Yesterday I foolishly decided to finally try going ATG with my Henson AL13 Medium and a Permasharp blade (gold and red box). ATG was on the third pass after WTG/XTG. It did not go well. Lots of irritation and weepers, especially around the upper lip and center neck area. I had to use some of my girlfriend's concealer to make my face presentable for her family's Easter Sunday party. Such a dumb idea to try this out on a day I had to go out in public
I'm OK with never trying it again but before i give up for good I thought I'd ask if the fine folks in the B&B community have any advise. Is there an approach to ATG that would be any different from WTG/XTG?
For what it's worth, I was using the Permasharp blade for the 3rd time. I would assume that many people here can pull off a traditional 3 pass shave on the same blade more times than that without a problem. Maybe my face just doesn't like ATG. The last time i was able to do ATG shaves was back in my early 20's when I only used a Mach 3. Since then I think my facial hair has filled in more and perhaps gotten tougher. My skin has also probably gotten thinner and dryer as I've moved into my 40s.
I'm OK with never trying it again but before i give up for good I thought I'd ask if the fine folks in the B&B community have any advise. Is there an approach to ATG that would be any different from WTG/XTG?
For what it's worth, I was using the Permasharp blade for the 3rd time. I would assume that many people here can pull off a traditional 3 pass shave on the same blade more times than that without a problem. Maybe my face just doesn't like ATG. The last time i was able to do ATG shaves was back in my early 20's when I only used a Mach 3. Since then I think my facial hair has filled in more and perhaps gotten tougher. My skin has also probably gotten thinner and dryer as I've moved into my 40s.