I took my first steps with a Pakistani piece of crap that could never be sharpened to a reasonable level. Gave me 4 permanent scars. For a while, I was also nicking myself on a regular basis, even after switching to good Sheffields/Solingens and in my case the trick was to note where I usually get nicked and be extra-careful when doing that part of the face. Keep at it, the nicking will stop.

P.S. I also had people wondering if I got into knife-fighting lol