Finaly Cut my face

Dominant hand side was great, the good old left hand didn't fail me. Then I started with my right side.....non dominant right hand did not do too well for me and I got a good 1 in. cut.

Hit it with the alum block and that didn't stop the bleeding so I took out the styptic pencil......yea those are fun!!! Bleeding stopped just fine bu t now I have this cut that looks like it wants to scar me. It isn't too deep, it just seems to looking like a scar could be there when it is all done healing. I am keeping it very clean and putting on some of my trusty Watkins Petro Carbo on it to keep it good and soft and clean. So the first question is what is the best thing yall have found for a good cut.

Second question is really for my right hand and how to work it...i.e. practice. I have seen a guy shave a balloon on youtube, but any other ideas would be highly appriciated.

Bruce

I've had more than my share of nasty cuts. Typically, what I've done is clean the dried blood off after a few hours and then religiously apply Neosporin (or similar antibacterial ointment) a couple times a day. Not only does this protect the open wound, but keeps it moist as well. I've had no scarring to speak of

Well cuts happen I had a few when I first started. Even now I might be in a bit of a hurry and get a small one.

As far as healing let that thing scar chicks dig scars right :D

Now on to the hand question. It's good to use both hands to train your weak hand. There is probably spots where it is easier for you to use you right hand. Use your right for those spots until you get more comfortable with it then venture into harder spots. It's one of those things that you have to get comfortable with, you could shave other things all day long but it will not be the same as putting a razor to your own face. Just keep at it and before long you won't even think about your weak hand. You will just pick up the razor and shave away. Good Luck and enjoy!!!

Hey,

+1 to all that's been said so far. The wife (retired nurse) tells me that ointment/cream with vitamin E helps to nourish and help with scarring.

Second issue: only repeated use of your weak hand will help. Hang in there.

Bill

Thanks for the help guy's I guess I will just have to gut it out and try and try to get the right hand comfy.

I think it would be a good idea to learn using the dominant hand (DH) only , at first . After a few shaves using the DH , try working in the non dominant hand (NDH) a little bit more every time you shave . Pretty soon you will be perfectly comfortable using your NDH . This is how I did it , anyway .

As a emt i would second the neosporane, and vitam E is also good. Must be they day for cuts!! Got a good one myself today!!!

About 6 weeks ago my wife tripped while walking the dog at night (a slight offset in the sidewalk at an expansion joint) and split her face open right underneath her eyeball. It was a very odd wound. It looked like somebody, perhaps an abusive husband, had maybe punched her there with a big ring on his right hand. It looked like a bullet hole surrounded by a good sized area of serious abrasion. I told her we needed to get her to the to the ER to get it stitched up and that I would probably be arrested but we could show that she had called her sister at 5:30 when it happened and I could prove that I had been at the blood bank donating from 5:00 to 7:00 so it probably wouldn't be too big of a problem. So we spend 3 hours at the ER waiting the whole time for the cops to show up and arrest me. I was actually a little upset that nobody ever even raised the possibility that something abusive might have occurred. But I digress.

The doc at the ER put 5 stitches in and said to use a good anti-biotic ointment etc. The next day it really looked terrible, all swollen etc and she stared freaking out thinking she was going to be horribly disfigured so she worked the phones and found a board certified plastic surgeon that would meet with us the next day. He told us that due to the excellent blood supply to the face cuts and wounds there very rarely get infected and given that mild allergic reactions and other side effects to anti-biotic ointments aren't that uncommon (which can actually increase scarring) he recommends against them for facial wounds. He said all you need to do for optimal healing with minimal scarring is just keep it covered with a thin film of Vaseline. You can't even see where it happened now.

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Originally Posted by LAsoxfan

I've had more than my share of nasty cuts. Typically, what I've done is clean the dried blood off after a few hours and then religiously apply Neosporin (or similar antibacterial ointment) a couple times a day. Not only does this protect the open wound, but keeps it moist as well. I've had no scarring to speak of

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+1 on the Neosporin!! My mom always put fish oil on cuts to keep them from scarring too.

.You got to give a little to get a little. We have all been there brother! Wear it proud,thats what make us special. If it was easy,everybody would be shaving with a straight.

We've all been there, it's okay to live and learn! The only bad cut I ever had was about two years ago when I was shaving and my Wife's brother stormed into the house without knocking and scared the heck out of me. The razor dug into my lip area and I still have a scar from that one. The razor just kind of hung in my face when I jumped up.

Lock your doors, word of advice LOL.

Lazerus......is that your dog.... absolutely beautiful

I also think I was going a bit too "fast", watching Turkish shaves also shows me that I was taking too long of strokes too. Right hand has much work to do but I will be staying on the cheek area with that hand till it feels better.

Petro Carbo is kind of like a neosporin product and a vaseline product all in one...really good stuff for razor burn, cuts, regular burns, bug bites....etc.

All I know is that this is a fun thing to do and the support new ones like myself get is always appreciated.