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03-27-2012, 11:10 PM #1
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Thanked: 22Oh how I wish the styptic pencil worked for me. After I had heart valve replacement surgery six years ago, I have been on a relatively high dose of coumadin. The result is I have to be very, very careful. That's not to say I worry about bleeding to death, rather, it's just so darned time consuming waiting for even the tiniest of cuts to stop bleeding. However, one time, a long time ago, I cut myself shaving (with the straight) pretty deeply; I recall, it took about an hour and a half to stop bleeding.
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03-28-2012, 04:49 AM #2
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Thanked: 0I have been using a straight razor for about 3 weeks now, some days are great but usually end up leaking from somewhere under the jaw line or chin, usually when I am not taking my time and then decide to change tack while the razor is still on my skin,( I have two full length blade cuts to prove it . )
The one thing I have found since making the switch, is the straight razor is very unforgiving when you mess up.
how long do you guys think it takes to become proficient ?
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03-28-2012, 05:11 AM #3
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Thanked: 22I had been shaving with the straight on and off for years [YEARS!!! - in frustration]. I think I've came as close as need be several months ago. I no longer cut myself. I had two problems area for a while. The first was the mustache. Because I learned how to shave with the mustache, and now longer have one, I would often cut myself when shaving that area. My second problem area was the lower right cheek. Don't ask me why or how, right above where the jaw-bone runs, I would routinely (about once every other month or so) cut myself in the exact same spot. Now, I never cut myself. Also, being I'm on a high dose of coumadin (the result of heart bypass and hear valve replacement surgery six years ago) there is a little extra incentive to do this absolutely correct. DAF, my only suggestion to you is this (I've said this before): just pull your skin very tightly, either by physically pulling the skin or by contorting your face. That will create a surface of the skin so tight that the blade can't bite. And, in time, you will develop the "feel." That is, the ability to sense when you're about to cut yourself, and you back of in the nick [pun intended] of time.
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03-28-2012, 05:36 AM #4
Almost never, the times i cut my self is when i on a hurry.So i dont hurry anymore, no time no shave.
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06-08-2015, 07:20 PM #5
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Thanked: 2Did it yesterday. I was in hurry and did cut myself. Hope there will be no scar.