How to Heal Razor Cuts & Nicks

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Kevin on behalf of Expert Village talking about how to avoid razor burn and razor cuts. At some point, you're going to end up cutting yourself shaving. What's the best way to stop the bleeding? There's the old stand by of a little of toilet paper or a little bit of tissue. Pretty easy. You just stick it on, the bleeding stop, and then you take it off again. Problem is that when you take it off, usually it rips off the tiny scab that was forming and then it starts bleeding all over again. Plus, if you forget to take it off, then you go into work with toilet paper on your face really looking like a cluts. Instead of toilet paper, you can go back to the ice cub tray. Remember that cold constricts blood vessels and pressure stops bleeding, so if you combine the 2 and you have a way to stop a small cut. If you have a big cut, the cold might not be able to constrict the blood vessel enough to start to stop the bleeding. This can work pretty well on small little nicks. One other thing you can try is a little bit of petroleum jelly, or if you have anti-biotic ointment, that works even better because now you're killing any bacteria that might have gotten into the cut from the razor. You just put a dollop on the cut to plug it up. Later on when the bleeding stops, then you can wipe off the excess. If it's a pretty good size cut and the petroleum jelly alone isn't stopping the bleeding, then you can put a little bit of toilet paper on top of it. The petroleum jelly will act as a barrier to prevent the toilet paper from sticking so much to the actual cut."