Hi everyone! As you can see I'm new to this forum and also new to wet shaving. I'm from Sweden so english is obviously not my first language but I'm giving it my best shot.
Now to my problem. I decided to try something different because shaving wasn't exactly pain free with my old mach 3. So I found Mantic59s youtube channel about traditional wet shaving and I thought that I should give it a try. So I ordererd a starters kit including shaving creme and a Merkur 34C with Merkur Super Platinum blades and a Silvertip Badger Brush.
I've been using my Merkur 34C every other day for a little over a week now and I'm overall satisfied but I still have problems with shaving my neck. I get razor burns, ingrowns and razor bumps on both sides and It's really painful. I often cut myself on these bumps and It there's a little bloodshed. Does anyone have some advice to give me how I can reduce this problem? Any tips would be welcome because I don't want to give up since I really don't know what else to do except for stop shaving at all.
I shave every other day. I use a facial scrub and some facial soap in the shower before shaving. Before I apply my lather I wet my face with hot water. I heat up the razor in water too. Then I shave with short strokes, trying to follow the grain. I usaully make two passes and that is far from a perfect shave for me but my skin can't take any more.
I read somewhere that there are more or less agressive razors and I was wondering if the Merkur 34C is agressive or not?
So anyway I hope you can excuse my grammar and any spelling mistakes and perhaps take a little time to offer this newbie some advice. Thank you.
Now to my problem. I decided to try something different because shaving wasn't exactly pain free with my old mach 3. So I found Mantic59s youtube channel about traditional wet shaving and I thought that I should give it a try. So I ordererd a starters kit including shaving creme and a Merkur 34C with Merkur Super Platinum blades and a Silvertip Badger Brush.
I've been using my Merkur 34C every other day for a little over a week now and I'm overall satisfied but I still have problems with shaving my neck. I get razor burns, ingrowns and razor bumps on both sides and It's really painful. I often cut myself on these bumps and It there's a little bloodshed. Does anyone have some advice to give me how I can reduce this problem? Any tips would be welcome because I don't want to give up since I really don't know what else to do except for stop shaving at all.
I shave every other day. I use a facial scrub and some facial soap in the shower before shaving. Before I apply my lather I wet my face with hot water. I heat up the razor in water too. Then I shave with short strokes, trying to follow the grain. I usaully make two passes and that is far from a perfect shave for me but my skin can't take any more.
I read somewhere that there are more or less agressive razors and I was wondering if the Merkur 34C is agressive or not?
So anyway I hope you can excuse my grammar and any spelling mistakes and perhaps take a little time to offer this newbie some advice. Thank you.