mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Sept 21, 2023 12:38:57 GMT
The feeling that you've got a dirty brillo pad stuck on your face.
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Vortex
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Post by Vortex on Sept 21, 2023 12:51:44 GMT
Why has cubby got a dirty brillo stuck to his face?
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Post by cubby on Sept 21, 2023 13:01:27 GMT
Mine's lovely and soft like a well loved teddy bear. Maybe you brillo face types just shouldn't do the beard thing.
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mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Sept 21, 2023 13:22:35 GMT
Mine does a lot of scrubbing, if you catch my drift. You might be right.
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Post by elstoof on Sept 21, 2023 13:22:55 GMT
Bumfluff
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 22, 2023 2:50:49 GMT
I've started just going over mine once of twice a week with the oneblade #3 attachment, so still borderline stubble. #1 for the neck as you can get away with being fairly inaccurate without it looking like shit. Any longer than that and it just bugs me far too much. I might have a look at beard oil options and try growing it longer. I've finally come to terms with having a pathetic amount of chest hair, so just shave it and my nips every now and again now. Had a mishap a few weeks ago where I shaved over a nipple instead of around it. It hurts more than you'd think! Is the oneblade decent? I don't really have a beard as such, but with mainly working from home I've just become very lazy about shaving regularly. I basically just shave once a week, by which point it's probably half-a-cm or so. Shaving with a gillette type razor is a pain then, so I use a cheap beard trimmer to cut it down to stubble length (so I look hunky!) and then sometimes bother with the gilette thing to make it smoother. I'm wondering it I could swap out the whole thing for a oneblade and whether it'd be able to trim a 1 week beard down to a reasonably close shave with ease. Or not. |
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Post by dfunked on Sept 22, 2023 7:06:43 GMT
It's nowhere near as close as a wet shave, but still pretty passable and doesn't fuck up my skin. I'm a fan anyway, even if I mainly use it to maintain different lengths of stubble rather than proper shaves.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 22, 2023 7:29:38 GMT
Had been growing a beard, slowly because frankly my facial hair grows at a snails pace But thought I'd trim it down (using a One Blade and the longest grade I had).
I did not like what I saw, so now I'm going to regrow it. Might take a few months to get back to the inch or so it was.
Essentially the more of myself I can hide the better for everyone.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 22, 2023 8:31:00 GMT
My beard trimmer without the height guard thingy will get me down to very short stubble/practically smooth.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2023 8:42:53 GMT
My beard trimmer has a little vacuum part that all the stubble goes in. My wife got it for me after a few too many bits of stubble missed around the sink.
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mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Sept 22, 2023 8:48:57 GMT
No-one uses those hilarious bib beard catchers you stick to the mirror?
F'shame.
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Post by dogbot on Sept 22, 2023 8:50:02 GMT
My Mrs bought me one when I was regularly shaving my head.
Hasn't seen much use recently.
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Sept 22, 2023 8:50:39 GMT
I do! I just use scissors and that bib. Chuck it in the bin. Job done.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 22, 2023 9:41:03 GMT
I have tried the bib thing. Was cheap and didn't stick very well.
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Post by simple on Oct 10, 2023 22:56:57 GMT
Thinking it might be approaching time to call time on my hair.
It looks perfectly fine from the front but the thin spot on the back is extremely thin and probably a couple of inches across now.
