Thread: nice incision - scar?

A more important worry than the tiny scar a cut might leave is infection. Fortunately, you could not possibly get a cleaner cut than one with a well cared for straight razor on a soapy scrubbed face. None of my facial cuts have ever scarred or gotten infected, although one took months to disappear. The cut I got on my arm while testing an edge during honing, though, left a permanent scar. Why my arm would scar and my face not, with a similar cut, I have no idea. Last time I drank beer while honing, let me tell you!

Your face is much more blood rich than your arm which means cells can produce faster to close the wound. There is also greater elasticity of the skin in the face than the arm which also helps avoid scar tissue forming.

There is also the possible biological aspects. You avoid dirty things with your face naturally and use your arms to shield your face.

A wound to the face would be more apparent to a predator than one on the arm. An infection in skin of the face could lead to inability to breath, eat, drink, and see. Your body naturally prevents such things.

Hey, speaking of shaving cuts, do any of you guys scuba dive in the ocean after straight razor shaving?
Probably not the best idea! The comment about predators got me thinking in this direction....

Originally Posted by Croaker

Hey, speaking of shaving cuts, do any of you guys scuba dive in the ocean after straight razor shaving?
Probably not the best idea! The comment about predators got me thinking in this direction....

I dated this girl in high school, and we went swimming in the ocean right after she had popped a zit near the front of her temple, just outside the orbit.

Something got in there while swimming in the ocean, and she ended up with a great big abscess.

Have you ever watched a doc lance an abscess on a person's temple? Not fun. That was the second grossest abscess i've ever seen. The grossest was on a horses rump, and you don't want to know.

Let's not make this an contest about who has the most first aid experience. It's not relevant to the discussion. My point here is that nobody posting medical advice on this forum is qualified to do so, because a real doctor would never assume that kind of liability.

When you hop on here, and tell a complete stranger to start using a particular medication, without ever seeing them, and not being qualified to tell them what to do if you did see them, you open yourself, and the forum, to enormous liability.

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

I'm sure that's the case. But let's not make this a ****ing match about who has the most first aid experience. It's not relevant to the discussion. My point here is that nobody posting medical advice on this forum is qualified to do so, because a real doctor would never assume that kind of liability.

When you hop on here, and tell a complete stranger to start using a particular medication, without ever seeing them, and not being qualified to tell them what to do if you did see them, you open yourself, and the forum, to enormous liability.

Sorry Vee, but telling a fellow member to put some polysporin and a band-aid on a cut hardly qualifies as "medical advice" and I'm sure we're all safe from medical malpractice lawsuits here at SRP.

And anyway, would you really want to hear a real doctor laughing his a$s off at you when you go to a clinic for advice for a superficial razor wound?

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

I'm sure that's the case. But let's not make this a ****ing match about who has the most first aid experience. It's not relevant to the discussion. My point here is that nobody posting medical advice on this forum is qualified to do so, because a real doctor would never assume that kind of liability.

When you hop on here, and tell a complete stranger to start using a particular medication, without ever seeing them, and not being qualified to tell them what to do if you did see them, you open yourself, and the forum, to enormous liability.

Heh...i cant speak for the other comments on this, but i mentioned nothing about medications, advanced surgical techniques etc...i was making a joke about straight shavers and their need for personal first aid. But with todays court systems and laws, who knows.

Peace,

Mac

Back to the topic on hand: I've been pretty lucky in my straight razor career, only a couple very minor cuts in total. But two weeks ago I gave myself a good one..... on my pinky finger! That's right. About two weeks ago I wasn't watching where my hand was, and somehow my razor made contact with my left pinkie. I didn't even feel it, but sure enough blood started to pour out. Nothing a bandaid couldn't fix , the cut was so clean and precise it healed within a day and I couldn't even see it a week later.

Okay everybody . . . lets all take a deep breath and shake your arms around. My incision is closed, no redness, no signs of infection, no open wounds, no sharks in the water . .da ta, da ta, . . . da ta, da ta . . . .dun dun tun tun . . . . (Jaws), no lawyers . . . please, no lawyers .

I thank you all for your sympathy, empathy, envy (in some weird sense of the way), and encouragement of no scars. The wound was so clean and so surgical I think that I will be fine.

You all are awesome, lets close this thread.

Thanks,

Alpsman

Glad it's mending nicely.