Thread: Razor Accident... *Bloody*

Originally Posted by English

Superglue ?

Many of the modern-day liquid band-aid type products are basically superglue with a different accelerator for curing. People with sensitive skin may find stock superglue a bit much. Superglue has many uses besides that killer polish for scales.

Thats a deep nasty cut. I cant stand needles and usually pass out as I walk through the hospital doors (I am not joking the fear has got that great - daft but true). How does the superglue work,do you just pinch the skin together and glue over the top ? The last time I got a nasty cut whilst repairing a garage the nurse who came into the curtained cubicle had bigger biceps than a russian shot putter. I ran a mile.

I got so many small cuts doing the thumb pad test that I dont touch it anymore. I got another deep cut whilst closing the blade and since then I have been extra careful as given a chance,the beast will attack.


Regards

Alex,

Sure, I believe it. I own it, I use it, I get my fingers stuck with it. I've got the anti super glue tube.
I've seen it used to stick the bottom of a groom to a toilet seat on his stag night. He complained, I told him he was lucky because there are other bits of skin that if stuck together can cause serious pain on his matrimonial night.

But as a band aid. No.

That cut requires anti tetanus, anti bacterial treatment and some thing like superglue.....
probably stitches and somebody to say things like.... are you OK..... would you like a cup of tea......you know those little things that cheer you up and make you heal quicker so you can go cut yourself again in confidence because people care.....

May be you think we English are spoilt and mothered.... maybe we are.... but think about it.....Superglue!

Mind you, I've just put a tube in my medical chest on your advice.

I found that an unhoned blade after sanding cuts just as good as a properly honed blade when slicing movement is involved.
This looks nasty indeed. CA would probably have kept it shut until it had healed over properly, and you wouldn't have had such a big scar. I think.

Out of curiosity (I really have no clue), what would it have costed? I can't imagine NOT going to the ER with a cut like that.

If it had been infected (althoug the blade was probably very clean) or a sinew, nerve or tendon had been partially hit, it could have had nasty consequences if left untended.

2 years ago when i was just starting out i did the EXACT same thing. it was my first restoration and i was polishing the blade with some Maas. looked up at the TV and my thumb went under the blade and SLICE. just like you did.

i went to the hosipital. they stuck my thumb in a cup of iodine and let it bleed out and foam for about 5minutes. then they took out this little tube like a glow stick, cracked it so the 2 compounds mixed and then the lady glued my thumb shut. basically CA.

it worked fantastically and lasted until it healed.

i don't have any pictures but it was just like that... man, now when i polish a razor i lay it down on the table on its edge down. i don't care if it dulls it, ill polish first and hone after. no way im ever doing that again

~Jared

Clean it up with Hydrogen Peroxide, pinch it together and superglue it. This is exactly what my family doctor suggests and does. Most of the liquid bandaids and stitching is CA with some additives.
Headdoc