When I was a kid, and naturally hairless below the scalp, I couldn’t wait to grow up to be a man. The act of shaving one’s face was…
One of my fondest memories of childhood was shaving with my dad. I wasn’t shaving for real, of course, but I would stand next to him at the bathroom sink as he shaved. I would pretend shave with dad’s Noxzema medicated foam on my face, using a pink plastic spoon from Baskin Robbins as a razor. When it came time for me to start shaving grown-up style, I quickly learned that mine was a very sensitive mug that required special attention. After years of trying this and that, I have a system that works pretty well.