How to Stop Bleeding From Razor Nicks

A nice, close shave can make you feel fresh and ready to meet the day, but what often comes along with it is a razor nick. If you're getting ready for work, the last thing you need is a cut that won't stop bleeding. If you have a styptic pencil available, that's the most common method to stop the bleeding from shaving nicks. A styptic pencil looks like a pointed piece of chalk and is specifically designed to stop the bleeding from small cuts. If you don't have a styptic pencil, there are several other tricks to stop the bleeding caused by a shave that's just a little too close.

Things You'll Need

• Gauze, clean cloth, or tissue
• Sugar
• Stick deodorant with aluminum

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Instructions

Pressure

• 1

  Cut a piece of gauze to an appropriate size. If you don't have gauze available, you can also use a clean cloth or tissue.

• 2

  Press the gauze against the nick. Don't rub, because rubbing could make the bleeding worse. Simply apply pressure, one of the oldest known ways to stop bleeding.

• 3

  Hold the gauze firmly against the cut until the bleeding stops.

Sugar

• 4

  Pour some sugar into a spoon.

• 5

  Press a small amount of sugar into the nick. Press it in, don't rub.

• 6

  Apply a little more sugar to the wound if it doesn't stop bleeding quickly.

Deodorant

• 7

  Scrape off a small amount of deodorant from a stick. The deoderant must contain aluminum for it to be effective.

• 8

  Press the deodorant into the nick gently.

• 9

  Repeat with a small amount more if the bleeding doesn't stop right away.