Thread: Scarface?

This happened earlier this evening. I applied a styptic pencil, and if I didn't it probably wouldn't have ever stopped bleeding. I've only been shaving about 6 weeks or so, and now the wife is pretty concerned. Overconfidence is a bad, bad thing...

The good news is if you keep antibiotic ointment and a bandage on it, the cuts from a straight are so clean it'll heal without scarring. Just don't let it dry out!

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

The good news is if you keep antibiotic ointment and a bandage on it, the cuts from a straight are so clean it'll heal without scarring. Just don't let it dry out!

That's good to know! I was starting to come up with great stories to tell people who asked about it. I was thinking maybe a knife fight in prison?

Originally Posted by goaT

That's good to know! I was starting to come up with great stories to tell people who asked about it. I was thinking maybe a knife fight in prison?

A knife fight in prison? I know an even more impressive story: Yeah, I cut myself shaving. Straight razors cut deep".

I took a nice chunk out of my left jaw line two Friday’s ago with a freshly honed square/spike point. It was so sharp I hardly felt it cut. I’m on so many blood thinners for health reasons that sometimes the styptic pencil is not enough to stop the bleeding. I kept a little Neosporin “Neo To Go!” ® spray container on it to help heal. There is still a small scar, but nothing compared to the chunk it was.

That’ll teach me to try new angles with a soap not used before, and a freshly honed blade.

Originally Posted by goaT

That's good to know! I was starting to come up with great stories to tell people who asked about it. I was thinking maybe a knife fight in prison?

I've got a 4" scar on my side just above my waist. I used to occasionally get asked how I got it and I found that it was easier to lie and say it was from a tree limb in the woods, since the truth was, there was this sheep...



Yup, I was laying on top of a sheep and she kicked me...



OK, if anyone wants to believe me, I was trimming the hooves of a sheep and one of the hooves I had already trimmed turned out to have ended up in a pretty sharp point. While I was working on one of the other hooves she kicked at my side and gave me a pretty good slice. It hurt but I didn't realize how bad it was till I finished up the last foot and stood up to let her go. The guy I was working with looked at me and acted like he was about to pass out. It turned out that I already had blood soaking the side of my jeans all the way to my boots. The hoof was sharp enough that it cut quite deeply and left a pretty good scar.

I considered a knife fight explanation for the scar, but that would lead to further elaboration of a lie and I didn't want to do that, so I usually stuck with the tree limb story. Scar stories usually involved being disrobed with equally disrobed young women, and somehow, I just didn't want to bring my history with sheep into the conversation!

Originally Posted by Utopian

I've got a 4" scar on my side just above my waist. I used to occasionally get asked how I got it and I found that it was easier to lie and say it was from a tree limb in the woods, since the truth was, there was this sheep...



Yup, I was laying on top of a sheep and she kicked me...



OK, if anyone wants to believe me, I was trimming the hooves of a sheep and one of the hooves I had already trimmed turned out to have ended up in a pretty sharp point. While I was working on one of the other hooves she kicked at my side and gave me a pretty good slice. It hurt but I didn't realize how bad it was till I finished up the last foot and stood up to let her go. The guy I was working with looked at me and acted like he was about to pass out. It turned out that I already had blood soaking the side of my jeans all the way to my boots. The hoof was sharp enough that it cut quite deeply and left a pretty good scar.

I considered a knife fight explanation for the scar, but that would lead to further elaboration of a lie and I didn't want to do that, so I usually stuck with the tree limb story. Scar stories usually involved being disrobed with equally disrobed young women, and somehow, I just didn't want to bring my history with sheep into the conversation!

+1

how did you even manage a cut that big?

must have been that sword fight at dawn eh?

Ouch! Yep, keep some antibiotic ointment and a bandage on it and it should heal fine. On the plus side, the area of your cheek just above & below the cut looks really smooth.