why does my skin shred?
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hey all. |
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Use hand salve. |
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Antihydral is what the top climbers use for day after day of climbing.
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What Greg said - I'm partial to the Joshua Tree salve. Also, you may be climbing too much. I don't know your history, but maybe you just need to let your skin heal a little more and then create a program of skin care. |
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Indoor doesn't really get my skin ready for outside. Get some sanding blocks or try antihydral (slowly!) |
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I have actually read about antihydral, and it sounds pretty aggressive. but I may have to give it a try. I am getting pretty sick of bleeding haha. has anyone had any real luck with the stuff? |
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I've been having the same problem. I've thought it might be at least related to my diet, which is super unhealthy. |
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Ross Young wrote:I have actually read about antihydral, and it sounds pretty aggressive. but I may have to give it a try. I am getting pretty sick of bleeding haha. has anyone had any real luck with the stuff?It's worth trying, start slow on just the tips and see how it goes. Plenty of climber info on the internet but you have to google around a bit to find it. Another thing to be aware of is tactics. Are you just throwing yourself at stuff repeatedly without resting enough? climbing in the sun? not keeping your skin free of oils when outside? If it's just road trip volume then tactics might not be the cause but repeated sloppy burns will destroy my skin on certain problems. |
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Sanding blocks. I use one 3 or 4 times a week. |
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your skin shreds because you are falling too much ;) adam ondra says that after 4 days of climbing at fontainebleau, his skin was better than before he got there. i think on this trip he flashed most problems he tried...so there! |
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Easy, you don't use Giddy Organics |
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well I for sure fall to much but isn't that half the fun? And i am in Ohio so very humid air for the most part, so maybe i do need to dry it out. I think i may even use some rubbing alcohol in the time being. but anti hydral is probably in my future |
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Take astaxanthin and resveratrol. Those nutrients should support stronger tips as well as numerous other benefits. |
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You're a wuss. Stop climbing and do something else. |
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you may have a fungal infection, like athlete's foot, but its called "climber's palm" Eat a lot of yogurt. |
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Anti-hydral is good if you have moist fingers, aka your tips don't split. A mellower stuff to use is this, I tried at a friends recommendation and it is pretty good. |
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Chalk up another tick against bouldering ;) |
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I pretty aggressively take care of my skin, because if I don't it drys out too much and flakes horribly. |
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my left thumb peels the worst I use the noxzema ( yes the face cream/cleaner) i put that on and wait for it to soak in then I re-apply . After doing that 2-3 times i put the climb on bar to it right before bed it will be healed better the next day and almost perfect in two days. |