Safe & Sound Styptic Pencil. Stops bleeding from shaving and other minor cuts. 5g.

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A styptic pencil is a medicated stick generally made of powdered crystal from an alum block and a wax binder which is pressed into a handy lipstick size and shape. Styptic pencils are commonly used to treat and stop bleeding from shaving cuts, but they are also useful for calming skin irritation after an insect bite or sting. He told Nell to grab a packet of pepper from his shirt pocket and apply the pepper directly to the wound.

Having changed from mainstream razors to double edged safety razors this is an indispensable purchase.Styptic powder is used in the veterinary trade to stop bleeding from nails that are clipped too closely. An absolute must for those who use a manual razor, styptic is (according to Wiki) a kind of antihemorrhagic agent that works by contracting tissue to seal injured blood vessels. That’s because in those days, razors were not very sharp and often left nicks and cuts that would bleed. Unlike other hemostat technologies its action does not require the normal hemostatic pathway and therefore continues to function even when anticoagulants like heparin are present.

Hemostatic agents are used during surgical procedures to achieve hemostasis and are categorized as hemostats, sealants and adhesives. These agents permit rapid hemostasis, better visualization of the surgical area, shorter operative times, decreased requirement for transfusions, decreased wound healing time and overall improvement in patient recovery time. The word “styptic” is defined by Meriam-Webster as “tending to contract or bind: ASTRINGENT, especially: tending to check bleeding. They vary based on their mechanism of action, composition, ease of application, adherence to tissue, immunogenicity and cost.

In 2006, Long Island University awarded him an honorary doctorate as “one of the country's leading drug experts for the consumer. They are available in three forms—as a granular powder poured on wounds, as a "styptic pencil" [5] or embedded in a dressing.