Thread: First Aid

A dab of triple antibiotic ointment helps with the healing after the styptic.

Lynn

Proraso styptic gel is great for deeper cuts. Closes the cut, hardens like CA.

Sounds like your razor may not be sharp enough

Just kidding.

Welcome aboard.

i have said it before and nobody listened (which is fine ) but a silver solution (NOT SILVER NITRATE) is the only thing i will use as it works great. all it is is de-ionized silver in reverse osmosis water. it has been known for thousands of years that silver is a natural antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral. all it does is take away any chance of infection and lets your body heal itself.

and there is absolutely NO WAY it will turn you blue. people who have turned blue were either using silver nitrate or making it themselves which in turn caused the mixture to be part silver nitrate.

PS i just reread my post and i hope it isn't taken as an angry post. i am just trying to get my point across, and am not in any way writing this in anger.

Originally Posted by chee16

i have said it before and nobody listened (which is fine ) but a silver solution (NOT SILVER NITRATE) is the only thing i will use as it works great. all it is is de-ionized silver in reverse osmosis water. it has been known for thousands of years that silver is a natural antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral. all it does is take away any chance of infection and lets your body heal itself.

and there is absolutely NO WAY it will turn you blue. people who have turned blue were either using silver nitrate or making it themselves which in turn caused the mixture to be part silver nitrate.

PS i just reread my post and i hope it isn't taken as an angry post. i am just trying to get my point across, and am not in any way writing this in anger.

So you're not blue in the face?



Ewwwww.... that was baaaaaad.

Originally Posted by FloorPizza

So you're not blue in the face?



Ewwwww.... that was baaaaaad.

ha! that was bad! but i'm still laughing so whats that say about me?

I agree with Lynn on this one - for smaller cuts use the styptic, but I find that on medium and larger cuts using the styptic results in a a noticeable mark after the wound heals. I take a wad of toilet paper and soak up all excess blood, the smear a big glob of triple antibiotic ointment into the cut. Then I fold over a piece of toilet paper to an appropriate size bandage, and tape that to my face using nexxcare paper tape. Wake up in the morning - throw away the bandage, cut heals w/ no small scar.

All of the nicks and cuts I've gotten with my str8s (about a month now) have been so fine that cold water and AS sealed them up just fine. I got my first real slice this week and it, too, sealed nicely with just cold water and AS. However, with my old twin blade disposables, I would occasionally get a bad gash from using too much pressure on an old blade. These were nasty because instead of just slicing the skin, it took off a small circle (1-2 mm) of skin. It bled quite a bit and styptic pencil stopped the bleeding, but created a large scab that was easily knocked off, so the bleeding continued. I used a Bandaid dot to stop the bleeding. These are small, circular bandaids about the size of a dime, and looked better than walking around with a wad of tp on my chin.

cold water,styptic or tp in my arsenal

Originally Posted by chee16

i have said it before and nobody listened (which is fine ) but a silver solution (NOT SILVER NITRATE) is the only thing i will use as it works great. all it is is de-ionized silver in reverse osmosis water. it has been known for thousands of years that silver is a natural antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral. all it does is take away any chance of infection and lets your body heal itself.

Would this be the colloidal silver, that's commonly sold at gun shows and other places like that as a cure-all? I'm really not being sarcastic, I just want to know.

And it's OK to be angry and grumpy. I do it aaaalllll the time.
(And the crowd, in unison, chants, "Yes, she DOES!!)