve christopher bradley), one blade (gillette wilkinson sword) and one soap (B&M braeburn) to try and get some consistency (i do also own a Rockwell 6C, a Henson Mild, a DE89 and a Merkur 34C) but whatever I seem to do, I still can't crack the irritation on the neck (very happy with results on my face where I can do 3 passes and never cut myself - but on the neck it is a totally different story).
I have been, in terms of the post shave, using cold water, then an alum block, then Thayers witch hazel and then the B&M matching Braeburn balm, so perhaps one thing I can try is to not use the alum block to see if it makes any difference.
I only do 2 passes maximum on my neck, given the irritation, and in terms of how my beards grows on the neck, it is main sideways growth towards the adam's apple from the ear with a small section to the right of the adam's apple where the hair grows south to north i.e. towards my chin.
As I very very rarely cut myself (almost never) and my face shaves are great, I wonder now whether I just have a very sensitive neck, and I guess my question (sorry for the very long message, but wanted to cover in detail what my setup and routine look like) is do i just have neck skin that isn't suited to DE shaving (or perhaps shaving full stop), or is there still hope? I really enjoy the hobby, so really hope I can find a way around this. help!!!
I have posted a similar thread before, but long story short, I love the hobby BUT still can't crack the redness/irritation problem on the neck.
To be honest, I have gone between growing a beard and then shaving on and off for the past 3-4 years, but at the start of 2024 decided to keep shaving every 3 or 4 days to put up with irritation but hopefully crack the process. I am however still getting constant redness on my neck every single time I DE shave (doesn't really hurt, but within 5 minutes of shaving my neck gets very red and lasts a couple of days).
I have stayed with one razor (Karve christopher bradley), one blade (gillette wilkinson sword) and one soap (B&M braeburn) to try and get some consistency (i do also own a Rockwell 6C, a Henson Mild, a DE89 and a Merkur 34C) but whatever I seem to do, I still can't crack the irritation on the neck (very happy with results on my face where I can do 3 passes and never cut myself - but on the neck it is a totally different story).
I have been, in terms of the post shave, using cold water, then an alum block, then Thayers witch hazel and then the B&M matching Braeburn balm, so perhaps one thing I can try is to not use the alum block to see if it makes any difference.
I only do 2 passes maximum on my neck, given the irritation, and in terms of how my beards grows on the neck, it is main sideways growth towards the adam's apple from the ear with a small section to the right of the adam's apple where the hair grows south to north i.e. towards my chin.
As I very very rarely cut myself (almost never) and my face shaves are great, I wonder now whether I just have a very sensitive neck, and I guess my question (sorry for the very long message, but wanted to cover in detail what my setup and routine look like) is do i just have neck skin that isn't suited to DE shaving (or perhaps shaving full stop), or is there still hope? I really enjoy the hobby, so really hope I can find a way around this. help!!!