What to be careful about when shaving with cream
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Question
Hello, what should one be careful about when shaving with shaving cream?
Answer
Hello,
One must be very careful that it is only on the sides of the beard and not on the sideburns, as it is forbidden to shave the sideburns with cream.
Additionally, when removing the cream, it is forbidden to use a sharp object such as a card or similar that can cut hard foods like an apple, because then it is considered shaving with a sharp blade [since the prohibition of shaving with a razor does not apply only to an iron knife but to any sharp object], but it can be removed with a popsicle stick or similar.
Source
Responsa Chaim Shaal, Siman 52 and in Responsa Noda Bi-Yehuda, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 81.