Finger calluses after showering

[marklcfc]

Not the best topic but everytime I shower I find the calluses start peeling off. Does anyone else get this?
My hands are quite dry in general and I often have to use hand cream for sore hands but its frustrating that the calluses always end up coming off

 

[dlew919]

They do. Just try not to peel them.


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[rangercaster]

Play your guitar more often ...

Shower less regularly ...


and your callouses will be just fine ...

 

[marklcfc]

It's not just showering though, anything hot water like washing up has the same effect.

 

[stealyerface]

As mentioned, try your best not to peel them off, or pick at them...

It's pretty easy to start tearing at them in their soft and fragile state!!

~syf

 

[ieatlions]

It's not just showering though, anything hot water like washing up has the same effect.

Use Marigolds to do the dishes. (I find playing guitar just after doing dishes very rewarding as the warm water and movement limbers you up. I ALWAYS wear Marigolds. The detergent breaks down calluses easily) Practice frequent and often where possible . The long sessions tend to break down the calluses.

 

[8barlouie]

It’s part of the process. The callouses become more integrated with the fingers so that they no longer sort of scab off that way. Be patient and keep playing.

 

[Dreadnut]

How much are you playing? I've had this happen before when I wasn't playing much.

 

[marklcfc]

How much are you playing? I've had this happen before when I wasn't playing much.

Probably an hour a day on average

 

[JL_LI]

Care of calluses is a part of grooming guitarists need to take seriously. Calluses can peel when they get wet. They also begin to get a very uneven surface when they get thick. In my experience, the uneven surface leads to an uneven attack with pull offs. This is especially annoying when I’m playing finger style with the pads of my fingers. The solution to both problems is the same. My wife uses emery boards (sand paper on a stick) to shape her fingernails. You can use an emery board to remove unevenness without removing too much callus. You’ll be less likely to pick at your calluses that way and warm soapy water will be less likely to cause them to lift.

My wife uses a different device to manage calluses on her feet. It’s a hand held battery powered grinding spool called Amope. I find it easy to control and faster than a board.

I also use the same creams my wife uses to prevent skin cracking. That’s more of a problem in winter but I use whatever she has in her drawer year round. Using these grooming aids has eliminated calluses cracking and lifting and has eliminated pull off problems.

 

[darkwaters]

When I was young I would play guitar immediately after a shower to toughen up my fingers. It seemed to work'

Later, when I noticed a callus starting to peel, I would file it down a bit to remove the "edge" and get the callus a bit flatter. Again, that seemed to work.

These days, I no longer get calluses on my fingers. The tips are now flattened and tough. Must be an age thing.

 

[Deathray]

Play your guitar more often ...

Shower less regularly ...


and your callouses will be just fine ...

His coworkers would say you’re half right.
And, maybe his neighbors. Different halves, though

 

[radiocaster]

Probably an hour a day on average

Then they probably don't peel off completely, just a little.

 

[Flaneur]

I seem to have reached a point where my finger ends are just toughened. The only visible callouses are on my palm, from when I was cleaning some chimneys, recently. (With gloves on- )

I always wear gloves in the workshop or garden, now- to save my hands for playing- but the Marigold solution wouldn't work: doing the midnight washing up is something of a therapy, for my old mitts.

 

[lammie200]

It’s part of the process. The callouses become more integrated with the fingers so that they no longer sort of scab off that way. Be patient and keep playing.

I will add that you will probably develop a touch that doesn't require digging your fingertips into the strings, thus you shouldn't have substantial calluses. I have been playing a long time. The only harder pads that I have on the tips of my fingers are on my middle, ring and pinkie fingers. The index finger on my fret hand feels the same as my index finger on my picking hand. My point is that it takes less force than you might think to get your strings to ring properly.

 

[bumnote]

This is a problem for me in the winter, found two tricks that work.

Hand cream, I've started using the Gold Bond lotion made for diabetics. Since I started having to wash my hands 20 times a day, they were drying and cracking. This stuff worked better than regular hand cream and kept my callous from drying out.

When they do start that peeling along an edge, a fingernail file. Lightly file along the area where the skin is starting to peel until that lip is gone and it feels smooth. It also keeps that lip from snagging a string when I'm playing. It will remove a little skin from the callous, but not nearly as much as it would if they got peeled off by me or a string pulling on it and it builds back up a lot faster and stronger.

 

[Fretting out]

I’ve never had mine start to peel except on my palms, my dang fingertips are so thick bones would probably start showing if they peeled off

 

[Fretting out]

I seem to have reached a point where my finger ends are just toughened. The only visible callouses are on my palm, from when I was cleaning some chimneys, recently. (With gloves on- )

I always wear gloves in the workshop or garden, now- to save my hands for playing- but the Marigold solution wouldn't work: doing the midnight washing up is something of a therapy, for my old mitts.

This is exactly what I was trying to say about my fingers and palms, couldn’t have explained it better

My fingers are just thick as you say and the only ones that tear are on my palms when I shovel or hammer

 

[gwjensen]

Callouses eventually just get tough and stop peeling. At least that was the case with me.

 

[TelecasterSam]

I've been washing my hands so often due to the Covid that my calluses are getting pretty thin.