Your Worst Shaving Injury?

[Zig the Pirate]

Whether it's honing, building, stropping, the act of shaving, or just dropping blades during storage, we've all gotten boo-boos.
So what's been your worst shaving-related injury?
(I don't know if photos would be okay, considering the topic.)

 

[bkatbamna]

When I told the wife that I had 5 shaving brushes that cost over 150 each.

 

[salman]

Once I once cut myse right by the top of my nose. Not sure what i was thinking since i have no facial on that side that needed shaving. Just a rather silly loss of concentration.


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[Fred D]

I don't remember any real injuries besides the rare nick, but I think once about 40 years ago I went sideways with the razor and got a slice in my cheek. Mostly I only injured shaving bowls and mugs from dropping them, and injured my wallet once or twice.

 

[Wgg2017]

Nothing too bad so far. The worst was probably a month or so ago. I wasn't being careful with a Feather SS straight razor and sliced a very thin piece of skin off the top of my pinkie finger down near the nail. It bled a little bit but the slice wasn't very deep so it stopped soon enough. No pain whatsoever, just a clean slice.

 

[wwoof]

Almost four months ago I knicked myself under my left nostril and it has yet to heal! My doctor said he didn't like it that close to my nose and has set me up with a dermatologist. He did say, with my age and complexion, it could be a precancer thingie! From a Schick bite less than 1/4" long? Never before, or after, have I had that kind of reaction to a nick.

 

[Matt76]

My very first shave with a straight went sideways fast. Within milliseconds of the blade touching my skin I had given myself a neck flap. I had to crazy glue the wound shut and keep a bandage on it for a few days.

It sucked.

 

[Leo501]

About a month into my DE journey I brought the razor up for a sideburn pass and clipped the tip of my ear lobe with the blade as I turned sideways to the mirror. Fortunately the styptic was close at hand in the medicine cabinet but it too a few passes to stop the blood flow, and when I finished I applied witch hazel & pressure with a cotton ball. Stayed sensitive for a few days.

I don't wear my glasses when shaving, which should get me some kind of hazard pay but doesn't.

 

[Billy T.]

Slit my upper lip open.

 

[Zig the Pirate]

Slit my upper lip open.

You da man. I mean, how "open"? Stitches?

 

[Jayboz]

A little rushed with a new schick p-30 in an ATT SE1. Didnt even realize I was cut till i saw the blood. No stitches, but did bleed quite a bit.

 

[Billy T.]

Thankfully no stitches, just a fountain of crimson blood.

 

[BradWorld]

I was cracking open a pack of Personna 74 NOS blades that were seized up. When the top unexpectedly sprung off the tuck, one of the blades popped out and gave me a heck of a slice on my finger.

 

[guitarslinger]

Almost four months ago I knicked myself under my left nostril and it has yet to heal! My doctor said he didn't like it that close to my nose and has set me up with a dermatologist. He did say, with my age and complexion, it could be a precancer thingie! From a Schick bite less than 1/4" long? Never before, or after, have I had that kind of reaction to a nick.

dude! Nice frank booth avatar!!

good luck with your cut. Hopefully, it’s not cancerous.

 

[timj219]

Fumbled a straight once about 10 years ago. Sliced open my thumb pretty deep. AND dropped the blade putting a nice chip in the edge.It could have used stiches but I was too embarrassed to go to the doc. Had to keep it taped up tight for awhile.

 

[AZBronco]

Feather AC only a couple of months ago. Was rushing and not concentrating and cut myself near my cheekbone. Those blades are so sharp I thought I avoided catastrophe, but it started bleeding a few seconds later. I’m now the proud owner of a one inch scar there—maybe I should have gone for stitches.

 

[Grundi]

Sliced my thumb twice, once while disposing of a used DE blade, and once while recovering pieces of a dropped apothecary style shaving mug (my favorite, I was nearly in tears, about dropping my mug, not about my bleeding thumb)

 

[BudgetShaverGuy]

Memory is very foggy.....a Feather blade was involved....it’s like a bad dream.....trying to remember is making it harder to remember....

 

[LewisW]

Sneezed when I was using a straight razor a few years back and ended up need 8 stitches in my chin.

 

[@ngel]

Nothing too bad so far. The worst was probably a month or so ago. I wasn't being careful with a Feather SS straight razor and sliced a very thin piece of skin off the top of my pinkie finger down near the nail. It bled a little bit but the slice wasn't very deep so it stopped soon enough. No pain whatsoever, just a clean slice.

My worst has also being with the Feather SS, clean cut at the bottom of my right ear when cleaning my sideburns, didn't feel it or noticed ‘till I saw the droplets of blood on the sink, even when it cuts where is not supposed to, the Feather SS does it so sneaky and graciously...still my favorite razor!