Thread: When the last time you cut yourself?

Been doing this about 3 months, and this morning I was thinking, gee, I haven't cut myself or bled it about a month and hal...OUCH. Sigh.

For the senior members, once you got it, how long has it been since you drew blood?

This noob is still only managing 2 weeks best. (Though usually they're very minor... 'abrasions' as Lynn says in his YouTube video!)

Slightly , but I have on a few occasions cut myself without blood. Sometimes I catch myself just as the blade makes a very slight cut (you get that initial sting) and I reach straight for the styptic (which is always close by!) before there's time to bleed, press it on for a few seconds, and hey presto! No blood. But the nick is just about detectable at the end of the shave, almost like a little red patch of razor burn with an almost imperceptible white line (of cut skin, I guess).

Anyone else sometimes get these non-bleeding cuts?

Yesterday, damn it. Felt that telling sting and knew I'd made a boo boo... Eventually, I'll get the hang of this.

Weepers and minor nicks aside that disappear before the shave is through ... I think it would be a few months ago.

X

I gave myself a mid-sized nick a couple of days ago. I don't even know how it happened -- maybe a facial twitch or something. 2 shaves before that I gave myself a small one due to the unfamiliarity with shaving sticks but before that... It's been about 4 months.

I'd guess a month or so. I gave myself a small red vertical nick on my chin.

Majurey- how about when you cut yourself and then's there's the 5 seconds or so where you don't know if it's going to bleed or not...I hate that!

So Firestart has the lead with a 4 month streak? Sound like it just comes with the territory on occasion... makes me feel better, lol.

I usually just get small little weepers on my neck--maybe a couple of times a week. I don't feel them and then there's blood...

But in terms of real cuts, I've been fine for months and then this morning I somehow tapped the blade against the skin under my nose... stinging... blood... styptic. Dang.

Josh

Draxe,

Aside from the period of uncertainly (5 seconds) there's also the reality that, for me at least, they don't look all together bad that day. A styptic will stop it fast and the cut will be almost invisible. The next day, however, I have a well defined and red line where the cut is.

Anyone know a way to avoid this? I am assuming that white blood cells are rushing to the region to fight possible or actual infection. Would triple-antibiotic or something similar work to reduce the redness and swelling around the cut?

I'm sure there's a fair share of doctors and other medical types on these boards to help with this.

Thanks,
John

The main thing is to keep it moisturized and protected. An antibiotic cream (petroleum-jelly based) is the best way to do it. Worst case scenario just slap some vaseline on it. That will minimize or prevent scarring.