To shave....or not to shave with stitches

[Sir Harry]

What's up SBG's? In a previous thread, I had surgery in December on my cranium resulting in some stitches. As a result, I had to stop shaving for a month....Thursday, I had my final (hopefully) surgery on the nape of my neck where I got 24 stitches, as I was getting boils/cysts in that spot (I'm taking antibiotics). I have not shaved since March 30th, but since the stitches are not in the immediate shaving area of my hair, I was thinking of clipper shaving until the 23rd when the stitches come out. I asked the doctor, he said "I'm not telling you no, but use extreme caution when you do" I want to clipper shave today, but friends say I should wait it out until the 23rd....what do you guys think? Thanks for letting me share!

[BaldHDbiker]

First off good luck I hope all goes well. 

I would either wait or have someone else do the shaving that can actually see the area that needs to be avoided. I'm guessing that the Dr is worried about infection.

[Baldstu]

Sir Harry , heed your Gps advice , be patient , iusedto work in a neuro-surgical OR

[greatnessinc]

I'd say wait until you can shave safely, no sense in rushing it and doing more harm than good.

[warhawk]

hey harry:  just my 2 cents... if it were me i would definitely shave it.   i would let my beautiful wifey shave my dome if i were in that situation.  matter of fact... she used 2 shave my dome during my 1st year of slyness but after a year i wanted 2 try it myself on a 100% basis.  keep us posted.

WARHAWK

[Sir Harry]

Thanks for the responses! Ironically, tomorrow, April 10th, is going to be my fourth anniversary of going permanently sly...This may be one time to summon my childhood barber for a clipper shave. I'm going to leave the razor alone until the 23rd just to be safe.