Thread: Risk Factor to Consider

Shaving my full face with three passes since March 27 or thereabouts. I'm very confident when I shave. I do not think it would be possible for me to cut myself unless I were to slip and fall during a stroke. And I make certain that will not happen before I even pick up my razor.

I'm not suggesting I've avoided the mistakes others have made. I've cut the moles on my upper lip and my chin so many times with my Gillette Sensor 3 (and man did they bleed!) that I found myself being especially vigilant about developing good habits. And now I have confidence.
Namaste,
Morty -_-

Yeah, you can cut yourself pretty bad if you're not careful. However, if you're quick and you're smart about it you can avoid pretty much any scar from superficial cuts such as the ones that straight razors give you.

Whatever you do, if you get a really scar-worthy slice do NOT just put styptic on it and let it be. I got a really bad one once, and stopped the shave immediately, cleaned my face, and applied antibiotic ointment to the wound and covered it before I went to sleep. For the next few days I applied Climb On cream (used to use it when I went to the rock gym a lot, it's basically a mix of shea butter, aloe vera, and other natural vitamins & oils) but regular aloe vera or other healing moisturizer will do.

Anyway, I know I sound crazy, but even if I do go overboard as far as prevention, I'm making damn sure that I won't ever have to explain that the inch-long scar on my face is from shaving.

Nothing worse than a couple of scratches or nicks that disappeared after a cold water rinse and Thayer's toner. But I admit that when I started str8 shaving, I was very cognizant of the technique and was watching myself like a hawk when shaving.

Do not let the blade intimate you...you are the one that is willing it any which way you please. Be confident, but mindful of your technique and you will be more than fine...Believe it or not, trust your hands too ...even as a beginner!

Happy shaving

Originally Posted by straightnoob

This is just a question to ask if anyone has seriously cut themselves to the point where its left a scar? When I shave with a disposable the nicks I receive are simple dots which disappear in a day, has anyone gotten a cut to last several years or more? This question applies to straights, changeable blade straights, and DE razors.

I have cut myself once. It was my first shave and I drew the blade lenthwise for a spit second as I lifted it off my cheek and got a 1/4 cut that stopped bleeding before I was even done shaving.

In the 6 shaves I've had so far, I've only had one other nick.

The worst cut I got was on my thumb when cleaning a razor, but when shaving I've never had anything worse than I got with a safety razor.

I've found that the edges are so fine that the cuts heal up pretty much invisibly. But they bleed like stink before they heal is all..!

yep I have a scare left from one a my straights on the left side burn just above the earlobe height area it aint to pronounced but its certainly a scar none the less , I can be a bit slap happy now & then , I hooked it several times in following shaves while healing so yeah it scared

I have never cut myself so seriously that it left a permanent scar, although I do nick myself on occasion. That's when I get the styptic pencil out--along with some antibiotic cream--and repair the damage.

I'll be one of the ones to admit it. Both times with my favorite and best shaivng razor, that happens to have a mean spike point. Both times due to lack of attention. Both times within an inch of each other up by my cheekbone, when turning the razor to continue down my cheeks, I pulled that point right though the skin. One is almost completely gone now, after about 4 months. It's still visible in the right light if I really look. The other is right onthe outer most ridge of my cheekbone, is about two months, and is still pretty visible. I don't doubt that in another few months it will be nearly gone, but it may leave a little character mark. One reason, though is that it was about 24 hours healed when it got popped open in a sparring session, then had sweat, dirt etc rubbed into it when I got taken to the mat. I got up, cleaned it out, and put in antibiotic, but that's rough treatment for a fresh cut...so I can't exactly blame the straight.

Moral of the story. PAY ATTENTION. If you shave with a spike (LIKE I LOVE!), pay MORE attention. If you get cut, dont' spar for a day or two, and if you do, and it gets popped, maybe take a break.

I'm not real smart.

Most likely there will be very rare someone will come up and said they have done it.
Formation of scar tissue should have some factors available.
1 st important is straight razor cut is clean cut.
2. distance between 2 edges is not so far away which scar tissue will fill fin.
3. Now days people do access almost for every medicine out there.
etc
this is the reason we don't see so many people scar tissue all other their face walking around.(there is but reason is not the straight razor)

hope this helps.

Good thread! I'm sure most of us will see a cut or two before we're through.

I did one good one... started out as just a little cut, but after covering it with lather for the next pass, I seemed to forget that it was there, shaved over it, thought "what was that?"... and then went over it again! So it wouldn't have been anything but that "thin red line", until I shaved it three times!