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rhedgehog said:Don't remember how long i had it, but it was about a foot long when it came out! it appeared back when I was still wearing a beard most of the time. I started off thinking it was a spot, and then when it stayed there I thought it was just a small cyst and took no real notice of it. It wasn't irritating, just a slight lump. After a while you forget about it.
Anyway, I decided I'd had enough of the beard and took it all off with a mach 3, including a chunk off the top of the lump. A bit of bleeding, but also a little pus. This surprised me so I squeezed a bit more to get any other pus out (didn't fancy an infection) and the damn thing popped. Out came a rolled up ingrown hair, some old dried up pus and a shed load of blood.
Straightened it out and this thing was almost a foot long, rolled up in a perfect loop. Damned thing had literally grown round and round in a circle.
Left me with a scar on my left cheek and took about a week to heal enough to shave again. I didn't bother and grew the beard back. A couple of years later, i bought the Futur and tried shaving with that, but my technique was awful and i was forever hacking bits off the scar. In the cupboard it went and back came the beard. for the next few years I took the beard off with clippers while my DE sat in a cupboard unloved. I just ran the clippers over my face and lived with stubble.
Only really got into wet shaving again about a year ago, about 6 years after actually buying the DE! by this time, the scars had softened enough that i don't even have to think about them and all is well!
rhedgehog said:Don't remember how long i had it, but it was about a foot long when it came out! it appeared back when I was still wearing a beard most of the time. I started off thinking it was a spot, and then when it stayed there I thought it was just a small cyst and took no real notice of it. It wasn't irritating, just a slight lump. After a while you forget about it.
Anyway, I decided I'd had enough of the beard and took it all off with a mach 3, including a chunk off the top of the lump. A bit of bleeding, but also a little pus. This surprised me so I squeezed a bit more to get any other pus out (didn't fancy an infection) and the damn thing popped. Out came a rolled up ingrown hair, some old dried up pus and a shed load of blood.
Straightened it out and this thing was almost a foot long, rolled up in a perfect loop. Damned thing had literally grown round and round in a circle.
UKRob said:I can't figure out why a sharp cartridge would make you any more prone to ingrowers than a sharp DE.
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