A warning: Yea, verily, I say unto thee, if thou hast to shave thy legs do not do it in great haste and above all, do not useth thy husband’s (or anyone else’s) razor.
Thus begins our tale of woe. Greywolf73, being in much of a hurry this morning because she sleepth late, decided her legs were in great need of a “maintenence shave” (to the knees, you know). Unable to findeth her own girly-girl razor, she was forced to use her husband’s much sharper one.
That was her first mistake. Being, as I said, in much of a hurry, she jumped into the shower and began shaving sans shaving cream. Thus, she made her second mistake.
Immediately, she nicked the back of her ankle and being impatient, ignored it. The second time the razor foundeth that nick, it grabbed the edge and peeled a quarter inch strip of skin up her calf. :eek:
Lo, did the waters of yon shower run red whilst Greywolf73 ran hither and yon, dripping wet, through the house in search of a Bandaide.
Please heed her warning well, fellow Dopers, lest ye too be in much pain and feel like a putz.
I consistently grow a thatch of hair at the back of my ankles because a friend of mine did virtually the same thing as Greywolf73 and described the process as akin to “grating a carrot.”
I haven’t had a shaving injury in ages (thanks to the Mach 3!), but I did take a major digger getting into the shower this morning and have what promises to be a lovely bruise developing on my left shin and a very painful swelling on the top of my foot that actually impedes my walking abilities.
Bah, I shave in the shower all the time without using a mirror or shaving cream. And I always forget to buy new razor cartrages.
Then again I usually spend part of my day bleeding, and I’ve never had sideburns that were the same length. But that’s not important in this story is it?
I go w/out the mirror too, though with a bald head, I just feel along to see if it’s smooth or not, thus keeping track of where I have shaved and where I need to. I can’t say that I nick myself often or end up w/ blood pouring out of my head.
That being said, I haven’t cut myself shaving in a very long time, not even after changing razors recently. And after reading this, I’m going to be damned sure that I’m careful to keep that fortunate streak going.
I did something simarlarly nasty a few years ago. I was doing a hasty shave while in the bath and sliced a strip of skin about five inches long on the top of my calf (I then had to peel said strip out of the razor–ewww, icky, icky!). I was in shock for a second and accidentally let my leg slip into the tub thus submerging the wound and taking me to even greater levels of pain. It was such a memorable experience that I haven’t had a nick or cut since then because I’m so compulsively careful. You have my deepest sympathies, Greywolf73!
Y’know, any time a woman has a “tale of shaving woe” it’s guaranteed to be bad and involve lots of blood. My cousin’s foot slipped off the edge of the tub once while she was shaving…<shudder>
I’ll take the minor risk of slitting my throat in my morning grogginess over having to deal with shaving entire limbs, thankyouverymuch…
Thanks, ** Greywolf73**, but that’s one contest I’m not too jazzed about winning!
Slight hijack, how exactly to the electric razors compare to their more life threatening counterparts? I’ve always been curious to try one, but didn’t want to invest the funds if it didn’t work as well as my little venus disposable razor.
I’ve never been overly thrilled with women’s electric razors–they work for course hair, but don’t do anything for the fine hairs on my thighs and knees. (I’ve tried Norelco and Remington.) I had to use my dad’s electric razor in a pinch once, and was very impressed, so a men’s electric razor might be worthwhile.
As for gross shaving stories…I once sliced a chunk of skin off my right anklebone. I don’t know how I did it–there isn’t any hair on my ankles. Also, when I was first learning to shave, I dropped the razor, somehow removing the skin on the knuckles of the middle and ring fingers on my right hand.
