The styptic pencil, which contains Alum Blocks that have salts inside that constrict blood vessels and tighten pores, can instantly stop bleeding nicks and cuts after shaving, making for a great and ...

Stamford native Jerry Zezima writes a humor column for Tribune News Service and is the author of eight books. His latest is ...

March 6, 2019 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google You’re in a rush to get to work when suddenly all hell breaks loose—on your face, that is. While shaving, you ...

With one product, you can instantly halt a shaving nick and spare yourself those tiny flecks of toilet paper smudged over top a bleeding cut. (You can do it to a freshly popped pimple, too.) The tool ...

As a grooming writer and long-time expert in men’s care, I’ve spent years testing and reviewing grooming products, speaking with industry leaders and perfecting my shaving technique. I’ve also had my ...

Q. Yesterday I cut my bottom lip shaving, and it would not stop bleeding. I used a styptic pencil several times with no success. No way I could stop it.

Blood, goes a familiar idiom, which can now be applied to this familiar idiot, is thicker than water. That’s why I needed approximately a gallon of water — as well as a box of Kleenex, two Band-Aids ...

THE STYPTIC pencil has been a staple of barbershops and gentlemen's shaving kits for ages. The slim cylinder of aluminum sulfate can stop a bleeding nick dead in its tracks, saving collars from stains ...