A question about shaving

The Wanderer · Post by **The Wanderer** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:28 am

Well, first off, I suppose I should tell you I'm 14 (as if I hadn't announced that enough already).

That and I'm starting to go through puberty. Which means hair in too many places (most of which you don't want to think about). So tonight my mom suggested the prospect of shaving...the shaving of my face, mind you (you sickos.). So I need an opinion, which means I need the following posted below:

1. Your opinions on this subject
2. When you think it's time for a person to start shaving (...their face)

I'll try and get a pic of me tomorrow...

Please refrain from making comments about my lack of manliness, especially when I get the picture of myself^^.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:30 am

I haven't SHAVED my face in like six months, but I've trimmed most of it to keep it growing at a regular length across my face (/me is trying to grow a beard*). But you should only do that if you've got the hair to support it. Since you should, you should start taking up shaving when you're peachfuzzy.

Jamie Bond · Post by **Jamie Bond** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:34 am

heh just dont try growing a beard at 14 ^^

Just find a decent electric shaver, click it to "on" and move it over the spots with the hair.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:35 am

I would suggest putting it off for as long as possible, wait until it really starts to show. Why you ask ? Well the sooner you start to shade the rougher your facial hair will become, and the more often you will need to shave it. Put off starting to shave and you may save yourself a year or two of having to shave often. Sure. it seems fun at first but trust me it isn't when it becomes a neccesity.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:40 am

Instead of shaving, buy an automatic trimmer. Not a shaver, a trimer, and just run it over your face on the lowest setting. It's what I do, and it looks fine, unles for SOME reason I NEEDED to be smooth, but that much is ridiculous. A wahl (none of this crazy spinning stuff) trim is good enough.

Prospero · Post by **Prospero** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:44 am

Electric shaver for peach fuzz on your face? Are you crazy? You'll be standing there for hours and nothing will happen. When you decide to start shaving, start with a real razor first. When the fuzz turns into tree stumps, then you can consider electric shavers.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:47 am

Well, it'll get it trimmed to a more or less uniform length of fuzz and that's all he needs.

Zantar Black · Post by **Zantar Black** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:14 am

Just have someone run your face over with a lawn mower. It works great.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:56 am

Dude, shaving is not that hard, and if you're 14 and peach-fuzzy, you'll get away with shaving once a week, probably. Get a Gillette Mach 3 Turbo, some shaving gel, and you're good to go.

Also, watch Queer Eye For The Straight Guy every once in a while. That grooming guy takes it in the pooper, but he knows his stuff. Wet your face down with water as hot as you can stand it, squirt a little shaving gel (Edge, Gillette, whatever) in one hand, and use the other to get some of it on your finger tips, then smush it all over your cheeks, chin, under the nose, and under the jaw line. Get your razor under the running water for a second, and then decide on a system.

I start on one side (my right), about the bottom of the ear (it's always varying a little) because I have some slim sideburn action going on, but pick a spot where your hair stops and the fuzz starts and go down toward the jawline. It should only take one or two swipes with a decent razor and a little weak fuzz. Move over toward the chin like you're mowing the lawn (leave a tiny bit overlapped) and go down toward the jaw line again. If you're looking for the smoothest shave (which means the longest between when you have to shave), go back and go *up* from the jaw line once or twice. You'll get it. It's easy. Take a second to clean up from the adam's apple level up to the jaw line on that side. Then switch to the other side and do the same thing. This will leave you with a cool-looking goatee of shaving cream.

Now, that part is actually kind of important later on when it goes from fuzz to cheese grater, because the chin and even the moustache area is really the most troublesome area to shave, and it gives the cream/gel a chance to soften the hair a bit. I've been doing that forever for no particular reason, but that Queer Eye guy I told you about earlier said it was the way to go. I win? Anyway, go ahead and start on the moustache, going down toward the bottom of the upper lip. If necessary, carefully go back upthe other way to go extra smooth. Then get that little bit of fuzz under the lower lip. Then your last step is to shave down the chin. You're almost certainly going to have to go back up again unless you're in a huge hurry, at least in my experience.

Make sure you haven't missed any spots or cut yourself, and you're ready to go. Scoop your hands under the water and bring it up to your face to wash off the remaining shaving cream, and dab dry with a towel. You'll probably want to use some lotion (in fact, see if your mom has any non-flowery-smelling facial moisturizing lotion) or after-shave gel to keep your skin from drying out and getting all itchy.

Really, it's all pretty easy. Just do it a few times, and it'll get almost automatic. I should note that precisely shaving around that sickly chin beard thing I struggle to grow is a pain in the ass. It's never the same from one shave to the next.

MasteR · Post by **MasteR** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:00 am

[quote="Zantar Black";p="296109"]Just have someone run your face over with a lawn mower. It works great.[/quote]

Right. And you will never have to shave again. You can be asured you will have no facial hair at your closed casscat funeral.

Seriously though, start with a real razor first. Get used to cutting yourself. If you have a older male family member around get them to teach you to not cut yourself. I had to just figure it out myself since my parents are divorced and I live with my mom and have no brothers.

Meh, I only shave about twice a week since i'm just a 20 year old white boy. Use a mach 3.

klork · Post by **klork** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:12 am

I didnt have to start shaving till i was 19 1/2.

spoon · Post by **spoon** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:24 am

A Pain In The Ass, shaving is. At 16, if I don't shave everyday the demonic stubble comes. I have a little complex about things not being on my face. Food, no. Paint, no. Hair, no. I start panicking if the irritation not removed. Dizzing spiral of doom ensues. This means that I cannot comfortably game for more than ten hours at a time uninterrupted, which is a major drawback.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:27 am

Seek help, spoon.

Makh · Post by **Makh** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:27 am

Well, we can see every kind of thread on reallife comic forum. This is good

I have nothing to add. Deacon said it all.

And glue is right, start with a razor, a trimmer will be useless until you begin to have a strong beard, (I started to use a trimmer when I was 20-21).

JesseT AzN · Post by **JesseT AzN** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:30 am

I need to shave everyday, but then I usally forget. I can't really tell ya about shaving because I'm pretty crazy, I'll dryshave sometimes (do not ever do this I am very strange), most of the time I us PX brand (basically like walgreens shaving cream!) shaving cream and then shave. I have cut myself once because I was stupid but it didn't really hurt that bad.

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