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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => How To Protect Your Bald Head => Topic started by: Alexander215 on March 24, 2009, 02:46:46 PM
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I was watching, "1000 ways to die" last night and a woman cut her leg while shaving, with a rusty razor.
When she cuts herself, she contracted Group A streptococcal infection, which develops into necrotizing fasciitis ("flesh-eating" bacteria) After doing a considerable amount of googling, I found several news articles to back this up.
So I guess what I am saying here bros, is that you may want to get the most out of your razors... but watch the blades, eh? O0 And if if you cut yourself and it develops into something weird looking, get it checked out.
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Whoa, that would suck
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Funny you posted on this, shdw, I watched it as well and was thinking the same thing.
More reason to make sure you at least air dry your blade, and don't keep it near moisture in the bath or shower.
It was quite nasty how it spread.
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Thanks! That's actually something I didn't know anything about. Definitely a good thing for all of us to be aware of though.
Any change of sharing some of the sited you found so we can get more info?
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Thanks! That's actually something I didn't know anything about. Definitely a good thing for all of us to be aware of though.
Any change of sharing some of the sited you found so we can get more info?
Here you go bro:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrotizing_fasciitis
http://www.katu.com/news/3642336.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/11/nyregion/flesh-eating-illness-confirmed-as-cause-of-death.html?n=Top/News/Science/Topics/Bacteria
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I don't want any flesh eating bacteria by my brain. I think I may check my blade in the morning.
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I rinse the blade with rubbing alcohol every few days. This also dissolved the baby oil buildup.
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Necrotizing Faciitis is no joke. Ew. i want go go home to clean my razor now. :o
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this freaks me out :D
im going to be super paranoid now
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That is some nasty stuff.
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Remind ms of Cabin Fever. Anyone seen this?
[img width= height=]http://www.iconsofterror.com/Cerina/CABIN_FEVER-15.jpg[/img]
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Remind ms of Cabin Fever. Anyone seen this?
[img width= height=]http://www.iconsofterror.com/Cerina/CABIN_FEVER-15.jpg[/img]
That was a terrible movie lol I loved the ending though.
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Yeah, I googled it, very nasty stuff
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Remind ms of Cabin Fever. Anyone seen this?
[img width= height=]http://www.iconsofterror.com/Cerina/CABIN_FEVER-15.jpg[/img]
That was a terrible movie lol I loved the ending though.
yeah, it was bad but that scene give me the willies. and the girl with no lips was nuts too.
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Remind ms of Cabin Fever. Anyone seen this?
[img width= height=]http://www.iconsofterror.com/Cerina/CABIN_FEVER-15.jpg[/img]
That was a terrible movie lol I loved the ending though.
yeah, it was bad but that scene give me the willies. and the girl with no lips was nuts too.
I'm not the only one in here that likes B Rate horror movies?! YES! Highjack**** Ever seen Lake Dead?
****End Highjack!****
Necrotizing Fascitis is not pleasant, but actually it is kind of difficult to contract. Often it is a result of a depressed immune system. There is usually something else going on.
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Use alcohol or pop the razor in the micro for a few seconds, this works good with toothbrushes also. Just don't set it too long, a few seconds is all thats needed to kill anything.
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You can buy small bottles of alcohol gel in ASDA here so I would expect you can get it in Wal-Mart over there. I also have access to hibiscrub (the stuff they use to scrub up in operating theatres). It might be good too. Man this is a scary thread :o
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Brown recluse spider bites have an effect that is very similar to this. Also, I don't know how many people in here watch the Ultimate Fighter series on Spike, a few seasons ago they had an outbreak of MRSA in the Vegas gym and (I think it was) Diego Sanchez got an infection in the knee which actually ate a hole in in his leg. I don't know many people who are healthier than Sanchez so I think the compromised immune system could exacerbate the problem but I believe that this kind of stuff is extremely opportunistic and can attack anyone.
I spray my blades with wintergreen flavored rubbing alcohol after a shave to rid them of bacteria. Someone told me once that bacteria actually decreases blade life, so that was my initial reasoning. But now I'll do it because the bacteria will eat my head as well as my blades.
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Brown recluse spider bites have an effect that is very similar to this. Also, I don't know how many people in here watch the Ultimate Fighter series on Spike, a few seasons ago they had an outbreak of MRSA in the Vegas gym and (I think it was) Diego Sanchez got an infection in the knee which actually ate a hole in in his leg. I don't know many people who are healthier than Sanchez so I think the compromised immune system could exacerbate the problem but I believe that this kind of stuff is extremely opportunistic and can attack anyone.
I spray my blades with wintergreen flavored rubbing alcohol after a shave to rid them of bacteria. Someone told me once that bacteria actually decreases blade life, so that was my initial reasoning. But now I'll do it because the bacteria will eat my head as well as my blades.
There are some types of snake venom that is similar to the spider venom, pretty nasty :o
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Talk about something I never thought about before, but now that you mention it ....
Any thoughts on how the suggestion to store blades in olive oil would relate to this, my initial thought is that olive oil is organic and might create a growing medium for some horrible bug....
I sure hope someone can tell me I'm wrong, I was looking forward to saving some money
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Talk about something I never thought about before, but now that you mention it ....
Any thoughts on how the suggestion to store blades in olive oil would relate to this, my initial thought is that olive oil is organic and might create a growing medium for some horrible bug....
I sure hope someone can tell me I'm wrong, I was looking forward to saving some money
I don't know about germs, but I would change it every so often so it doesn't go rancid
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Talk about something I never thought about before, but now that you mention it ....
Any thoughts on how the suggestion to store blades in olive oil would relate to this, my initial thought is that olive oil is organic and might create a growing medium for some horrible bug....
I sure hope someone can tell me I'm wrong, I was looking forward to saving some money
Don't use a lot and replace it every couple of weeks.
If the container is the right size/shape all you need is for the blades to be in it.
So I could see it only being a teaspoon or two at most.