How to Keep a Shaving Nick From Bleeding

Few things are more unsightly than a bloody nick on a freshly shaved face--except for a bloody nick with tissue clumped over it. Here's how to remedy shaving mishaps sans tissue.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cotton Swab Or Tissue
• Moisturizer
• Styptic Pencil

1. Wipe away blood with cool water and a cotton swab or tissue.

2. Wet the tip of a styptic pencil. Made with paste containing aluminum sulfate, a styptic pencil stops bleeding quickly. You'll find styptic pencils in the shaving-supplies section of drugstores.

3. Dab the pencil over the nick and the surrounding area. This will cause some temporary stinging.

4. Rinse the pencil with water after each use and allow it to dry thoroughly.

5. Avoid future nicks by shaving with a sharp blade and applying moisturizer to your freshly shaved skin.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not use styptic pencils around the eyes or in other sensitive areas.

[ConcerndCitizen]

on 7/11/2008 Cut your head off at the shoulders. That way there's no neck to bleed.

on 8/8/2006 I cut (nicked a mole) myself this morning, toilet papered my face and came to work - well, 3 hours later the nick was still bleeding. Supplies here are scarce, but I had shaving cream - made me look like more of a schmuck than the TP for a while before realizing that it doesn't work - then tried the sugar- doesn't look as bad and worked like a charm.

on 6/11/2007 I sliced myself pretty severely just above the upper lip this morning and tried to stop the bleeding with a styptic preparation, pressure, neosporin ointment, and tissue paper but the wound continued to drip blood. Straight hydrogen peroxide applied to the cut stopped the bleeding instantly and sealed it off. Another use for hydrogen peroxide!

on 7/5/2006 Eye drops causes the blood vessels to constrict cutting off the flow to the cut. Put one drop on the cut and it stops almost immediately.

on 3/13/2006 A friend's mom who is a nurse shared this tip with me:
If you've shaved 10 minutes before a date and you look in the mirror to see a bloody mess, this is what you do:

Allow the tip of a towel to run under hot water for a second or two. Gently press and hold the tip to the bleeding area for 5 seconds or so. Do not rub. Repeat 4 or 5 times or until the bleeding has stopped.