First, clip the hair as short as you can with scissors. Then either soak in a bath for a while to soften the stubble up, or leave the shaving cream on for a few minutes to accomplish the same thing. Use a new blade and go with the grain, one stroke, then rinse the blade and do the next stroke. Keep shaving cream on the area to keep the hair soft. After you do one down stroke everywhere you want to shave, repeat the entire process, again shaving with the grain. After that round, then you lather up one last time and can shave against the grain to get the smoothest result.