For most of my life, I used various electrics, under the assumption they were better for this problem. Probably the last 20 years I used Norelcos.
The best solution was to grow a beard, which I did in the winter for several years until my beard started to grey
Then I read on the web that good old safety razors were actually better than electrics.
Went on ebay and got myself an old (50s) Gillette butterfly safety razor.
I like it a lot. Nicked myself a few times over the last couple of years I've been using it, but blades are dirt cheap and I've grown to enjoy the slightly more involved process. It has been better for my skin.
It's difficult to explain, but there is something about gliding a single blade over your face housed in a heavy, non-pivoting metal razor that just feels "right". Since I switched to the "old-school" safety razor, I oddly enough look forward to shaving in the morning. It's kind of my little personal ritual now and I feel weirdly connected to the past using a razor older than I am.
Don't mean to overly romanticize something as mundane as shaving, but after 30 or so years of near daily shaving, I was kinda surprised how different and strangely attractive the otherwise routine experience with the safety razor has been.
