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whats the best way to treat a flapper.

In reply to MorganPreecey: personally i have a 'compeed' plaster on standby, tear the skin off neatly and put on the plaster. compeed seem to have magical properties and really do work wonders.

In reply to jbird: problem. im alergetic to plasters.

In reply to MorganPreecey:


people will say this is not true, but that's cause they've been had by the marketing. but.........


GET A BATH >1 HOUR

In reply to MorganPreecey:
Stick it back down...worst thing you could do is pull it off!! keep it dry and don't cover it if possible

hope that helps ... flappers suck

In reply to MorganPreecey: maybe not to this one. sorry to hear though.

In reply to MorganPreecey:
Take her out to a for a quick Charleston and then back to your place!
They don't write em like that anymore.

In reply to inuklm: Thanks, keep them comeing

In reply to Rat know-all:

Thank God

In reply to MorganPreecey: also how long do they take to heal. thanks

In reply to MorganPreecey:

If still climbing, tape it down then bath it up later?

<think I have a climbing tape addiciton though>

In reply to margie: i hate climbing tape. i put it on and rip it off after a few routes.

In reply to MorganPreecey:

Whenever I've had big flappers it's not been on the fingertip, so taping it up hasn't been too much of a bother.

I've had success with two methods:

1 Don't rip off the skin - glue it back down with superglue and tape over the top (let the glue dry first, unless you are Paul Piana/Todd Skinner)
This stops the exposed flesh drying out too quickly and forming a painful thick scab, but also protects the raw skin from painful contact with anything. After a few days the original skin falls off and the skin underneath is almost ready to go.
However, applying commercial superglue to raw flesh is a VERY BAD IDEA, so either score some medical grade superglue, or don't do this.

2 Pull the skinflap off, and let your finger dry out for about a day. Then cut back the now-dried bits of skin as far as you can (this might hurt a bit. Sorry). Now start moisturising the painful, raw skin. This will hurt. Keep going, and your finger will be back to being usable in a surprisingly short time.

Generally, I don't get many flappers these days not because my fingers are permanantly glue-ridden, but because I climb a lot less, and I keep the skin in good condition by moisturising.

In reply to TimB: Thanks Tim

In reply to inuklm:


and there was me thinking they flapped....

In reply to MorganPreecey: Climb-on is also quite good

In reply to MorganPreecey:


I’m a pencil pushing, keyboard pressing puffta these days and my hands never seem to toughen up on one session at the wall a week and outdoors cragn most Sundays. I seem to get away pretty much unscathed by taping up as and when damage appears. Would defo agree on taping flapper intially.

PP.

In reply to MorganPreecey:

i always cut mine off - its sore for 30 seconds, but its worse it if gets caught n rips off in an uncontrolled way!

And then (if bleeding - or a puncture) some antiseptic cream.

In reply to Mckenzie: I yanked mine off and then used aloe vera twice a day!

In reply to MorganPreecey:

Bite off the flappy skin till!

Chew any extra bits off till its cleaned down!

Finger tape it up!

Climb on bar at end of day!

In reply to Murcantile: I waited till the skin went DEAD! then bit it off!

In reply to MorganPreecey:

You can tell when to stop bitting cos its starts to hurt!

In reply to Murcantile: HAHA!! yer!! not a good idear!