Say, Cathy....
I CAN think of shaving, because for many years I walked around (in the old, carefree, Hawaiian, days) with a beard and moustache. The beard only lasted for a couple of years, but the moustache was a fixture for a decade or more. I have to think that no matter what bad habits I exhibited with my skin in general, I at least had a bushy head of hair to protect my scalp, and a Magnum P. I. 'stache to cover the susceptible area below my nose.
Consequently, I am not slathering the chemo cream above my lips or on my chin. These are the primary areas when it comes to shaving -- ask any guy, including yer husband...
(BTW -- I don't know about your husband, if during your chemo ordeal, he thinks it's funny to call you "snake." Your kids are on my list, too.)
;-)
My sideburns? Well, that is a different story. Both sideburn areas are major battle zones right now. I am in Day 9, and they look like bloody casualties. In the old days, I never liked the porkchop sideburn look, so, because of that fashion decision, my skin was never protected by facial hair, and those zones are quite red and infuriated today.
One other thing about my chin...Of course I think there may be some keratoses there, but I have decided to spare the area from the chemo at this time so I can continue to eat and talk without major irritation. One thing I have noticed by studying online photos and diaries: with total facial application of the cream, by Day 18 or so, these poor people (you, too?) can neither eat nor even talk without a lot of discomfort. Yet photos of these fellow sufferers show that the chin zone is often NOT the most affected region. So I have left it alone for now. Maybe I'll do a treatment on it later, when I do my forearms, or chest, or neck...or whatever's next.
It's Day 9 am I am still not feeling any pain, so I may be overly optimistic. In such a mood, though, I will say I am astonished this miracle elixir is available to us, at competitive prices. Seriously, if it cost $1,000 per application and accomplished its mission most of the time, it would still be QUITE worth it. (We couldn't afford it, but it would still be quite a value.)
;-)