Thread: Styptic and scarring

Originally Posted by yan3751

Forgot to mention what I ran across looking into styptics. Turns out, aside from alum and witch hazel, there are several other styptic compounds and herbs (including yarrow and plantain - not related to the banana-looking thing).

One that caught my eye was mentioned in a couple of places: apparently, one can get a pretty strong styptic effect from powdered cayenne pepper.



Imagine a little cayenne facial rub after a close, three-pass shave. (The twisted thing is that I'm curious how bad it could be on a small nick.)

-Ivan

You might as well put Ben Gay on your soldier!

Heck, just heat the Ol' K-Bar till the tip is red hot... seal that nick right up! Helps if you bite down on your strop ... whiskey helps a bit too!

I got myself a styptic pencil a while back, and Christ on a cross, it stings like a bastard!

If you've got a cut that just won't stop bleeding, then I could see a need for it; otherwise, toughing it out is probably the most sensible option. In my opinion, anyhow.