Advice please - old cut whilst shaving keeps opening up

Hi, 

I hope I'm not over reacting, but I would like some advice if possible please.

About 10 - 12 months ago I cut myself whilst shaving, on the left side of my face adjacent to my left ear (side burn area). The cut scabbed over and appeared to heal, however, a short while after I found that whilst shaving the 'cut' (old wound) opened up again and bled. Yet again it seemed to heal (dried up and scabbed over). This process has occured and reoccured for the past 10 - 12 months. The cut has never properly healed to the point I can touch or rub it without it opening up again. Is this sopmething anyone on this forum has experienced in the past, and if so, would their advice be for me to get it looked at by my GP?

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thank you.  

  • Hello BaileyBoo and a warm welcome to Cancer Chat, 

    I think it would not do any harm to get this looked at by your GP especially as this cut has never properly healed. It would be worth getting proper medical advice on this so I would recommend you get in touch with your GP and ask them what they think about this. 

    I hope you manage to talk to someone about this soon. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Hi,

    Lucie's advice is good - go and see your GP asap to get this fixed. It's probably nothing serious but problems with healing could be a symptom of an underlying condition. 
     

    Best wishes

    Dave