I searched a few other alum threads and couldn't find an answer to this. Over the past few months, I've watched numerous shaving videos for tips. Several of them from geofatboy (and maybe others, but I remember his for sure) say to use alum for "feedback" and to close weepers. Well, I get a lot of weepers, so I bought a small stick.
I'm totally sold on using it for weepers. I get those with practically every shave, and the alum stops the bleeding immediately, unless I get a bad nick. I no longer have to sit there with toilet paper or tissue on my face for 10 minutes. Yay!
As for the "feedback" - I've been applying it to my entire shave area, and it burns pretty much all over for a few seconds. So I guess I have a couple questions. (1) Is this normal, or does it mean I'm doing something terribly wrong with my shaving technique? And (2) should I be applying it to my whole face after each shave, or just the weepers? Even if the feedback is useful (see question 1), I'm not sure I need it after each shave, maybe just periodically to check if I'm doing any better.
I'm totally sold on using it for weepers. I get those with practically every shave, and the alum stops the bleeding immediately, unless I get a bad nick. I no longer have to sit there with toilet paper or tissue on my face for 10 minutes. Yay!
As for the "feedback" - I've been applying it to my entire shave area, and it burns pretty much all over for a few seconds. So I guess I have a couple questions. (1) Is this normal, or does it mean I'm doing something terribly wrong with my shaving technique? And (2) should I be applying it to my whole face after each shave, or just the weepers? Even if the feedback is useful (see question 1), I'm not sure I need it after each shave, maybe just periodically to check if I'm doing any better.