Why does my razor pull my hair?
The purpose of any cartridge razor is to pull and tug at your facial hair. The cartridge razors are supposed to eliminate a lot of hairs with in one stroke. By the razor doing this it can save you time. the multiple blades on a cartridge razor work in tandem to glide across the hairs. See, the first blade grabs the hair yanking it away from your skin, then the other blades cut off the taut hairs.
Now this process is repeated plenty of times when you shave your face. There is no way to get away from the pulling and tugging of hair. it can depend on your technique. When you have good technique the tugging and pulling may range from mild too bad.
Now tugging and pulling isn’t all that bad. Hopefully your fears are calmed once you’ve read the answer up above. Too much tugging and pull may result in bumps and irritation. Both are frustration and infuriating. Too much is bad for your skin. but here is how to prevent it from happening.
Preventing pulling of the hairs with a cartridge razor
Prepare your beard better: it is possible that you’re not preparing your skin and facial hair good enough for a comfortable shave. If the shave is wetter, the results will e better. Both heat and water can help to soften your facial hairs. If your facial hair is dry, then expect tugging and pulling to occur.
Shave often: you more likely to experience tugging and pulling when your facial hair is longer. To prevent that you can shave more often thus preventing your facial hair from gaining that length. But the idea of shaving everyday may be a problem for some. But if you’re not into shaving every day then a better substitution for this would be using a scissors, or even better an electric trimmer.
Use different shaving hardware: it’s not you, it’s the razor you’re using. You might have to switch to using a safety razor and a straight razor. The single blade can complete eliminate the tugging and pulling that is mostly seen with a cartridge razor. You must be warned because the safety razor and straight razor require a different skill set that
You need proper technique: now that you’ve made the switch to safety razor, you must get your technique down right. Short forced swipe on your face. No long strokes. Short strokes make sure the hairs are cut immediately and you don’t have to drag out the process. Let’s say you don’t make the switch to a single blade razor, then when using a cartridge razor, you should still use short burst method and not attempting to glide the razor over your entire face.
Why do straight razors and pull my hair?
The blade is dull and your technique isn’t good. You would have to get it sharpened. But they in order to sharpen the blade, you have to hone it properly. to hone a straight razor is to sharpen it. Honing it properly makes sure the blade with be sharpened efficiently, thus giving you the sharpest shave possible.
Now it is sharp, next step is to the technique down right. The most common problem shaving among beginners is using a steep of an angle. Take the spine of the razor and make sure its close to your skin. you should follow the general rule which is no more than one or two spine widths away from your skin.
The nest problem is stopping. A wrong strong can roll the edge. Your razors spine must be down on the strop during your entire stroke.
More tips on shaving technique to prevent further tugging and pulling
Slow and careful strokes are better. Tugging and pulling can be prevent with systematically moving the razor over your face and shaving with the grain while doing so. Using a good shaving foam, sharpen up your blade and don’t put too much pressure when you touch the blade.
Conclusion
When dealing with the single blade razor, especially the straight razor it takes is time to get used to it. So, you’ll just need better experience when handling that tool. It can take close to year for you to get good with it. The chin area is the hardest area for you to shave and the cheeks and side burn area may be the easiest to shave.
A way to find out if your technique is not up to par. You can try change directions that you haven’t tried yet, making the angel shallower. By shallower I mean closer or flat against your skin along with shorter strokes.
For your chin, you can place your non razor hand on your throat directly under the chin. Pull it straight down while your holding sucking in your lower lip as much as you can manage. When you pull your skin, you’re stretching making the hairs stand up a bit.
As with most things that you first try out in life. Using a single blade razor is not different. It will be uncomfortable the first few passes you make with blade. Remember technique is everything when it comes to shaving. And if your razor is pulling your hair, and you check to see if its dull and it’s not. Then the culprit just might be you and the way our using the blade.
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