Thread: leaving scars nicking yourself?

I dont usually nick myself. In fact i would say i do it about once every year or so. I have one scar already to the side of my mouth from nicking myself a couple years ago. I just nicked myself this morning on my chin pretty bad. Its going to leave a scar. It took me an hour to stop the bleeding with a styptic pencil. I knew that my razor needed honing and i tried to get one more extra shave out of it before doing so. That was a bad idea. Plus i was also rushing.

So my remedy for next time is just to hone the razor and not attempt to get an extra shave out of it. I know that is the first line of defense.

However that brings me to a major concern. Lets say 2 years from now i stupidly do it again and nick myself bad to the point of leaving another scar. Is there a way to stop the scars from occurring? I was thinking of a butterfly bandage, but the distance between the gap is not really that big. My usually remedy to fix a nasty nick is to go back and forth between something to mop up the blood and stab it with a styptic pencil a thousand times until it stops bleeding. But now i am wondering while this method stops the bleeding fast, maybe it is actually causing a larger gap than just sticking a band aid on it?

I can tell you that i never nick myself when my razor is sharp. It seems like it is always when its not up to par.