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Days 22-23 - A Close Shave

This blog is to help others contemplating this treatment.


Days 22-23 - A Close Shave


The pain has been worse over the past two days than at any other time, especially at night, which I find completely surprising probably because I thought the 'healing phase' would be, well, healing.  I talked it up in my head!  

The reality is that I have very painful zones either side of my chin, shown below, which are challenging (read bloody painful) when chewing or talking.  This is made worse as whiskers push through the skin as the day progresses, and at night, the rubbing of whiskers on a pillow case lights up the hypersensitive zones which are pretty much everywhere.  

As a solution I'm going to try shaving twice a day!  If you have read the Blog elsewhere you'll know my general view of shaving through this process is: a 'necessary evil'. To commit to twice a day indicates the level of the pain problem.  Resorted to Ibuprofen for only the second time on this journey last night.

Not sure I'm a fan of the Advantin - doesn't seem to do much - however, the Aqueous Cream is very useful in keeping my skin soft and preventing cracking/bleeding.

Enjoyed the weekend as best we could - Mothers' Day - and our daughter came home from University for the weekend.  She was a little freaked out on first contact, like, "Dad is that you? OMG..." 


Comparison photos:

Day 21 - first day off Efudix - healing phase

Day 23 - third day off Efudix with circle to indicate major pain zone either side of my chin

Day 23 - third day off Efudix - left side





Learning:


If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. 
Benjamin Franklin  
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