Thank you. It's nice to know what I was doing wrong[emoji1]
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What you are seeing is poor aftercare. I was shaving with a spike point and nicked the ear. I was frustrated with that razor and decided to finish up with my Feather AC and a Super Pro blade. I have lots of experience with the Feather and was both overconfident and in a hurry. I went to do an XTG pass and buried the blade in my cheek. I'm not sure how I managed to tip the blade, but I did. I tossed styptic powder on it and applied pressure. Once the bleeding stopped, I just covered it with a bandage. In retrospect, I should have put some butterfly strips on it to hold the slit shut. I removed the bandage twelve hours later to see this big smiling wound with a flap of dead skin that I removed prior to the picture.
No offense taken, but yes my dumb ass did this with a razor.
Wow you win. Now that you explain the scar.
You dont often see a scar with that wide of a expanse. Upside is you cut yourself along the surgical lines. If you go all Hollywood.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Upon contemplation of this hum-dinger of a sports injury, I motion that Mrchick's member status be modified to include the tameshigiri :tameshigiri: emoji. Maybe something like "Senior Member :tameshigiri:" or just "Captain :tameshigiri:".
Do I have a second?
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Just found this thread. Managed to saw my index finger back in November, quick (but stupid) reflexes when I knocked my Landry, Frary, & Clark from the counter while I was shaving. Had just received the blade, shave ready, and, well..... Long story short, I managed to slice up a tendon and 3 nerve clusters. Surgery, 8 weeks in a cast and 6 weeks of physical therapy. Still don't have complete motion or complete feeling, but it works fine. Worst part was that I was one-handed for 6 weeks, so couldn't use my straight. The day that I could actually manage real shaving again........PRICELESS!!!!
I look forward to seeing it.
With all the damage that I did, there was no way for that to heal quickly or cleanly. My ortho surgeon had to slice from tip to almost the base of the finger to effect the repairs. The actual cut that I made healed up pretty well with little scarring. It's the internal damage and the incision for the surgery that are still healing
Actually, that comment was meant for the face slicer.......
That finger looked pretty nasty, not surprised you need an orth surgeon, little beyond the powers of a Styptic pen, some Polysporin and a bandaid...hope your finger heals well, how was the nerve damage?
A Barber I worked with in the past dropped his shavette and used his cat like reflexes to manage a slice through all 4 fingers to the bone...I jump away when I drop a razor...sad your instinct says catch.
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As Mr. Priest2705 has demonstrated, it is (sadly) better to have a busted blade, than a busted finger/hand (or toes, for those of us with well hone foot catching skills from playing hackysack in high school).
We'd probably all shed a tear if we dropped a SR, causing it to be harmed. But it is much more difficult to restore human body parts back to "near factory" condition.
Before my first SR shave, I was inspecting my Dovo (and its Lynn Abrams edge) while sitting. While switching hands, and also rotating to look at the other side, I fumbled it slightly. I recovered using both hands, but not without nicking the outside of my left pinky, right where the skin creases at the knuckle. That stink took expectedly long to heal.
Well, I managed to slice most of the way thru 3 nerve clusters. Dr Sanjay (fantastic surgeon) reattached everything. Feeling in the right side of the first joint is slowly coming back, left side feels fine. Finger still feels tight, don't quite have full range of motion, but I haven't lost any ability with it. LOL everyone, take my foible like an afterschool special, and learn the lesson. As Crawler said, let the straight hit the floor rather than catch it. It's not worth the pain (or the medical bills).
On the plus side, as I lay in recovery after the surgery, entire arm wrapped up, barely conscious as the anesthesia wore off, my amazing, silly, awesome 16 year old daughter took a pic and posted it to social media with the caption that I looked like a sleeping lion. LMAO I have NO idea where she got that, but she's awesome
I'm surprised I haven't flayed my finger open. I've dropped mine a few times and every time I reach after it even though i know better. Reflexes are too quick for the brain to send the message not to catch the sharp thing. Usually this results in an open hand slap to the razor as I abort the catch reflex. The way they flail after being slapped in mid air could arguably be more hazardous than had I actually caught the razor.
I'm glad to say It looks like I won't be permanently disfigured [emoji1] One week later and it's almost healed.
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Miss judged the distance with a new razor. Not a big deal. When I was playing rugby I had one of my ears almost half off.
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Yaarrggg! Reflexes be a fickle mistress!
Thanks. It looks like I might end up with a permanent scar. I'm trying to be optimistic [emoji1]
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Huh, I have a pair of those scars Mr. Chic, left and right, scars happen all through a humans life, life scars you in many ways.
Might I recommend:
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Found with all the other vitamins over by the pharmacy in a big-box store. There are different potency levels, btw, of the liquid vitamin E oil. That may be the reason mine says "Do not ingest...", as I decided on the highest concentration they had in the store. It is much more economical than trying to poke a hole in a gel cap. The less concentrated bottles of oil are usually okay for consumption.
I also add a drop or two to my lather while I'm building it. And three or more drops of glycerin :D.
Anyway. Vitamin E is good for hair and skin. Helps to reduce/heal/soften scar tissue.
I hope this was helpful!
Oh, FWIW, I'm pretty sure I paid about $8 for that bottle a year and a half ago. I use a drop every so often on a few gnarly little scars I have, in addition to my shaving lather. Notice how little is missing from the 2.5 oz bottle.