Thread: Has anyone landed in the ER for a SR cut?

Should have, according to my doctor friend. A moment of carelessness while wiping the blade could have earned me another 4-5 stitches to my credit. Cut the finger smooth to the bone. But, I hate visiting the ER because of the co-pay and hellish wait. So, I grabbed a tube of superglue and went to work. It's what my friend does at his MMA gym does when they have a little too much contact during training sessions. Works like a champ.

Originally Posted by sensei_kyle

Should have, according to my doctor friend. A moment of carelessness while wiping the blade could have earned me another 4-5 stitches to my credit. Cut the finger smooth to the bone. But, I hate visiting the ER because of the co-pay and hellish wait. So, I grabbed a tube of superglue and went to work. It's what my friend does at his MMA gym does when they have a little too much contact during training sessions. Works like a champ.

Isn't that what superglue was originally intended for?

Anyhoo, the ER no, but when shaving, and paying not a great deal of attention, i moved the razor back too far at my sideburn and sliced right down the front of my ear, luckily thanks to the sig of a wiseman here I had a light grip and so it flexed slicing the front as opposed to through, but man there was blood galore.

Still had to go to work though

Geek

I should have as well, got my first dovo special re honed after i chipped it and when i got it back i dropped it and first reaction was to save it which i did and got a huge gash in my first finger. Bleeding wouldnt stop for awhile and should have got stitches but had no insurance , whatcha going to do? But ill never do that again

I don't think I have bled any more learning how to shave from the old Gillette when I was 16 than I have now... Well.... maybe a little more..LOL

So far not with a traditional straight. But I got in too much of a hurry one morning with a shavette-style razor and gave myself a deep cut on my index finger when moving it toward the sink to rinse it. Off to the local ER I went. Doh!

Originally Posted by Belicoso

I wonder if anyone has ever gotten a cut deep or large enough to need a trip to the closest emergency room.

Yes. (Actually I went to a walk-in clinic because it's faster and less of a hassle than the ER.) I was moving my free hand down and it ran into the hand with the straight razor and cut my thumb down to the tendon. I couldn't stop the bleeding for 30 minutes so I knew I couldn't avoid getting treatment. It required 4 stitches and took about 10-12 days to heal. When you are concentrating so hard you have tunnel vision and there's a tendency forget what the rest of you is doing. But there was no way I was going to quit learning the straight after the blood equity I had invested.

I guess it proves how driven I am to master a straight razor. I was getting horrible shaves, even after I was becoming fluid in my technique. When I consulted one of the members who had made a shaving video he asked to examine the blade and when he saw it he said it needed honing (even though it was supposed to be shave ready). I accepted all blame for poor results and for about the first six weeks just kept bearing down and making matters worse. Finally I purchased another razor from hi_bud_gl, explained my problem, and he gave me some tips and the shaves progressively began to get better even when I didn't use his razor. So here's a high five for Bud!

Another story not involving a straight razor. Many years ago (mid 80's) I was carving a jack-o-lantern with my girlfriend at the time; this was years before the much more user-friendly, harmless little pumpkin-carving saw kits came out. Trying to be a know-it-all with my scary-sharp Case Shark Tooth knife (still the best knife I have), I was "demonstrating knife safety" to her when the point slipped through the outer flesh of the pumpkin and cut my finger down to the bone. After 45 minutes of trying in vain to stop the very profuse bleeding, we had to go to the ER for some suturing.

I got up early the next morning to go deer-hunting with my bandaged trigger finger. Oh, to be 20 again!