Backstory: I'm 38 and about 13 years ago I shaved my head for a week just to see what it was like. I had mixed feelings, I preferred my high and tights. Plus I have a big ridge going down the middle of my head.
However, after I started growing hair back out I developed a half dollar sized bald spot at the front over my right eye. If I grew my hair out longer than half an inch it looked disgusted. I was so self conscious about it for the next 7 years. I contemplated surgery.
I kept it trimmed for 7 years. Then I started using an Andi's Profoil to shave my hair. Made my scalp smooth for about 2 hours. You definitely feel the resistance went using it. If I went more than 2 or 3 days, I needed to use clippers first or else the foil shaver wouldn't work.
For the past 2.5 years I have been using the Skull Shaver Pitbull Platinum. It is fantastic. It gave the appearance of a shaved head, but you can still feel the stubble against the grain. Usually took 90 seconds or less. And I could go 6-8 days and have no problem mowing it down. Hands down the best non-blade way to shave your head. Can't recommend it enough.
Then 2 weeks ago I impulsively decided to give razor shaving a try again. But I wanted a way to not have so many cuts because of my ridge and lumpy head. And I originally got razor burn because I had to make so many passes in every direction to get it perfectly smooth.
I don't remember exactly how, but I feel into a 3-day youtube binging DE razor rabbit hole and made a slew of purchases:
Rockwell 6s black (R3 plate used)
Feather razor blade
Shayve black granite bowl
Je&Co silvertip badger brush
Stirling Barbershop shave suits soap
Osma alum block
Thayers unscented witch hazel toner
Nivia post shave balm
My lathering technique needs work. I ended up making 3 full passes. Ending up with 1 bleeder. That alum stings pretty good. One spot on the back of my head would d not get slick smooth while shaving, but was an hour later. Definitely need to also work on my handle technique. Overall it was easy better than I expected for my first try.
Long term, this will be it for me other than different blades and soaps. Thank you for taking the time to read about my first experience.
However, after I started growing hair back out I developed a half dollar sized bald spot at the front over my right eye. If I grew my hair out longer than half an inch it looked disgusted. I was so self conscious about it for the next 7 years. I contemplated surgery.
I kept it trimmed for 7 years. Then I started using an Andi's Profoil to shave my hair. Made my scalp smooth for about 2 hours. You definitely feel the resistance went using it. If I went more than 2 or 3 days, I needed to use clippers first or else the foil shaver wouldn't work.
For the past 2.5 years I have been using the Skull Shaver Pitbull Platinum. It is fantastic. It gave the appearance of a shaved head, but you can still feel the stubble against the grain. Usually took 90 seconds or less. And I could go 6-8 days and have no problem mowing it down. Hands down the best non-blade way to shave your head. Can't recommend it enough.
Then 2 weeks ago I impulsively decided to give razor shaving a try again. But I wanted a way to not have so many cuts because of my ridge and lumpy head. And I originally got razor burn because I had to make so many passes in every direction to get it perfectly smooth.
I don't remember exactly how, but I feel into a 3-day youtube binging DE razor rabbit hole and made a slew of purchases:
Rockwell 6s black (R3 plate used)
Feather razor blade
Shayve black granite bowl
Je&Co silvertip badger brush
Stirling Barbershop shave suits soap
Osma alum block
Thayers unscented witch hazel toner
Nivia post shave balm
My lathering technique needs work. I ended up making 3 full passes. Ending up with 1 bleeder. That alum stings pretty good. One spot on the back of my head would d not get slick smooth while shaving, but was an hour later. Definitely need to also work on my handle technique. Overall it was easy better than I expected for my first try.
Long term, this will be it for me other than different blades and soaps. Thank you for taking the time to read about my first experience.