When shaving your neck, do you pull the razor up or down?

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Posted: 10/1/2014 10:38:04 PM EDT

I have to go up. If I go down, my neck looks like someone stomped out a fire on it with golf spikes.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:39:01 PM EDT

[#1]

I'm married. Side to side across the jugular.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:39:48 PM EDT

[#2]

I have never even thought of pulling down!!

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:39:57 PM EDT

[#3]

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Actually LOL'ed. Thanks.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:40:34 PM EDT

[#4]

Downward and angled toward the middle of my neck.

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Posted: 10/1/2014 10:40:48 PM EDT

[#5]

both DE FTW

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:40:54 PM EDT

[#6]

I'm all uppity

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:42:08 PM EDT

[#7]

Where is the "both" option?

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:42:19 PM EDT

[#8]

Both.

My hair grows all crazy. Part under there grows to the right, another to the left, another down, a little up....so I get up/down/right/left strokes going.

Same for the rest of my face...I fucking hate shaving.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:42:55 PM EDT

[#9]

both, first up then down

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:42:57 PM EDT

[#10]

Both. Down on the first few passes, Up on the finishing passes.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:44:19 PM EDT

[#11]

Up, then sideways, then down. Still isn't a very good shave when I'm done!

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:45:21 PM EDT

[#12]

Up

Down literally shreds my face.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:45:43 PM EDT

[#13]

Wait a minute..........do you guys who pull down have totally shaved heads?

I can see it if your heads are totally shaved but if you have a head of hair pulling up is the ONLY way!!

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:47:02 PM EDT

[#14]

Going down on me is almost suicidal.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:47:48 PM EDT

[#15]

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Then sideways.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:48:05 PM EDT

[#16]

I always go against the grain, so up on the neck. I shave my head too.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:49:15 PM EDT

[#17]

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Don't put that in your dating profile.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:49:43 PM EDT

[#18]

Sideways.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:50:05 PM EDT

[#19]

Up, down, left, right......doesn't matter to my shaving needs. I gain no benefit or issue. Then again if I am in a hurry I can and have shaved with nothing more than water.......I guess I am not that sensitive!

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:50:24 PM EDT

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This.

Posted: 10/1/2014 10:53:29 PM EDT

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I'm married. Side to side across the jugular.

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Posted: 10/1/2014 10:56:57 PM EDT

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Both.

My hair grows all crazy. Part under there grows to the right, another to the left, another down, a little up....so I get up/down/right/left strokes going.

Same for the rest of my face...I fucking hate shaving.

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Mine's pretty goofy on the neck like that but manageable on the rest, I haven't shaved in almost a year though...

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:01:44 PM EDT

[#23]

Nair

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:02:01 PM EDT

[#24]

I generally don't shave much as I prefer a beard, but when I used to it was always up

I don't even know how someone could get a clean shave going downward only. It literally left a quarter inch of stubble that was impossible to shave unless you went up.

Now I just have an electric beard trimmer type thing that I use when I want my beard to look presentable for work functions and not all scraggily.......

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:02:55 PM EDT

[#25]

Down, then up for a quarter inch to my jawline (beard).

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:03:37 PM EDT

[#26]

I shave with the grain of my beard, not against it.

Do you shave upwards on your mustache or cheeks?

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:04:12 PM EDT

[#27]

Up.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:04:35 PM EDT

[#28]

Down cause if I go up I get razor burn, but that's probably cause my face is not used to shaving.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:10:15 PM EDT

[#29]

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Both.

My hair grows all crazy. Part under there grows to the right, another to the left, another down, a little up....so I get up/down/right/left strokes going.

Same for the rest of my face...I fucking hate shaving.

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Have the same issue so I just usually rock the Don Johnson fuzzy look.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:12:31 PM EDT

[#30]

I shave against the grain. On my face, that is the only way to get a clean shave.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:15:12 PM EDT

[#31]

First up "With the grain"!

Then down "Against it"!

Extra cream if needed!

Remember shave before shower prevents Any bleeding, and soothes freshly shorn skin!

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:16:18 PM EDT

[#32]

get both

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:18:29 PM EDT

[#33]

Always go with the grain.

I shave down.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:19:25 PM EDT

[#34]

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both, first up then down

This.

And this. Up then down is very important.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:19:48 PM EDT

[#35]

When I started shaving with a safety razor, I found a website that suggested taking a picture of my neck/face area, taping it to a mirror, and using a sharpie to draw arrows on the picture in the direction the hair grows as I felt around my face. I knew my hair grew all sorts of stupid, but I was surprised in how many twists and turns there were. After I did this, I had a visual understanding of the direction I needed to shave in each area and it really helped the learning curve of using a single straight blade as opposed to the Mach-3. With that in mind, and now having it memorized, my beard is very course, so I shave with the grain (in the direction of hair growth) over my neck and upper cheeks (I keep a short beard). I then rinse my face with warm water and re-lather and shave against.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:24:31 PM EDT

[#36]

With the grain (up, towards the chin), then against the grain.
Gave up on shaving cream/gel/soap a few years ago - now I use regular hair conditioner and it works great.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:25:26 PM EDT

[#37]

Why the fuck did I think this was only about the back of the neck!!??

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:26:17 PM EDT

[#38]

Always against the grain, shaved that way since i started shaving.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:28:51 PM EDT

[#39]

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Up and down a vein would kill you a heck of a lot faster than side to side.

To answer the OP: I do both up and down. Just depends on where exactly it is on my neck.

Posted: 10/1/2014 11:29:58 PM EDT

[#40]

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Don't put that in your dating profile.

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Going down on me is almost suicidal.

Don't put that in your dating profile.

Nice

Posted: 10/2/2014 12:00:24 AM EDT

[#41]

Splash of water on the face, razor everything down, wash razor.

I never understood the need for all that cream and gel to shave your face.

Posted: 10/2/2014 12:02:59 AM EDT

[#42]

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both DE FTW

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Posted: 10/2/2014 12:04:51 AM EDT

[#43]

With the grain on the first pass, depending on which part of my neck we're talking about.

Oh, and DE FTW.

Posted: 10/2/2014 12:06:35 AM EDT

[#44]

Electric...

up down left right diagonal

all of the above

Posted: 10/2/2014 1:50:30 AM EDT

[#45]

Both. The hair at the bottom of my neck grows up. The hair at the top of my neck grows down. It starts to grow sideways (out, toward the sides) in the middle, where the two halves meet. I also have a bit of a whorl right about my larynx. I should probably just get laser treatment, and call it a day.