Healing of cuts and nicks

[July10newbie]

Hello,
I'm about seven to 10 shaves into using an SR. It's been an interesting learning curve. It takes me a long time to do a shave. I probably should only be doing WTG instead of trying all three types of passes.

I'm worried about some probably minor cuts. Will they heal? Will I have permanent scarring? Ok, I'm a little vain and want to preserve whatever is left of a smooth face.

I did get cuts with a DE also. All of these cuts have healed completely so they must not have been deep. Since using an SR I've noticed about four long scars but they aren't very deep. This didn't happen with a DE. The DE caused bleeding but not scarring. I'm hoping as my SR technique improves I won't get cuts.

Since using an SR, I can have a few shaves with no cuts and think I've got it down and feel victorious. Then, during the next shave I might have one large, but not deep, cut and it makes me second guess the wisdom of shaving with a straight. Then I think I should even go back to a plastic throwaway shaver to not get any cuts.

That probably sounds insane and I probably wouldn't do it. Sorry for the rambling.

I use a Styptic pencil to stop the bleeding. My question is more about what to do after that in terms of skin care and other ideas. Please share your ideas about this and some remedies/products to heal cuts and your experiences with the healing of cuts.
Thank you,
July10newbie