Have yet to see this topic here and think it very valid.
Being hospitalized? Been delivered to one beyond your control? Do you REALLY want to shave while there?
January 1, 2016, 09:30 I find myself dialing 911 in to much agony to do anything else. I was spirited away to the local ER with nothing but the clean cloths I had just put on. No wallet, no keys, not a penny or ID to my name. I had one of two hearing aids and no dentures yet for the day. I was caught totally off guard to say the least. To make a very long story short I had gangrene in my right foot due to my diabetes which became septic very quickly. Two weeks of antibiotics and they eventually amputated my right leg below the knee. I spent the first three months of this year between the hospital and skilled nursing care and am still in rehab.
My point . . . while in the hospital and skilled nursing usually the best or only option to shave was with a communal electric that got passed around every morning. You have no idea who used it last, when it was properly disinfected or anything. Scary is right! I had a male nursing assistant warn against using a blade of any kind that might leave tiny cuts in my skin. These places are teaming with bacteria from only heaven know where, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) but one of the many. His best advice - grow a beard.
Having just lost my right leg to an infection I wasn't about to argue and took his advice to heart. Should you find yourself or a loved one in a similar situation it can't hurt to do the same. When not in your comfort zone play it safe, please.
Blar
Hospitals - Do Not Shave Zones !
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