KNEES

Are there classes for shaving your knees?

This morning I took special care to do a good job at shaving my knees. I am going to South Carolina, and I won't be able to bring a razor, because of the whole no blade on planes thing. So I thought I would be prepared and do a REALLY GOOD JOB.

This shouldn't be a problem. I have been shaving for a little less than 15 years. I could consider myself a professional shaver. But in my life, IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE, I have never done a perfect knee shaving job.

Knee shaving is incredibly challenging.

1. It is the curviest part of the leg, so there is the highest potential for nicks.

2. Hair grows in different directions, and on my knee I feel like there are at least seven directions in which my hair grows.

3. Some of the hair on my knee is blond, so while this may make me a lucky lady, I am still irritated by not being able to spot them in the shower. Because then see them, taunting me, glistening in the sun later in the day.

4. I shower without contacts or glasses so my work is more feel based than visual. (When I am really dedicated to the task at hand, I will raise my leg up to my eye to double check my work. This is usually not particularly helpful, and is incredibly dangerous, but I have caught a few strays here or there from this technique).

5. The knee is composed of the front, the back, and the sides. The back should be mostly hairless. But the sides and the front are like labyrinths. Every move creates another obstacle to get rid of.

6. Not being able to shave my knee properly makes me feel like an eleven year old.

Why knees, why is something so visible so hard to maintain?

Perhaps it is just my knee, perhaps I have unusually challenging knee hairs, or knee skin?

Am I the only one?