Flappers: clip or not?

Micro razors + crumbling feet (thanks little cottonwood)

Normally I would clip but this is the biggest I’ve gotten. Any tips? Been doing Neosporin and a band aid plus letting it breath for short periods. 

I do the opposite. Let it dry out and trim it back. 

Climb On wrote:

I do the opposite. Let it dry out and trim it back. 

Clipping has worked in the past but I wonder if there's a point where it's too big?

Seth Bleazard wrote:

Micro razors + crumbling feet (thanks little cottonwood)

Normally I would clip but this is the biggest I’ve gotten. Any tips? Been doing Neosporin and a band aid plus letting it breath for short periods. 

Cut off the dead skin, pack with Neosporin and tape it over. Uncover and let it dry out after the session.

2 for clip & dry out... any others?

Once the flapper is dry it’s toast. It’s going to start preventing it from healing properly and adds leverage to reopening . Get rid of it - and all surrounding dry skin - yesterday.

And because what climber doesn’t love talking about their skincare routine, here’s how I deal them: During the sesh it happens, don’t cut, tape it down with some salve. Try not to punt.

Afterwards, rinse but keep the flapper to help retain moisture. Pack with Neosporin and close with bandaid. Keep wet (with salve) and fresh- i.e. don’t let skin go white (this is hard.) If skin goes white it’s probably time to start cutting. 

Once the flapper is dry it’s useless. Cut it off. Cut down to fresh skin - no hanging chads- as flat as you can make it. Key: As skin grows back you’ll probably need to keep cutting more to remove the “ghost” of the split and prevent skin from repairing with a split in place. This is hard because generally you want to get back to climbing and cutting off more skin isn’t aiding that endeavor… but .. it will help in the long run

TLDR: my vote is clip and then keep moist. 

Clip off dead and dried skin, but not anything that might be alive. Not sure? Leave it on.