Thread: Struck a divot this morn

I am starting to look like Edward Scissorhands. I am just worried about causing som many bumps and splits that it creates speed bumps that I careen over every shave...that would suck.

K

Originally Posted by mparker762

Yup, it's used in surgery, or at least it used to be. I used it frequently for this purpose back when I was younger and stupider (I grew up in the country, where there were lots of opportunities to be stupid in wound-inflicting ways). Let it bleed for a few seconds to clean it out, then squirt the superglue into the wound and compress. Seals tightly enough to stop the bleeding within 15-20 secs and it's solid enough to resume whatever you were doing within a minute or two. If one shot doesn't do it then wait a minute and give it another shot. Eventually the bits of hardened superglue work their way out of the skin, though I guess it's possible that I've got a few bits left inside me here and there.

So you actually squirt the glue into the cut, i.e. right under the flap and directly into the blood and meat? Not just on the outside where the flap edges meet together?

I've often wondered how this is done.

Is it painless, or does the glue sting like crazy?

And this is superglue, i.e. cyanoacrylate?

Thanks,

Iwan

Depends on how I was cut, and how much stress was gonna be on the cut area. Sometimes it was fine to just smear a layer over the surface, though usually if I did that I'd cut a bit of cloth and glue it over the cut to provide reinforcement. But yeah, lots of times I'd just squirt it into the cut and squeeze it shut - the superglue would glue everything together into a solid mass, blood, bits of skin and meat, you name it. As it healed it healed from the inside out so it gradually pushed the superglue out of the wound. Within a few days all the area where the superglue was holding on would disappear as it was replaced by new cell growth, and the chunks of glued blood would come out on their own. At that point I'd generally slap some neosporin on it and glue a fabric bandage over the surface to keep it from getting damaged further, prevent anything from getting in etc. After a week or so the new skin growth would release the bandage and the wound was generally healed up or nearly so by then.

This is interesting and disgusting at the same time.

Josh

Was gonna say - who would have thought that the razor connoiseur we all know grew on a farm and was so hardcore! Glued blood coming out of the skin we are very casual at the office (lucky me) but this would be too much - imagine this, sitting on a conf call with the CEO and / or VP and they look at me and see the act of coming out... scary

I just had my cuts stitched by doctors without anaesthetics (shock + adrenaline are enough of a pain-killer) when I was younger... or just left them to heal on their own

CHeers
Ivo

Geez guys! Ouch! Divots and crazy glue...

Can anyone who has suffered a divot offer up how or why it happened? Definitely something I want to avoid, if only so that I never have to apply glue...

James.

Yep --don't want no divots on my shaving greens.

Justin

Yep, The "Surgical Type"super glue is used alot, Research says that it causes less truma to the affected area, thus causing less of a scar. It shouldn't be used on a nuckle ro knee, an area that will flex alot, but it does work. BTY orthopedist use the same type stuff on bones. By the by do you know how to get that blood blister out from under your nail? (paper clip)

Is it possible you added a little sideways motion, which wasn't apparent at the time, but that caused the razor to go into slice mode? Purely a question of interest, so please don't think i'm critisizing you!!

I've had the odd hairy moment when i've gone to put the razor in place for a stroke, and had near misses with protrusions on my face, such as my nose. You soon learn to be totally aware where that edge is trust me! This aint no mach 3 stroll in the park!

yep , the original super glue or crazy glue as it is called in the U.S, was developed for use by the U.S military for sealing and repairing abdominal wounds 'in the field' that couldn't be stitched.

so using it on face 'divots' may feel weird but it works, just don't put too much on as it heats up while it is setting