face cut

**Havachat45** · 10-15-2011, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Knife

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The offending cut and three day beard.

Will the cut leave a scar?

I sorry to say, Knife that I am flat out seeing anything there except two minor scratches.
I'm sure they will heal well and not produce any obvious scarring.
Not wishing to make light of your concerns, I get much worse cuts than that when shave testing a new razor - it's as if they want to kiss me for bringing them back to life....hehehe
Seriously though, take note of the previous posts and don't worry too much about cutting yourself as we all do it sometimes.
The important thing to remember is that, if you are worrying about cutting yourself, you're not concentrating on what you are doing, which is shaving, and that tentativeness may lead to the very thing you are trying to avoid.
I know that the only time I really cut myself is when I am not concentrating on the job at hand.
Don't forget - hang on and enjoy the ride

**FlounderDTD** · 10-15-2011, 07:10 AM

WOW, that sucks buddy... I had a little slice about 1/3 as long as that. I treated it just like I would any other cut. Keep it clean and use neosporin. After about a week it is almost gone. That is one plus of using sharp blades is that the thinner cuts is they are less likely to cause scars.

**Cgm** · 10-15-2011, 07:32 AM

Will that leave a scar???? Hell when I get done if there is not tomato juice in the sink I think then I must of missed my face. I am like a blind Edward Scissor Hands after a bad acid trip. When I see a gash I know I got the little $&;€^#|.

Charlie
Reno, NV

**bjmoose01** · 10-15-2011, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Knife

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The offending cut and three day beard.

Will the cut leave a scar?

What I do is affect a Germanic accent, tell the ladies I graduated from Heidelberg University, and it's a dueling scar...

**kalerolf** · 10-15-2011, 09:02 AM

qoute"Will the cut leave a scar?"

Yes...... in your mind, on your face i think not.(I've seen worse and they are pretty well healed)
Stay focused when you shave, you lose your focus, you will cut
I know from personal experience

**Johnus** · 10-15-2011, 11:16 AM

Not as deep as a well or wide as a river, but it will do.

The idea that was brought up before about short vs long strokes is an interesting on. I've alway used short passes with any type of razor that I used DE, SE, straight, multiple blade. Just the way I learned! Never thought about it before. Well , I'll give it a try the other way-long passes, and see how it works. Shaving 'Concentrates your mind' doesn't it!

**1OldGI** · 10-15-2011, 01:29 PM

That's Only a Flesh Wound

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**Lazarus** · 10-15-2011, 02:26 PM

As with any tread involving a cut we have recommendations for neosporin which is certainly a fine product. For what it is worth I just want to share the advice on this we got from a plastic surgeon. About a year ago my wife took a fall that resulted in a bad jagged cut right under her lower eyelid. We went to the ER where it was stitched up in a less than perfect way. She was so concerned about possible scarring that she found a plastic surgeon that would meet with her on a Sunday - the day after it happened. He told us that for a cut on the face where scarring is a concern absolutely do not use any antibiotic ointment. The point of such products is to prevent infection. The face has such a rich blood supply that the risk of infection for a facial cut is close to zero. Bear in mind my wife's cut came from falling and hitting her face on a concrete sidewalk which is probably a good bit dirtier than the razors we are shaving with. He went on to say that the various antibiotics and other ingredients in such products can in some cases actually make scarring worse. SO THERE IS NO REASON TO USE THEM ON A FACIAL CUT AND IN FACT THEY ARE CONTRAINDICATED. His advice to minimize scarring was just keep any facial cut moist with Vaseline while it heals. My wife's cut was pretty bad and the assumption was that a year or so down the road some followup surgery to reduce the scarring would be required. She put a dab of Vaseline on it three times a day while it healed. Today you can't see where it was, there is no scar at all.

**DLB** · 10-15-2011, 03:05 PM

@Lazarus

I agree with you. I had major nose surgery for a skin cancer a year and a half ago and the plastic surgeon told me the same thing, "Do not put any antibiotic cream on it."

The surgeon vertically cut my nose from the top ridge down to the bottom and then horizontally all the way back to my face in what is called a nose flap. I was in shock when I saw myself for the first time after the surgery. But within a year, there was not even a visible scar. Even looking very close in the mirror, I can't see any scar. He knew what he was doing.

For all you shaving "cutters" out there, I would think twice before using an antibiotic cream. You might be the one to have an allergic reaction.

Happy Shaving!

**Nix** · 10-15-2011, 03:51 PM

Here's another vote for plain vaseline. Recommended to me by a Dermatologist.

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