Getting Cut

[shaved26]

Hey guys,  I just have a question for all of you sly guys.  i've been shaving daily for about 2 months now i love the feeling of being sly.  However since i've been shaving i've cut myself for the second time.   I always feel so good when i shave the smoother the better.  When i cut myself the other day I kind of felt like it didn't look so good, that everyone would notice it.  any tips you can give would be awesome.  my shave routine is i get in the shower i like to use st. ives scrub, lather up then shave its been working good making me nice and smooth.  but since i knicked myself the other day i haven't been shaving daily even though i totally want to do it the stubble drives me nuts i just can't stand it.

[rodubls]

The scrub is good, but if you aren't doing so, you might try an oil like Shave Secret. I haven't cut myself in a long time, but yeah the first few months it would happen fairly often until I mastered my technique and routine and had time to experiment with a few diff products and such.

[Tyler]

What type of razor are you using?  How often are you changing the blades?

[shaved26]

i use the gilette fusion,  i've been using it everyday since i started shaving and i change the blades every couple of days.

[GaryT]

Wow! As already mentioned above there are/could be, some things to try. I have to say though that I am really surprised because I have tried a ton of razors and I prefer the Gillett Fusion Power. It is THE ONLY razor that I have ever used that seems to make nicks and cuts impossible! I've been using it for several months now and have not cut myself once.

Again, although already mentioned, it takes a while to really get to know your head. Which direction does the hair grow. Where is is think, or perhaps much thicker. Just like you were not a professional face shaver when you started, you'll need some time to train.

Keep it up, you'll get there!

[crazycoop]

i use the head blade sport with no probs. but other then that i,m with garyt. give it time it will come to you.

[DogStar Guy]

I have not had a nick since I started using oil only as the shaving material.
Plus the closest shaves yet. As close or closer than oil with later!

I can't explain it...

[GaryT]

Sorry for the for the off topic here. But I have to ask DogStar Guy, what are you using for oil?

[DogStar Guy]

Sorry for the for the off topic here. But I have to ask DogStar Guy, what are you using for oil?

Hi GaryT

I will make a separate post later and just call it
OILS
in the head shaving thread.

Gotta run~~~
Eric

[Paul]

I still get the rare nick especially over an unseen bug bite.  I recently discovered that applying the styptic pencil immediately to the cut, even though I am not done shaving, seems to stop the bleeding instantly with no residual.  I can even touch up the area, do my cold water rinse and not start the nick bleeding again. Don't know the science behind it, but it sure works for me. 

[darkknight1]

I agree, the styptic pencil is a great thing.  I nicked myself this morning in the back, just where my head and neck meet.  It felt bad, but I instantly grabbed my styptic pencil, and handled the bleeding.  I then applied some vasaline to temporarily protect the cut.  I recommend neosporin too. I have to grab some next time I am at the pharmacy. 

[D.A.L.U.I.]

You say you're using a Fusion.  Are your nicks from the trimming blade or from the shaving blades?  That trimming blade is a little tricky and although useful around the ears, care must be used. 

Not to "rub it in" but I've never had any serious cut or slice w/ my Fusion, one or two small zits caused minor bleeding, but nothing that lasted or even required the stiptic.  I have to ask, are you being careful to draw the blade in line with the handle, and not moving it side to side in any fashion, like when you move from one area to the other without lifting it off the scalp?

You're the first I've known to have had any trouble w/ the Fusion.  A lot of guys like the Mach III, and then there are the HB guys but even they admit that is an instrument that requires some practice.

Don't get discouraged.  Your technique will improve, the feeling of a baby butt smooth dome is a great reward for a good shave.  You will get there, trust us.

[shaved26]

Thanks guys you have all been a big help.  I love the sly look and hope to keep it for a long time.   I haven't shaved for almost a week because of where i nicked myself but i've been letting it heal for a little bit. i can't wait to make it smooth again.  I have actually had some second thoughts about shaving it again.  I saw a guy in Target today he had a nice tapered cut,  I thought to myself i'd like to get that kind of cut, let it grow a bit, but then i thought how much i enjoy being smooth and I love how it looks on me,  I've gotten quite a few compliments on it.  So I'm definatly going to keep it.  Do any of you sly guys ever have second thoughts about growing it back, especially when you see another guy with a good looking haircut?

[DogStar Guy]

Sorry for the for the off topic here. But I have to ask DogStar Guy, what are you using for oil?

QUICK reply for now.
I seem to prefer Pacific(a?) All Natural.

To date I have used 4 name brands (they all work) this is the one I most prefer.
Will reply more, later in reviews.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

  Do any of you sly guys ever have second thoughts about growing it back, especially when you see another guy with a good looking haircut?

Can't if I wanted to,  what's left shouldn't be shown as a grown out display.  An no, I don't have second thoughts, that kind of went away as I found and accepted myself as a bald guy who shaved the remnants as the best way to deal with it.