Day 2... (Or, Revisiting the Crime Scene)
Hey, All-
Wow, day 2 was a total non-issue. After re-watching Lynn's DVD last night, I walked right in and took razor in-hand this morning. Tried small strokes, then the same thing on the other side. Felt pretty good! Comfortable even. Still used the Mach 5 on my chin and neck, I think I'll save that for this weekend... I can nick myself and not bleed on those expensive, nicely pressed work shirts.
But really, it made me feel great about this, and myself. However, one thing that I'm gonna' be facing is my chin.
It's not a bad chin, not a "double", and I lost enough weight last year that my "jowls" even went away. For the longest time I had a goatee (told my family I thought it made me look like a gangster, they said it made me look like a pedophile!). Truth is a) it hid my jowl, and b) I have a blood vessel that lays very near the surface near that horizontal "divot" where the lower lip & upper chin meet. I "WHACK" that thing, and it bleeds for HOURS. All over the place! Not at a huge torrent of blood, more of a steady, unstoppable ooze. Nothing going on with any low white blood cells that the military ever mentioned, or my doctor, and she just had me in the shop for my 40,000 mi. checkup (40th B'day physical).
:confused: I'm not the only person with this issue, am I?!? I mean, it's not like I got webbed feet here, this must be something common, right? When I was a teen, my dad bought me a styptic pen, but even that only SLOWED the flow.
What I do now, with the safety razor is gently, CAREFULLY, shave around that spot, but every so often... GOTCHA! This also leaves a small patch of whiskers, and makes that area look a little grubby, even when I am successful in not ripping the thing open. Then I have to be super careful the next several days if I do, because just the slightest graze with the razor, or even just pulling on my face, and it begins AGAIN and keeps going through my getting dressed (what a nuisance), my commute, and usually stops after I am at work.
Any help, veteran straight razor masters?
Matt
Day 2... (Or, Revisiting the Crime Scene)
Hey, All-
Wow, day 2 was a total non-issue. After re-watching Lynn's DVD last night, I walked right in and took razor in-hand this morning. Tried small strokes, then the same thing on the other side. Felt pretty good! Comfortable even. Still used the Mach 5 on my chin and neck, I think I'll save that for this weekend... I can nick myself and not bleed on those expensive, nicely pressed work shirts.
But really, it made me feel great about this, and myself. However, one thing that I'm gonna' be facing is my chin.
It's not a bad chin, not a "double", and I lost enough weight last year that my "jowls" even went away. For the longest time I had a goatee (told my family I thought it made me look like a gangster, they said it made me look like a pedophile!). Truth is a) it hid my jowl, and b) I have a blood vessel that lays very near the surface near that horizontal "divot" where the lower lip & upper chin meet. I "WHACK" that thing, and it bleeds for HOURS. All over the place! Not at a huge torrent of blood, more of a steady, unstoppable ooze. Nothing going on with any low white blood cells that the military ever mentioned, or my doctor, and she just had me in the shop for my 40,000 mi. checkup (40th B'day physical).
:confused: I'm not the only person with this issue, am I?!? I mean, it's not like I got webbed feet here, this must be something common, right? When I was a teen, my dad bought me a styptic pen, but even that only SLOWED the flow.
What I do now, with the safety razor is gently, CAREFULLY, shave around that spot, but every so often... GOTCHA! This also leaves a small patch of whiskers, and makes that area look a little grubby, even when I am successful in not ripping the thing open. Then I have to be super careful the next several days if I do, because just the slightest graze with the razor, or even just pulling on my face, and it begins AGAIN and keeps going through my getting dressed (what a nuisance), my commute, and usually stops after I am at work.
Any help, veteran straight razor masters?
Matt