With the scissors even not a straight razor, at least there could be some mild excuse with how quickly a nick can turn into a cut, ive never cut a client like that š
Right you can tell the barber was behind the right shoulder using a downward angle with the scissors. If they had been even 1/4ā inward he coulda lost the whole side of the lip.
Yeah itās not fool proof. Their trimmer could be offset or they could be too firm/aggressive. I also have a client that swears any vibration near his lips cause upsets so he trims his mustache himself at home.
I always keep my trimmers/clippers set safe and I donāt use a lot of pressure when performing services. It doesnāt take a lot. The hair is being cut on the outside or the skin so why press down ?? Even with straight razor shaving, the razor is sharp enough not a lot of pressure is needed.
Yeah this guy was someone I'd left like a decade ago... He found his way into my current barbers. The dude moved the trimmers without a care, and somehow jammed it under my lower lip. He carried on casually without an apology.
It will fill in, but thereās going to be a patch/scar there. Iāve lost 2 fingertips to slicers and they both healed that way.
Lips scar easily and are really hard to align perfectly when stitching back together. Thereās nothing to align together in this scenario. It just needs to scab over and fill in. Trying to pull the skin together would probably create a worse looking scar than just letting it heal.
I shaved off one with a mandolin slicer. Now I never use a mandolin slicer. Maybe I should try your strategy instead so I can enjoy the convenience of a mandolin slicer.
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What the fuck were y'all processing that a deli slicer was an adequate substitute for a mandoline? I can't think of anything I cut with a mando that I would switch over to a slicer if the mando was out of commission.
My experience some decade ago in my ED rotation would line up with your account. Your priorities are much more preservation-of-life orientated, and cosmetic outcomes are not high up that priority chain.Ā
Hats off to you for manning resus š¤
But yes, if you want almost no visible scarring, suturing is the way.Ā
When I split my lip all the way through (a finger fit through it), I videocalled my cousin who's a plastic surgeon. She told me to keep it closed as well as I could, and to avoid going to emergency. Lips are extremely hard to stitch, and if they were stitched wrong, they'd bunch up and it would be much harder to fix. It took six months for the swelling to come down, but you can barely see the scar now, seven years later.
Iāve lost two finger tips to mandoline slicers. The doctor told me that they couldnāt stitch it because thereās nothing to stitch back together. They just wrapped it and let it do its thing.
Yeah the barber must have used the word ānickā to downplay it. A Nick is a small scrape or cut. This is a full removal of a half inch of his lip. He must have been trying to trim a stray hair with a downward angle of the scissors and didnāt see his lip would fall inside the cutting area. Absolute disgrace of a barber. Either arrogant, lazy, negligent, or all three. This might have needed stitched. I can tell by looking at it no styptic powder was applied(would have been unbearable) but that also means all he got was the ol paper towel treatment. Pat it til it stops bleeding. SMH.
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That barber could be my husband or wife, I'd still change barbers. If they have the gall to ask why, simply say "Personal safety" and leave it at that.
I actually had the same experience with a barber. Prob close to 7-8 years but they were awesome. The only reason I quit going is I moved about 45 minutes away and it just became too much of a hassle to keep going.
I split my bottom lip because I fell on my face like an idiot (my dog tripped me up). It was swollen and split for a while, but even after 6+ months I still have a bumpy scar. That wound is not gonna disappear so fast.
Yikes... depending on how well/often he is cleaning those scissors there could be a whole variety of pathogen on them. I hope you dont get an infection.
That was my first thought, though Iāve never been to a shoddy piercing/tattoo studio. āOkay but is a barber that managed to make this kind of mistake going to be taking the correct precautions?ā
Ever since reading the story of someone catching HepC from the barber, I've had a bad feeling of going there. I don't think I've seen a single barber take adequate care of their tools. But maybe they do rotate them out and clean them in the back and I just don't see it.
They donāt have to stay in there, just be submerged in the barbacide for at least 10 minutes. I disinfect mine after every use and put them back in their case.
I dont go to barbershops at all anymore. I almost never see them clean tools between clients these days, especially the younger generation. One barbers partner wanted to fight me because his partner was pretending not to speak English in order to pressure me to pay more when i asked about the price a few times. Like dudes youre ruining your customer base.Ā
This! One of my colleagues got nicked at the barber a few months ago and ended up getting cellulitis on his head. Had to spend a few days in hospital on iv antibiotics.
Keep a very close eye on it, OP, and if you even suspect it might be infected don't delay seeing a doctor.
At a minimum dude owes him the cost of the doctor's visit and tetanus shot. The barber should be insured, so it's not like he's going to bankrupt him or anything, but there could be a few thousand dollars worth of expenses to get that to heal up (plus lost wages going to appointments, etc).
I love the idea of an interaction like that. Customer holding bloody towel to their lips after I straight up cut it off - "I'd like to offer you 30% off today to say apologize for the mutilation"
Barbers are licensed! In every state they have to be qualified to prove that they won't do this. There's literally an implicit assurance to every customer that nothing like this will happen to them in the U.S.
OP 100% needs to fight for coverage of any medical costs, plus damages if they had to miss work for treatment or if it's ultimately disfiguring (and that chunk of their face doesn't look like it's gonna grow back).
I froze. He took an icecube and rubbed it on the wound to stop the bleeding. I could taste blood and that gave me nausea. Then he said sorry and I said itās ok.
so sorry this happened. please go to the hospital, that looks like it needs to be stitched. at the least you may need a tetanus shot and some antibiotics as a precaution. take care of yourself š
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u/HastaNadaBueno Jun 17 '26
Brooo! Ima barber and this is insane. Use the damn trimmers. Never return to this barber. Ever.