Weird Shaving Injury Thread

[Topgumby]

Mikromicke posted on another thread about a cut on the elbow he got from a razor while doing his post shave rinse.

Any other strange shaving related injuries?

I'm not looking for the garden variety cuts, nicks and weepers. We want the sort of stuff that only happens to people on reality TV shows.

 

[Hughies_online]

I used one of the modern cartridge types (well it was modern 15 years ago) and the blade got stuck in my chin and was literally hanging there. I threw the razor into the bin and started my quest towards str8 and DE shaving. I have not looked back since.

 

[raisindot]

Mikromicke posted on another thread about a cut on the elbow he got from a razor while doing his post shave rinse.

Any other strange shaving related injuries?

I'm not looking for the garden variety cuts, nicks and weepers. We want the sort of stuff that only happens to people on reality TV shows.

"Like, one day I was really, really, mad when my girlfriend left me and I ran after her with a razor, but she had gone so I went back and sliced my ear off. And then I painted a picture of myself and felt better."

--Vincent "Crazy Man" Van Gogh.

 

[aquilla]

dropped my straight and in horror at seeing it falling i managed to catch it, i got a good cut right across my palm but atleast the blade remained unchipped, when explaining it not many people appreciated that catching it was a good thing not very strange but a little.

 

[grouse79]

I don't categorise this as a common garden nick . . .

I was about 19 or 20 and well into having to buzz my Philishave rotary thing over my face for 15-20 minutes every morning. This particular morning I must have excused myself from this torture and later that day found myself at my parents, razorless but in need to clean up before going out for a family get-together in the evening. So I got one of my dad's Bic disposables, made some lather with handsoap and went to work. I cut the centre of my chin almost wide open horizontally. I'm sure there was a flap of skin hanging loose. It bled so much I had to hold a wad of tissues to my face for the entire 45 minute car journey to where we were going.

I have no idea what I did wrong but it was a major factor in me sticking with the electric for another 4 years or so until the Mach3 Power came out.

Funny thing is, I've used a single blade Bic a couple of times now since going the way of the DE and the results are pretty good.

 

[jkchuma]

For a while I used cheap personna 3 blade cartridges that fit the sensor excel. One day while shaving my head I felt the razor get a little too close. I pulled a 1.5" strip of skin out of the razor.

 

[thunderball]

I have cut the outside of my nostril several times while trying to get my upper lip BBS...now that stings.

 

[Topgumby]

Not very dramatic, but I discovered that, when you are peering very closely and intently at the head of a DE that you have just obtained, and are anxiously trying to see if your cleaning efforts have produced a diamond or merely removed the crust from a turd, if you see a little discoloration and decide that it may respond to a more industrious cleaning, and you hit it with the scrubbing bubbles, there is a chance, in fact, a very real chance, that the aerosol propelled cleaning solution will bounce off the head of an iffy '40s Super Speed and come right back in to your eyes.

It hurts a lot.

 

[guru]

Was shaving with my '47 SuperSpeed, about my favorite, and cut my self on the neck, right away. Couldn't believe it, so did another pass only to cut myself again. Looked at the SS finally and I hadn't closed the doors to lock. Bonehead, and just about the only cuts I have ever gotten with this one. Lesson learned on this one.

 

[bearbear]

Was late and i was tired, needed a shave to relieve the face itch so i could get some rest.

So i started going at it with my shavette, slippped, got it caught in the goatee, it deflected wierd and embedded itslef about 1/4 inch above my pinky nail. Stopped at the bone. Took me about an hour to stop the bleeding, trying everything from pressure, cutting off blood flow to styptic pencils, clotting agents and Vaseline.

Then i stitched it up with a fish hook and chicken wire...


okay maybe that last part is an exaggeration, but in retrospect, i probably should have gotten it looked at by a professional.

 

[Chevyguy]

I have cut the outside of my nostril several times while trying to get my upper lip BBS...now that stings.

Especially when you apply the styptic pencil to it to stop the bleeding. At six in the morning that will wake you right up.

Clayton

 

[bladebuff]

Cut my upper lip with a Gillette Fusion while talking to my wife one morning while shaving. Sort of slid the razor on an angle upward and put two nice little cuts right on the lip line. One of the most irritating and painful shaving cuts I have ever experienced.

 

[SpyvSpy]

Small cuts on my nostril and I have a nice scar on my chin from my first straight shave.

 

[Tzar]

dropped my straight and in horror at seeing it falling i managed to catch it, i got a good cut right across my palm but atleast the blade remained unchipped, when explaining it not many people appreciated that catching it was a good thing not very strange but a little.

Good grief, catching a straight in flight with your bare hands.



I thought things like that could only happen in Jackass' movies

 

[rmac]

I put a 2 1/2 " scar on my neck right beside my jugular with a budget straight off ebay (I didn't appreciate what 'shave ready' really meant, as this one was far from it). Funny thing was, I panicked, and thought, "Oh, it must just be because I am going with the grain" (!) so I went against the grain. There was A LOT OF BLOOD! not to mention that the blood just seemed to keep coming. Not only that, but I actaully CONTINUED with the shave , AND went into work straight after! (that was an interesting 8 hours ) Needless to say, it took me another 3 years to even look at a straight again, and I can safely say my technique has improved slightly!