# I hate shaving...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-shaving/21278>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 3, 2000, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-shaving/21278 "2000-06-03T10:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-shaving/21278/41 "2000-06-06T22:53:55Z")

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> **Unlike Wally, I like styptic pencils, even though they sting (I didn’t know this until the first time I used one). Beats getting blood on your shirt or having to keep applying tissue to your face.**

I too like styptic pencils. I have one in my dresser drawer (to keep it dry). I always use it if I nick myself and the bleeding wont stop easy. It does sting, but I usually grit my teeth, and if you hold it there, after a while the nerves get used to it. That’s what I used to help stop the bleeding when I nicked my lip.

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**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-shaving/21278/42 "2000-06-07T01:57:59Z")

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> Aftershave. Really, we just use it because our fathers did and we want to smell like Daddy.
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> I use aftershave every day on my cheeks, and it’s refreshing. But my cheeks are used to it.
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> When my mother started chemotherapy six months ago (yeah, Mom! Six months from terminal to stable !) my brother and I shaved our heads to match. I slapped on some Aqua Velva to top it off… and literally hit my knees in pain.
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> Avoid that.  
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I thought that aftershave was to deal with the tiny cuts you get with a shave and/or a haircut. It _is_ a matter of getting used to it, though. I seem to recall getting the skin bracer treatment after a haircut as a small child and having it hurt a lot. Now, I cut my hair very short (as low as clippers without a guard will cut) and use astringent on my entire head. It’s very refreshing.

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