Are electrical shavers painful?

If shaving is a painful exercise for you, then look up some guides. A bad carpenter blames his tools.

they do irritate the face and get dull very quickly. i was never a fan.

I use a cut throat razor normally, but no, electrical shavers are not painful.

I've never found them so. I normally wet shave, but I'll use an electric if I'm in a hurry. I also keep one at work.

Anyone bleed no matter what when they shave with a razor against the grain? No matter the precautions I take, its unavoidable. No problems shaving with the grain.

I find that it pulls hair often instead of trimming it.

Sometimes an electric shaver will pull on hairs which is slightly painful, this will be more likely to happen if you have several days growth ( longer whiskers ) to shave. You may also get post shave skin irritation if you chase after a close, smooth shave by shaving over and over on the same spot and/or if you press the shaver against your skin too firmly instead of lightly. The same is true when using a manual safety or cartridge razor of course.

It can also depend on the type of electric shaver you use and whether you shave with a wet/dry shaver that provides the option of using a shaving cream or gel which will reduce friction.

Having said all that shaving with an electric shaver generally requires less skill than shaving with a manual razor but the resulting shave will not generally be as close and smooth.



PS: I can't talk about the expensive electric shavers from Braun and Panasonic because I haven't used them.

I find them painful, the few I've owned seemed to rip the stubble out instead of neatly shave it