One thing I've noticed when I used to shave with the grain, and then switch and go against the second run over the same area was I got ingrown hairs abound. Painful, and rather unsightly. Almost always on the underside of my chin so not terribly visible, but nevertheless. I only go with the grain now and have no problems.
For equipment, I use a Mach3 Turbo with Edge sensitive skin shave gel. It works well for me, esp because I have rather irritable skin, I almost never get razor burn or anything with this combonation.
I'm afraid what it's going to boil down to is that everyone is different and different things are going to work for different people. You may be stuck with trail and error until you find what works best for you.
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