You will snag on some scales if you go "against the grain".. it's hard to say without pictures, but it's pretty normal to feel that if you go against their scales like that. You shouldn't.
As far as the wrinkles, once again, pics would help. But if you're talking about some wrinkles in their bends when their coiling, that's pretty typical.
What's your husbandry like?
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