Snip tomorrow. Shav...
 

  You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more

[Closed] Snip tomorrow. Shaving advice.

49 Posts
37 Users
0 Reactions
110 Views
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Snip tomorrow. How much do I need to shave prior to the op? I don't want to over do it nor do I want to leave it to a nurse with a rusty bic!


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 11:52 am
Posts: 193
Free Member
 

I would go sporting a chinstrap beard


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 11:54 am
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

unless you're really hairy don't bother.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 11:55 am
Posts: 36
Free Member
 

slather your meat & two with Immac/Veet
go for the Duncan Goodhew.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 11:55 am
Posts: 251
Full Member
 

[i]unless you're really hairy don't bother. [/i]

depends on the surgeon and you don't want a nurse doing it for you (probably). The letter I got said to have a shave before arrival.

I did take quite a liberal approach to clearing the area and no one pointed or laughed so I guess it was ok.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 11:57 am
Posts: 2616
Full Member
 

don't drive there.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 12:08 pm
Posts: 23107
Free Member
 

I didn't bother.

Prior to the op a bloke that looked a bit like Mr Tumnus came and had a look, then clippered off two areas about the size of a custard cream.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 12:11 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Go for something racy and amusing, give you something to chat to the surgeon about while he has his hands on your nads 🙂


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 12:13 pm
Posts: 0
Full Member
 

Mr Tumnus came and had a look, then clippered off two areas about the size of a custard cream.

Said in an Alan Bennet tome.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 12:13 pm
Posts: 29
Free Member
 

just cut your your nut hair, easy -s'all I did


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 12:57 pm
Posts: 11381
Free Member
 

Use mint and tea tree shaving gel


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 12:59 pm
 flip
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Don't bother shaving i didn't.Take note of the waiting room banter, it's priceless 😉


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:03 pm
Posts: 13916
Free Member
 

I had an op to remove my gall bladder about 6 years ago. When I woke up I discovered that I'd been partly shaved down there plus a patch at the top of one of my legs (which confused me at the time).
The thought of a nurse giving me a 'man shave' while I was asleep was strangely attractive.
Leave it and let your imagination run wild 😀

oh wait.... you're going to be awake while the male nurse sorts you out. Do it yourself!!


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:32 pm
 emsz
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I've got an eplilator I could let you borrow. 😈


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:34 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

As i nearly sliced a block in half i got my missus to shave me..how kinky are we then!!


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:38 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Trim, but I get wheeled in for the op to be met by 4 grinning female nurses, I did ask if they volunteered for this sort of job......

Try to avoid infections after, they sting a little


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:39 pm
Posts: 12993
Free Member
 

[img] [/img]

MTFU....


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:39 pm
Posts: 13330
Full Member
 

I had to do some of mine when I had a hernia op as as I was doing one bit I thought I may as well do it all. Anyway, I found a bog standard Mach 3 the best way, beard clippers first to remove most of it then finish with the razor. I did more damage with the guard on clipper than the razor, it's suprisingly easy once you get over the fear of having a blade that close.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:44 pm
Posts: 0
Full Member
 

Dye your hair green and hang a sign 'Keep off the grass'


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:44 pm
Posts: 621
Free Member
 

A word of advice:
if you're thinking of using electric hair trimmers, be careful your nut sack is pulled tight. If it's not, it can slip into the blades. Sounds obvious but I got distracted and trimmed a bit of skin off my giggleberries once.

Alternatively, man up and use a can of lynx and a lighter.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:52 pm
 hora
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

One last shag for the condemned sperm? :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 1:53 pm
Posts: 0
Full Member
 

You’ll be hearing lots of loud “thuds” as all your little fellas come up against a bump stop..

We’ll say a prayer for them.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 3:19 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
Topic starter
 

Job done. Tidy too. Erred on the side of safety and went that bit higher. Itchy as hell now!
Little fellas last requests tonight.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 7:16 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I didn't and didn't have to.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 7:18 pm
Posts: 2204
Free Member
 

Mmm, that reminds me. Must make a doctors appointment.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 7:25 pm
Posts: 13741
Full Member
 

I got told not to bother, when was laid out on the table " oh you've not shaved, let me do it"said the old hag. A dry shave with a disposable razor is not to be recommend. Then after I was done I'm sure she doused me bollocks with old spice or brut.

