It has finally hit me. The way I understand Beard Reduction is that you are not removing the facial hair but simply shortening it. I thought of DE shaving , or Wet shaving in general as beard removal such as what you get with a cartridge razor. Thinking about why they created the cartridge in the first place this makes sense , because you get a closer shave with the cartridge. versus a DE, which if you want a closer shave you need to do multiple passes. This also explains as to why guys such as I with curly and coarse facial hair no longer get Razor Bumps. Why did this take so long to realize?
I read as read and read before i gathered enough courage to start DE shaving. So far so good, not the closest shaves but irritation free and razor bump free. Being a student I always want to know why. And because I take my time I can "see" how it works when shaving. When I was using cartridge I could feel the pull and cutting and I always got irritation. The beard reduction and the no pulling was the reason I converted =P
