Blisters?

[Joël]

Hello everybody,

Occasionally when I cube a lot, I get blisters on my fingers. Just like beginning guitar players. I currently have one on my index finger... But I had blisters from R' with the pinky (OH) too... Do you guys know if there are ways to prevent this?

 

[Zane_C]

Blisters are caused by friction on the skin, so maybe a band aid.

Doesn't have anything on cubing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blister#Prevention

 

[Edward]

Band-aids on the finger tips actually sounds like a wonderful idea. Doesn't compromise anything, not even grip on the cube, and you can avoid the blisters :T

 

[Zarxrax]

I used to get blisters on my hands during winter. I eventually found out that it was caused by the heater in my car blowing on my hands, making them sweaty, then the sweat caused them to blister. That might or might not be an issue with you too.

Generally if you see a blister starting to form, you need to lighten up and let it heal, otherwise it will probably just get worse if you aggravate it.

 

[waffle=ijm]

If blisters can't be helped....
http://www.walgreens.com/store/cata...V=G&ec=frgl_&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=sku392264
I actually found these during work and they're pretty nice.

Personally I used to get blisters on my M' finger but now the skin there is thicker.

 

[Athefre]

Try baby powder or something like what gymnasts use.

 

[AJ Blair]

I generally just open them, suffer through the pain for an hour/ a day/ whatever, then the skin takes a while to grow back, so you can't blister there for a while. I have a rare skin disease that causes extreme blistering from everyday things like holding a pencil too long, wearing shoes, and even cubing (but I cube anyway ). If absolutely necessary, band-aids work well, as long as they aren't the dollar store, plastic, slippery ones, because cubing with those sucks...

 

[TiLiMayor]

Try baby powder or something like what gymnasts use.

Yuu mean magnesium/chalk?

I think that would mess up the cube yuure using.

 

[AvGalen]

This only happens to me when I am doing hours and hours of bigcubes (average of 50 7x7x7). I don't cube a lot, but even when I cubed (3x3x3) for almost 2 days (remember, 5050?) I never got blisters

 

[Athefre]

Yuu mean magnesium/chalk?

I think that would mess up the cube yuure using.

Yeah, if you're trying to make biscuits.

 

[Cubenovice]

"You have a woman's hand, milord!
I'll wager these dainty pinkies never weighed anchor in a storm."

Blisters from cubing?
This sounds like your hands are suffering from a serious lack of manual labour.