Mary0309 started this discussion ·
I was wondering if anybody has any advice for treatment of hand callouses. I have them on both of my hands and one of them has ripped open. I am trying out "New Skin" but it still is really painful. Are there any home remedies you've found helpful? Also, how do you continue training with a rip in your hand? I don't want to have to take time off! Thanks!
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adAstra ·
I haven't run into this yet (probably will soon!) but there's a really helpful thread here on it: https://www.studioveena.com/forums/view/3813 HTH :D
Mary0309 ·
Thank you :)
You may wish to try some protective gloves. Joel
I've been though pairs and pairs of gloves and nothing like skin to pole contact lol. So Mary Kay has this stuff called satin hands I love it, I also use a pumice stone (what people normally use on their feet) I take the stone and scrub my calluses my while I'm in the shower Good Luck to you
I wish I understood the ripping of a callus. I have seen this seldom in students, it seems to be on really really smooth baby smooth almost virgin skin! My hands are rough all around pretty much compared to these types. If very soft tender skin gets callused and then rips you might want to look into letting your hands toughen up a bit? Work the garden, pull weeds, move a pile of wood? At least this is what keeps the skin on my hands with enough calluses' to not sweat through, and not rip. If you live the city life, let them dry out a little. I do use a pumice stone in the shower. Good luck I have wrapped a few hands in the studio with bandages, tape and then gloves... it looks painful When a student gets one or two of those in class, I usually put them on spin pole, with gloves and tell them to tell the other teachers they need to stay on the spinny pole for class as it tends to not create all the friction a static pole has. We actually change what they do in class till their poor skin heels, they get to be special for a few weeks, work on those leg climbs and leg hangs. Also work on not so much lotion or what every they are doing to stay so tender. Wash some dishes by hand? :(
callouses are your skin's way of trying to protect itself. so it's good that they're there, but rips effing hurt. rips happen when the callous has built up too much, and when it tries to shed, it takes all the uncalloused skin around it too, leaving you with a little hole in your hand. i use a callous shaver when my callouses get too big, or a pumice stone in the shower is also excellent. another really important tip is keeping your hands moisturised... a lot of grip aids can cause rips because they dry the skin out and create more friction, which leads to rips. DO NOT try to build the callous up more. so you want to "file down" the callous, so there's still a little protection there, but the soft pink skin underneath isn't exposed. once you have a rip, it's basically a wound so look after it like one. keep it clean, and keep a bandaid on it. (can be tricky with palms, i usually use a piece of gauze and wrap it around my hand with medical tape so it sticks) this way you can continue poling too :)
