Frequent skin tear treatment and prevention

Hey MP,

So I've been climbing for a little over a year now, which has mostly manifested itself as gym bouldering with month to two month long intervals of outdoor climbing, mostly lighter sport or alpine, and some injury induced rest. I find that every time I take even a short break (I mean SHORT: as short as two weeks) from regularly bouldering indoors, and even if I've been climbing outdoors, when I return to gym bouldering the skin on my fingers gets MANKED. I'm talking full on first layer flappers on almost every finger just from the first two hour session, not even climbing on slopers almost at all.

I'd love any tips on remedies and treatments people find effective, but am really looking for anyone who has similarly fragile skin and has some advice on more proactive and preventative measures.

Thanks!
Jared

Use a pumice stone (wet) or sand paper (dry) to sand down your calluses and dead skin.
When a blister forms you need to do everything to stop it from filling with liquid and do not pop it, when it heals it will be a callus and then you can sand it down. This will drastically reduce flappers in the future.The best thing I have found is when you feel/see a blister, clap your hands a few times as hard as you can on the blister. This will bring back blood flow and reduce liquid from filling. If you  continue climbing tape the sore spot before its too noticeable. Treat your hands after climbing with a climbing hand balm like Joshua tree hand salve or Metolius hand repair.