Hi all fellow alopecians. For those of you out there lucky enough to have extensive AA, I am sure you've experimented a lot with different products in an attempt to achieve the smoothest and longest lasting shave possible. Personally, I have dark blonde hair, and so the patches are visible, even if I just finished shaving. However, I always feel much better with a freshly shaved head, and more ready to face the world without wearing a cap. So, naturally, I want to find the cheapest and fastest way of making myself look as good as I can, given this hand I was dealt. 

I'll start off by outlining my daily routine. 

Personally, I've found Gillette's new proshield blades to provide the best shave out there, with the lowest risk of cuts. I thoroughly wet my head while showering, then dab coconut oil (non-virgin, the cheapest stuff) all over my scalp, and proceed to shave what hair I have left. After shaving, I throw some moisturizer or after shaving anti-irritant on there. I do this procedure every morning, and it takes me approximately 30 minutes to get the silky smooth feel I desire, without rushing and cutting myself. 

Currently I have yet to discover any better solution to the problem, but since every 4-pack of proshield blades is another $33 down the drain, I wish to explore additional options. 30 minutes each day is also quite a lot when you add it up. 

Things I have tried:

Expensive Japanese straight razor with feather proguard blades. Left me looking like a soldier returning from the battlefield, with blood everywhere. Cost-effective. Time-consuming.

Traditional straight razor. Same as Japanese straight razor. Cost-effective. Time-consuming.

Safety razor. Time-consuming, requiring a ton of passes to achieve the silky smooth shave you're looking for. Very easy to get nicks and cuts while shaving. Cost-effective.

Disposable razors. Less time-consuming than the three mentioned above, but still takes more time than any Gillette option out there. Cost-effective. High risk of cuts.

To sum up the cost effective methods listed above; they're cheap, but very time consuming, and the end result is worse than that of the proshield (or fusion for that matter). 

My question(s) to you guys is therefore as follows: am I overlooking something? Bar micropigmentation, xeljanz and laser removal of remaining hair, is there something I should be doing differently? Is there some viable option that will remove the patches temporarily, without permanently damaging the follicles? If it is not obvious by now, I wish to achieve a uniform bald look, without forfeiting the possibility of regrowth in the future (with or without JAK-inhibitors).