Eeeeeeowwwwwwww!


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 7:27 pm
Posts: 21
Free Member
 

Shave em all off - then look at how black your sack goes in a few days - it's ace! You have to give samples after the op and the women at the desk wasn't best pleased when I said does it matter if there's saliva in it :mrgreen:


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 7:42 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Wouldn't mind letting a nurse shave me......

Sorry wrong forum 😀


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:03 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Immac +1


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:05 pm
 emsz
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

now you know what we have to go through LOL


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:07 pm
Posts: 77347
Free Member
 

now you know what we have to go through LOL

It's not [i]quite[/i] the same. Maybe if you shaved your elbows.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:10 pm
Posts: 13741
Full Member
 

curvature - Member
Wouldn't mind letting a nurse shave me......

[img] [/img]

😯


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:12 pm
 emsz
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

eh? elbows?

don't understand


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:12 pm
Posts: 32265
Full Member
 

Mate of mine sliced his sac open trying to trim prior to the snip - gave the nurses in A&E a laugh. Frankly, I'd expect better hand/eye coordination from a BA pilot.....

If you shave really thoroughly it gives the nurses an interesting opening conversational gambit - apparently 😳

My main advice is to ignore all the heroes who rode home from the op on a rigid SS via Glentress, and rest as long as the nurses tell you, then give it a couple more days. If you knock the scar and reopen it, at best it will be uncomfortable and take longer to heal completely.

And you can reopen the scar through any number of activities.....


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:17 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

this thread has thoroughly cheered me up.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:28 pm
Posts: 77347
Free Member
 

eh? elbows?

don't understand

Similar skin.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:28 pm
 emsz
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

really?

Nice ( and not in a nice way.) LOL


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:33 pm
Posts: 77347
Free Member
 

Hey! What're you trying to say about my elbows?


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:35 pm
Posts: 597
Full Member
 

If you want a rusty bic they'll happily supply one, even if you don't they'll oblige anyway.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:36 pm
Posts: 4
Free Member
 

iMac. The cream, not the desktop.

Don't do what I do an squeeze the open tube down your leg leaving a nice baldy run down your thigh.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:42 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Who wants a nurse to shave them? Email in profile 🙂


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:45 pm
Posts: 4
Free Member
 

TJ Depends if you'll polish them to finish off.

Op, don't jump at the burning smell. It's completely normal. 🙂


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:47 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Growing up, this was my dad's sideline - most people paid cash and it was odd how many needed he missus to bring (drag) them along.

Intensly embarrasing to meet people in the pub as a teenager to be told 'your dad gave my dad the snip'

He once did a neighbour's on the kitchen table...

being shown numerous duplex vas deferens left a bad impression


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:47 pm
Posts: 32265
Full Member
 

Oh, yes, I'd forgotten the burning smell......

And just to reassure you, if they haven't used quite enough local anaesthetic before they go in, the surgeon will realise it a nanosecond after you do 😥


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:51 pm
Posts: 6734
Full Member
 

Job done. Tidy too. Erred on the side of safety and went that bit higher. Itchy as hell now!

Itchy?? 😆

Wait till it starts growing back in earnest........ 😈


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:54 pm
Posts: 4
Free Member
 

It's a doddle to be fair. I was on the table less than ten minutes.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 8:57 pm
Posts: 4
Free Member
 

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/whos-had-the-snip

My thread from a few months ago.


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 9:01 pm
Posts: 45504
Free Member
 

Just don't post a pic of the results....


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 9:01 pm
 benz
Posts: 1143
Free Member
 

Is a boyzilian not normal for every man about town nowadays?


 
Posted : 10/01/2012 9:51 pm
Posts: 45504
Free Member
 

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 11/01/2012 6:49 pm

6 DAYS LEFT
We are currently at 95% of our target!