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> think of how professional wrestlers often cut their scalp on purpose

Wait, what?

(I am even hesitant to ask as I'm not sure I'm ready to hear the answer, whatever it might be.)

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I just googled it because I've never heard of it before... it's pretty crazy.

Apparently, the wrestlers cut themselves on their scalp / forehead some time into a match to make the match look more intense, with the blood from their head mixing with sweat and dripping down...

A 17 year old kid was even hospitalized due to blood loss from it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blading_(professional_wrestl...

So when pro wrestlers bleed there are two ways, blading and hard way. Hard way is exactly as it sounds, someone got hit so hard they got busted open. The second and what the OP is referring to is blading, you get a thin razor blade and nick your scalp-forehead area and you start bleeding. It isn't as extreme as they made it sound.

Oh wow you're in for a fun day of googling, on the innner world of wrestling. Look up Face, Heel, Turn, Kayfabe, and then go deeper if you want.

Scalps bleed like crazy and they don't hurt much. Plus performing live has some kind of anesthetic quality.

Had that happen to me accidentally. I felt just fine(tm) but everyone was looking at me like i was dying. In hindsight i probably looked like Carrie from Stephen King's novel, could feel the blood on my face.

Bleeding stopped in a minute or two just by holding a towel on the scratched part.

Love that story. I would absolutely flip out if it happened to my wife or kids even knowing what I do.

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