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From: mwolf@yale-com.UUCP (Anne G. Wolf)
Newsgroups: net.women.only
Subject: shaving
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Date: Sat, 17-Sep-83 13:56:19 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 17 13:56:19 1983
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I notice a lot of articles from people who don't like to shave.
Nor do I, and I have every sympathy for people who don't want to.
However, if you choose to shave, there are a couple of things that
make it less dangerous.

Most of the women that I know well enough to ask about this
use either soap or nothing to lubricate their razor.
Shaving-cream works very much better for this.  (I have yet
to understood why advertizers only try to sell shaving cream
to men.)  I have not found that any specific brand works
better than the others for preventing cuts, but the smells
differ, and people with allergies may tolerate some brands better.

Also, one gets fewer cuts if one shaves in the same direction
that the hair grows.

    Nothing is obvious until it's obvious,

        Mary-Anne Wolf (decvax!yale-comix!mwolf)