Shaving

Like most men, I have facial hair. I have nothing against facial hair. I think that a lot of people can really pull off a good goatee. I have a real respect for the old men who come in with an 18 inch scraggle beard. I think they are awesome

Personally, though, I don't look good with a beard. I've tried! Actually, I've never fully seen me in a beard. What tends to happen with my face is a great three-day growth. Then it stops. I attempted to grow my beard out for a full 14 days. Once it hit three days, it never got any fuller.

This leaves me with a problem.

I cant grow hair, and the three-day thing doesn't look good, which means I'm now stuck shaving every day. Also, I've found that I can't use an electric razor. My stubble is too dark and thick, and when I use an electric razor, it looks like I haven't shaved at all. This leaves a manual razor as my only option. I use a high end manual razor (sorry, no brand promoting today), and it works really well on my face. I really don't have issues with the razor itself, except for the fact that I have to replace blades every so often. I don't cut my face very often, so I dont have any real complaints about that either. I shave in the shower, so it saves me a little bit of time, which means no complaints there.

But I have to do it every day.

Every. Day.

Sigh.

I would love to find something that would allow me to skip shaving every day. I've thought about waxing my face. Seriously, I have. But I need more than a three-day growth in order for waxing to be effective. I've thought about using a hair removal cream. Actually, I did try a hair removal cream. It didn't do anything. I'm assuming that, again, I need some actual hair to be there, but I could be wrong. You have to be careful with cream though, as there are some creams designed for facial hair... and some that aren't. I had a friend who used regular Nair on his face (completely ignoring the warning saying not for use on face. It was printed on the bottle. Twice.) with disastrous results. About 5 minutes into the process, he started complaining about the burning sensation he felt. twenty minutes in, he was crying. After the cream was removed, his face was, indeed, hair free. He also had a lobster red clown smile going from each sideburn down to his Adam's apple and to under his nose. This "smile" stayed with him for over 2 weeks. Not good.

I've thought about using the "no-no" hair removal product, but I'm skeptical. Anyone out there know anything about it?

I'm exceptionally jealous of the men who don't grow facial hair. I sure wish I had that gene. Maybe I'm just doomed to shave. Every day.