I couldn’t bic it but tempted to experiment with dropping down to taking the clippers across the lot. I assume I’ll either look tough as hell or put ten years onto myself
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Post by Danno on Oct 10, 2023 23:15:20 GMT
Sorry, I meant cubby feeling. My fave Elvis song |
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Post by Dougs on Oct 11, 2023 5:38:45 GMT
Thinking it might be approaching time to call time on my hair. It looks perfectly fine from the front but the thin spot on the back is extremely thin and probably a couple of inches across now. I couldn’t bic it but tempted to experiment with dropping down to taking the clippers across the lot. I assume I’ll either look tough as hell or put ten years onto myself Do it. |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Oct 11, 2023 6:20:44 GMT
Thinking it might be approaching time to call time on my hair. It looks perfectly fine from the front but the thin spot on the back is extremely thin and probably a couple of inches across now. I couldn’t bic it but tempted to experiment with dropping down to taking the clippers across the lot. I assume I’ll either look tough as hell or put ten years onto myself I did that recently, and have no regrets. I'd had a bald spot for years, and the top was thinning as well. If you don't like how it looks, you can always grow it back. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 11, 2023 8:22:03 GMT
What's left of it anyway
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Post by wunty on Oct 11, 2023 8:29:57 GMT
Thinking it might be approaching time to call time on my hair. It looks perfectly fine from the front but the thin spot on the back is extremely thin and probably a couple of inches across now. I couldn’t bic it but tempted to experiment with dropping down to taking the clippers across the lot. I assume I’ll either look tough as hell or put ten years onto myself Do it. It feels amazing. I've been shaving my head for about 10 years now and still love it. I started when it just began to thin, and now if I let it grow it really doesn't grow back anywhere but the sides. Don't care though. Bald all the way. Baldy bald bald. I don't use a blade mind you as I don't like the baby scalped look. Just run over it with the clippers instead, right down.
I actually first shaved the lot off in my early 20s as I knew it was only a matter of time before it went (both my dad and grandad went bald in their twenties, me and my brother at least held on until our thirties), so that got rid of the fear, as I already knew that I felt okay sans hair. When the time came to properly shave it, I was quite comfortable with the idea.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Oct 11, 2023 12:57:38 GMT
wuntyDo you just use a clippers without any attachment, or a specialised clippers for balding?
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Post by wunty on Oct 11, 2023 13:01:38 GMT
Just clippers without any attachment. Nothing fancy.
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Post by DJCopa on Oct 11, 2023 13:26:46 GMT
+1 to all above - started with a grade 1, then no guard and now go over it all with a Babyliss Pro Foil Shaver for a zero cut - smoother than going to the barbers!
So much better - I just grow my beard now and then trim that right back to a grade 4 every couple of months.
As others have said, you won't regret it - it is a big change BUT if you are worrying about balding bits, it will make you feel loads better!
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 11, 2023 13:43:32 GMT
The fun thing is when you first start to shave it off you can experiment with shaving off different bits to make cool styles, like shaving only one side to go for the Gary Oldman in Fifth Element look.
It's like when I shaved off my beard and go for the Hugh Jackman Wolverine look or the X-Men Sabretooth look.
Hours of fun!
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Post by simple on Oct 11, 2023 14:08:50 GMT
I proper tonsure effect should be very easily achievable with my current do.
Think grade 1 all over would be a good start
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Post by robthehermit on Oct 11, 2023 15:02:10 GMT
I use one of those electric head shavers for my bonce which does a decent enough job for the most part. Needs a quick whip round with a bic afterwards for the tricky bits and they're shit for doing your face.
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Post by jeepers on Oct 11, 2023 16:58:41 GMT
If you use clippers (like I do) to enbaldify yourself, do adjust the blades. Super-easy to loosen the screws and align the guard as close as you can to the clipper itself.
Gives you a proper head shave rather than a peach-fuzz sloppy cut. If your head doesn’t feel satisfyingly sandpaper-y you’re doing it wrong.
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Post by otto on May 21, 2024 6:41:27 GMT
My normally reliable local Turkish barber had a ‘mare yesterday. Fucking look at this. Not only did he take a strip off my upper lip the width of the Heathrow fourth runway, leaving me looking like Private Walker off Dads Army, but it’s wonky too!  |
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Post by dfunked on May 21, 2024 6:47:12 GMT
Well there goes the illusion that Otto looks like Otto the bus driver...
My local Turkish barber are so inconsistent as they're walk in only, so it's pretty much luck of the draw which of the 6 guys will trim your hair.
Had a proper shave there once and it was fucking awful. Far more skin irritation than even a disposable razor shave.
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Post by otto on May 21, 2024 6:58:34 GMT
I sound like him though.
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