How to stop shaving cuts bleeding.

seven_eleven

Okay, this is a weird one.

I nicked the corner of my nose while shaving last night and it began bleeding. At first I thought a bit of tissue would stop it, but after an hour of dabbing it with tissue I resorted to haphazardly placing a band-aid over it, which seemed to sort it....3 hours later I carefully took it off, and it once again started bleeding. So I placed another band-aid on and went to bed.

Now nearly 16 hours later, when I took off the band aid, its still bleeding. The cut itself is only about the size of a pencil tip, but bleeds pretty heavily. This is a right pain in the arse and I cant really go out and do anything with this band-aid slapped across my 2 nostrils looking like an idiot.

Any tips on how to stop this?

*note: I'm not picking off the scab each time I remove the plaster*

Gran Hermano

You need a styptic pencil
http://www.shaving.ie/search.php?search_query=styptic&x=0&y=0

It will stop the bleeding in seconds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihemorrhagic

I still cant understand how every gent is not told about them when starting to shave - a must have for
everyones shaving kit.

seven_eleven

Gran Hermano wrote: »

You need a styptic pencil
http://www.shaving.ie/search.php?search_query=styptic&x=0&y=0

It will stop the bleeding in seconds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihemorrhagic

I still cant understand how every gent is not told about them when starting to shave - a must have for
everyones shaving kit.

Yeah I read about them on google. I presume I can pick one up at my local pharmacy?

The Bishop Basher

I was late for work recently for the same reason. Everyone thinks I'm nuts when I mention that I cut my nose shaving but it's happened a few times.

Anyway, it does bleed a lot and is difficult to stop. Vaseline, lip balm or any kind of oil based gel will do the job. Dab it on thick and use tissue aswell if needed.

hitemfrank

seven_eleven wrote: »

Yeah I read about them on google. I presume I can pick one up at my local pharmacy?

You might be able to. It will depend on the pharmacy probably.

You can get them in larger Boots stores.