Will I be left with a mark?

[FL shaver]

I made a couple of mistakes this morning as I went against the grain on my chin on the second pass. Long story short, I flayed myself. I immediately used the styptic on a roundish divot about a mm and a half in diameter on my chin. I am know wondering if, since I used the styptic and interrupted the normal healing response, if I am going to be left with a divot, like a pock mark, on my chin. Should I have let the normal healing response occur and attempted to let the would heal in a moist environment to encourage normal tissue regeneration and a filling in of this skin defect? Curious as I am a newb with the styptic, though my technique with it has improved to the point that I stopped the bleeding fairly rapidly this morning!

Thanks for any insight!

 

[life2short1971]

in 6-8 weeks you'll never know you did it.

 

[FL shaver]

Thanks!

 

[life2short1971]

Yw. The human body loses a layer of skin every day or something like that. Thats where most of the dust in your house comes from. Anyway my point is those shallow non tearing wounds heal right up and disappear in no time as the new skin replaces the old.

 

[Jim]

Oh No!
I knew a guy who did that-

 

[FL shaver]

Thanks Jim! Mine will be a bit off center, I'm afraid...

My errors:
1. Staying with a dulling blade. My Astra still had one effective edge. I applied the other here.
2. Inadequate 2nd pass lather.
3. No preshave oil. Might have made up for the other shortcomings.
4. Failed to stretch the skin.
5. Haste. Accounts for 1-4!

 

[Jethro1984]

Please replace your divots. If they are unrecoverable, please fill with sand!

 

[chrismikehead]

I still have a faint scar across my chin from my first DE shaving experience.

But I was around 4 years old and found my grandfather's razor - I doubt you messed up as bad as I did back then.

 

[life2short1971]

Please replace your divots. If they are unrecoverable, please fill with sand!

 

[M80]

You'll be fine. Just graft some skin from your leg or something. It's easy.

 

[FL shaver]

Yikes!

 

[life2short1971]

"Or something"?

 

[nrdoty]

You'll be fine. Just graft some skin from your leg or something. It's easy.

Ahh, that pic makes my me hurt all over!

 

[BlackBard]

The styptic pencil only stopped the bleeding. Using it will not affect the healing process. That said, you are correct about not leaving it dry. I suggest you apply a small dab of antibiotic ointment to the wound, three of four times a day, leave it uncovered and do this for a week to ten days. This will prevent scabbing and reduce scarring.

 

[ouch]

Chicks dig scars.

 

[The Nid Hog]

Chicks dig scars.

We should have a sticky that lists plausible stories that we can use to explain our scars to the fairer sex. Ones that don't reference wetshaving.

 

[Jim]

We should have a sticky that lists plausible stories that we can use to explain our scars to the fairer sex. Ones that don't reference wetshaving.

These scars, ahhhh.. the result of a duel at dawn, regretablly, and as always - it involved a woman.

 

[FL shaver]

Thanks for the humor, info, and suggestions! I will dab a small amount of antibiotic ointment on it to facilitate the healing. I took a photo to share, but figured I'd spare you!!

 

[TheSentinel]

1. Staying with a dulling blade. My Astra still had one effective edge.

No, it didn't have "one effective edge." For the few dimes per blade, as soon as you start thinking a blade is dull, dump it. Don't finish the pass; stop and change it. Your face will thank you.

2. Inadequate 2nd pass lather.

Much like the above, if you can feel your lather is too wet or too thin or just isn't right, dump it and redo. It takes just over a minute to whip up some lather and the cost is negligible.

Shaving can be like the moral in any after school special - if you think you're doing something wrong and will regret it later, you're probably right.

 

[Go West Young Man]

I have so many random scars from doing stupid things that one more won't make much of a difference either way.