The wonders of the styptic pencil

I sliced myself but good this morning while shaving. Haven't had a nick like that in years. It actually stung just to run water over the cuts (two parallel ones on my lower lip, about a quarter inch long).

After doing my best to finish up the shave, it was time to see to the battle wounds.

All I can say is, thank God for styptic pencils! Not only would I have needed a ridiculously massive wad of toilet paper stuck to my face to staunch this cut, it probably would have only irritated things worse when I pulled the TP off... and who knows how long I would have needed to leave the wad there?

No, with the styptic pencil, a minute of rubbing it on the accident site and the bleeding had stopped. Serious. I wouldn't have believed it had I not been the benefactor of the styptic miracle. Instead of an ugly, painful, slow-healing wound on my face, I've got a a nick that was clean (albeit noticeable), healing, and tolerable within a minute or two.

I can't sing the praises of the styptic pencil highly enough this morning. If you shave, you need one, because sooner or later we're all boneheads and slice ourselves up.

I'm the case in point!