Thread: styptic stick / alum block for Cuts

also resist the urge to look to see how deep the cut is by repeated opening of the wound

You just need to decide, if it really is deep though direct pressure might stop the bleeding you may very well wind up with a scar which is less likely to happen if its properly treated. Of course scars can be sexy.

I once many moons ago when I first started got a really deep cut at the corner of my mouth and used a septic pencil to stop it and it worked however the area looked terrible. It looked like someone had shot me in the face.

kinda like Tommy Flanagan??

Alum in block form (usually potassium alum) is used as an aftershave, rubbed over the wet, freshly shaved face. Styptic pencils containing aluminium sulfate or potassium aluminium sulfate are used as astringents to prevent bleeding from small shaving cuts. Alum was used as a base in skin whiteners and treatments during the late 16th Century
Alum is used in many subunit vaccines as an adjuvant to enhance the body's response to immunogens. Such vaccines include hepatitis A, hepatitis B and DTaP. Alum in powder or crystal form, or in styptic pencils, is sometimes applied to cuts to prevent or treat infection. Powdered alum is commonly cited as a home remedy for canker sores. Preparations containing alum are used by pet owners to stem bleeding associated with animal injuries caused by improper nail clipping. Alum is listed as an ingredient of some brands of toothpaste or toothpowder
Alum powder, found in the spice section of many grocery stores, may be used in pickling recipes as a preservative to maintain fruit and vegetable crispness. Alum is used as the acidic component of some commercial baking powders. Alum was used by bakers in England during the 1800s to make bread whiter[6]. White bread was demanded by the middle class.[citation needed] In 1875, the Sale of Food and Drugs Act prevented this and other adulterations
Alum is used to clarify water by catching the very fine suspended particles in a gel-like precipitate of aluminium hydroxide. This sinks to the bottom of the containing vessel and can be removed in a variety of ways. Alum may be used to increase the viscosity of a ceramic glazesuspension; this makes the glaze more readily adherent and slows its rate of sedimentation. Alum is an ingredient in some recipes for homemade modeling compounds intended for use by children. (These are often called "play clay" or "play dough" for their similarity to "Play-Doh", a trademarked product marketed by American toy manufacturer Hasbro