Where do you find styptic pencils in Thailand?

[judgedredd]

I'm looking for any type of common topical antihemorrhagic or "hemostatic agent". (i.e., for stopping minor skin cut bleeding, like shaving nicks)

Common styptic pencils, which were traditionally in every old-fashioned shaving kit, are made principally from aluminum sulfate (alum) with the remainder being titanium dioxide and alcohol and/or fragrances.

I have tried just about every pharmacy and department store, and even the occasional well-educated English-speaking Thai pharmacist seems to have no idea where to find styptic pencils, nor do they know where to find the generic ingredient, "alum" (aluminum sulphate)

I even had a knowledgeable Thai-Chinese chemist write it all down in Thai squiggles, and I've carried that paper from store to store, and I still got nothing but wild-eyed stares, and "..me-no-have.."

Do any of you know where to find styptic pencils in Thailand?

Thanks.

JD

[Issangeorge]

I know I bought one once, but can't remember where it was, and would like to get some more.

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[NancyL]

Somewhere in a pharmacy I found a product that serves the same purpose -- the same chemicals are delivered on small thin sheets from a dispenser similar to one that also is used to deliver small sheets of breath freshening sheets. The little sheets are about 1 cm x 2 cm. You stick them on the wound and they dissolve. There are about 10 in a small plastic package. Keep a packet in Hubby's shaving kit.

Edited April 29, 2014 by NancyL

[lopburi3]

I suspect most Thai men just grab there wife's crystal alum underarm deodorant or there own modern packaged tube so do not need the pencil.