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Painfull callouses 8-Jun-2005 At 9:39:25 AM Rocky

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I used to do gymnastics and i was taught to put methylated spirits on my blisters, then put some moisturiser on it before you go to bed that night. i didnt put much moisturiser on but i found that the methylated spirits worked well on the red raw blisters, it was rather painful and stung a lot, but it dried out the skin and it didnt hurt so much the next time i had training. i find nowadays that i dont get those kind of blisters, there just dead bits of skin that i can rip of, then again i'm not exactly cranking out the 30's etc.

As for a quick fix whilst your out climbing, fill the blister with chalk, rubbing it in, its not to painful, but it lets you continue climbing, i dont do this because i'm not a chalk user, but thats what i did at gymnastics to help me get through the session.

Tim