Useful but Forgotten: Styptic Pencil

For years I had been tearing little bits of teepee off and pasting them to my face to plug self-inflicted shaving cuts. Then, I go to my moms for dinner with one of these little white paper scabs and she asks me “why don’t you use a styptic pencil?” Styptic what? She explains that “in the old days, everyone used it for shaving cuts – I still use one for my legs.” So, I take a look at my local pharmacy and lo and behold, they still sell them!

So I bought one and from that day onward I have never applied a tissue corner to my face. If I get a cut, I moisten the end of the styptic pencil with some water then apply it to the cut, which stops the bleeding almost immediately. Now, let there be no sugar-coating, the application of a styptic pencil to a cut is, shall we say, an ‘acquired taste’ sort of like how wasabi mustard and suicide wings are an acquired taste – it burns. But it only burns briefly and the closure of the cut is almost always permanent and invisible. I’ll take a quick burn over a fruity bit of tissue clinging to my face any day. Besides, if you’re shaving you ought to be tough enough to handle a little burn, girlie-man (&/or manlie-girl)!

Wikipedia has an explanation of the chemistry of the styptic pencil here. Also, as far as I can tell, these things must last forever – nice when they cost about $1.50. Not to be confused with the Vicks Inhaler, an equally useful reliever of discomfort that no one except ravers seem to use.

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