well, my hubby does it for me... He has never knicked me and gets me so smooth... First he trims it down as far as he can with eletric trimmer (men's trimmer by the way) and then he lathers me up real good with sahving gel/cream and hot water... then he users several new razors to shave me... washes me up and checks out his work and if not satisfied repeats process on the areas that need it... not sure if he does anything else as far as technique or product but I find he does a better job than I do...