Thread: How often do you cut yourself? Be Honest...

Seldom....the funny thing is that today while shaving a 4 day growth I was thinking about this post and intended to say if you are afraid to cut yourself you will....then as I am on my first pass I decide to go XTG on my chin. A slight cleft in the center stopped progress as I was not stretching the skin to do a good XTG on the chin. SLICE and jump...I blame two nights of less than 4 hours of sleep. Generally I felt a little jumpy and as others have said, lacked the concentration that is a terrific part of shaving with a straight razor.

I am about 5 months in to straight shaves only and have yet to cut myself. (knock on wood)

But I know it is bound to happen sooner or later.....

One of the common ideas that is being expressed is "concentration". I find that if I shave when 'I'm' sharper 1st thing in the morning that it's a lot easier to end up with a good shave. It all a issue of 'concentration and respect'. Respect for the workmanship of the tool that you're using and respect for what it can do to you.

Taking your comment further, taking care of your razor(s) is also important and contributes to getting a good shave with less irritation, cuts, and nicks.

Originally Posted by Johnus

One of the common ideas that is being expressed is "concentration". I find that if I shave when 'I'm' sharper 1st thing in the morning that it's a lot easier to end up with a good shave. It all a issue of 'concentration and respect'. Respect for the workmanship of the tool that you're using and respect for what it can do to you.

I never cut myself these days, ouch! dammit!

Well, until this past Friday, it had been almost a year since a real cut, but then that morning I tagged the bottom of my earlobe going ATG with a spike. Much cussing ensued, not b/c of pain (there was none) but because it was due to hurry and inattention.

Styptic's great for stopping the bleeding, but I think the OP was asking about healing, which is different. I've found that after the bleeding stops, keeping some antibiotic ointment on the cut for several days speeds the healing and makes scarring much less likely.

Probably about 5 in the last year. With only one I would actually call a cut, the rest I would call scratches. None in the last 8 months. Now, cuts on my fingers...thats a different story...

My dermatologist told me for minor cuts on the face or elsewhere, you can close them up with Crazy Glue. That's what the surgeon used to close up the openings when I had my gall bladder removed via laparoscopic (sp?) surgery.

I jinxed myself this morning. Getting ready for church my 6 yr old said don't cut yourself when I said I was going to shave. I've been letting him use a knife (under supervision to cut his food) so the warning "don't cut yourself" is ingrained in him now. I responded " I won't, I'll be careful." I gave myself something between a scratch and laceration when approaching the change of grain on my chin area. My mind wandered for that moment and I knew I flubbed instantly before the blood letting started. It sealed by the end of the shave but that is #3. I'm averaging once a year.

Well I have started to cut myself this last week. Developing an ambidextrous shaving style means starting all over again. Then I had to add a new razor to the mix(a round point which was honed to the end). The first two openings were closed by the end of the shave. The third and I hope the last still is radiant on my cheek and seems to have a half life of at least a week.