Thread: The first big cut

Well after 4 months I carelessly got myself good with my straight. Just thought I'd share. Anybody else with good cut pics?

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I bet that tickled

How did you achieve a cross pattern?

Originally Posted by AxelH

How did you achieve a cross pattern?

I would also like to know.

Regardless of how the x pattern happened, it will make for a cooler scar!


Typically if I cut myself too bad I don't continue with more passes, and if i do I avoid the cut area because i tend to hang up on it again.

The plus side is that with such a sharp blade you get a perfect incision and scarring isnt usually too bad if you keep it clean and maybe dab on a little neosporin!

The little cross was actually the flap of skin hanging there Haha..didn't notice it until after the cut. Yes this Dovo is sharper than I realized. I was definitely done after that pass.

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+1 on the Neosporin. A nice dab on it and a dab on a bandaid at night to keep it moist and it'll really help!! My scars can testify!!!

Regards,

Howard

As with any tread involving a cut we have recommendations for neosporin which is certainly a fine product. For what it is worth I just want to share the advice on this we got from a plastic surgeon. About a year ago my wife took a fall that resulted in a bad jagged cut right under her lower eyelid. We went to the ER where it was stitched up in a less than perfect way. She was so concerned about possible scarring that she found a plastic surgeon that would meet with her on a Sunday - the day after it happened. He told us that for a cut on the face where scarring is a concern absolutely do not use any antibiotic ointment. The point of such products is to prevent infection. The face has such a rich blood supply that the risk of infection for a facial cut is close to zero. Bear in mind my wife's cut came from falling and hitting her face on a concrete sidewalk which is probably a good bit dirtier than the razors we are shaving with. He went on to say that the various antibiotics and other ingredients in such products can in some cases actually make scarring worse. SO THERE IS NO REASON TO USE THEM ON A FACIAL CUT AND IN FACT THEY ARE CONTRAINDICATED. His advice to minimize scarring was just keep any facial cut moist with Vaseline while it heals. My wife's cut was pretty bad and the assumption was that a year or so down the road some followup surgery to reduce the scarring would be required. She put a dab of Vaseline on it three times a day while it healed. Today you can't see where it was, there is no scar at all.

A kiss from the straight razor gods just to remind you their watching!

Originally Posted by Lazarus

As with any tread involving a cut we have recommendations for neosporin which is certainly a fine product. For what it is worth I just want to share the advice on this we got from a plastic surgeon. About a year ago my wife took a fall that resulted in a bad jagged cut right under her lower eyelid. We went to the ER where it was stitched up in a less than perfect way. She was so concerned about possible scarring that she found a plastic surgeon that would meet with her on a Sunday - the day after it happened. He told us that for a cut on the face where scarring is a concern absolutely do not use any antibiotic ointment. The point of such products is to prevent infection. The face has such a rich blood supply that the risk of infection for a facial cut is close to zero. Bear in mind my wife's cut came from falling and hitting her face on a concrete sidewalk which is probably a good bit dirtier than the razors we are shaving with. He went on to say that the various antibiotics and other ingredients in such products can in some cases actually make scarring worse. SO THERE IS NO REASON TO USE THEM ON A FACIAL CUT AND IN FACT THEY ARE CONTRAINDICATED. His advice to minimize scarring was just keep any facial cut moist with Vaseline while it heals. My wife's cut was pretty bad and the assumption was that a year or so down the road some followup surgery to reduce the scarring would be required. She put a dab of Vaseline on it three times a day while it healed. Today you can't see where it was, there is no scar at all.

I use Bag Balm or Lanolin. While I don't disagree with the surgeon, the Neosporin (or whatever one uses), might act as that moisturizer just like Vaseline. Different theory, maybe, but same results!!!! To the OP, great dueling scar!