Thread: Call me Professor

Very cool, keep us posted on the progress. What better than one of us to teach such a course.

Now remember, you should also tell every one of them to talk to friends and family and gather up all those worthless old razor stones that have those old looking paper labels on them and give them to you. Those old stones don't work worth a darn ya know.

Chris L

Blood borne pathogenes to watch out for would be AIDS and HIV.
Since you can't ask customers for a test its best to dispose anything blood stained.

Pathogen protection could be wearing gloves and disinfecting the tools.

Practice stropping.

Originally Posted by icedog

I gotta know, which people should not be shaved?

People that should not be shaved are those that have sores, scabs, acne, or other skin abnormality. Cutting into these will just cause a lot of blood. Obvious yes, but never fail to state the obvious. People with lice of the beard, anything else that you can think of.

Oh and by acne I mean really broken out all over the face. Chapped skin as str8 shaving can lead to irritation of the skin.

People should also be discouraged from a str8 shave if they have a lot of visible pustules of ingrown hairs. Again this falls into the too much blood category, not to mention irritation.

Originally Posted by 0livia

Blood borne pathogenes to watch out for would be AIDS and HIV.
Since you can't ask customers for a test its best to dispose anything blood stained.

Pathogen protection could be wearing gloves and disinfecting the tools.

Practice stropping.

Pathogen protection is for HEP A and HEP C and AIDS. The CDC makes no differentiation between HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and AIDS.

Although according the CDC 99.7% of sticks or cuts WITH INFECTED BLOOD DO NOT RESULT in infection.

My jaw dropped too.

It is basic tattoo parlor disinfecting principles. Use cling wrap aka plastic wrap to put over your station after it has been cleaned. Put all instruments on clean towels. Dispose of cling wrap after your shift unless lather or something else gets on it and contaminates it.

I think by the time that everyone leaves my class they will be very knowledgeable and be able to use a straight razor effectively.

THat is the goal.

EDIT:
No strops here for contamination purposes. Feathers or Mr. Cs.

ooops, my fault, meant to type HCV

Originally Posted by singlewedge

I have not shaved anyone else. The laws on Oregon are very strict about that and fines are heavy.

I have done balloons and my wife's legs.

Is the course being taught to people for shaving their own faces or other people's? If other people's I find this a little odd...

Maybe it's the cynic in me, and I mean absolutely no disrespect, but who would take a course on how to shave another person's face taught by someone who has never done it? I've shaved my girlfriend's legs and all that, but I'd still be scared to shave someone else's face. It's a totally different animal. The amount of hand positions alone in old barber texts is intimidating enough. It also seems strange that it's law there not to shave another person's face, but they'll be offering a course on it? I'm just curious as to how all this works under such odd circumstances.

P.S. you seem very knowledgeable on the subject, but it's just very strange to me I guess! lol

Originally Posted by singlewedge

People that should not be shaved are those that have sores, scabs, acne, or other skin abnormality. Cutting into these will just cause a lot of blood. Obvious yes, but never fail to state the obvious. People with lice of the beard, anything else that you can think of.

Oh and by acne I mean really broken out all over the face. Chapped skin as str8 shaving can lead to irritation of the skin.

People should also be discouraged from a str8 shave if they have a lot of visible pustules of ingrown hairs. Again this falls into the too much blood category, not to mention irritation.

Good points (not to be confused with "good pints")!

What about spastic people? What if someone came in for a shave and they had Parkinson's or even just were very shaky and sweaty?

When I get a shave down in Bridgeport at my Turkish barber, sometimes I start laughing as I picture having some sort of nervous twitch that would force me to jerk my head to one side as he was cutting my hair or shaving me. Of course he gets confused when I start laughing and my Turkish and Arabic are not what they perhaps should be so I can't explain why I am giggling as he is dragging a sharp steel blade across my face. It gets a little uncomfortable.

Brad

Congrats Singlewedge!
I know i would have taken a class like that, when i was in college, if it had been offered here in Washington.

Mac

Congratulations!

I didn't, however, see anything in your curriculum about RAD and SAD!

Now that's nice! I'm sure you'll convert lots of people! Just make sure not to tell them about vintage Eschers, NOS Fillies and the like...