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Sometimes when you play guitar for a long time or when you learn guitar, blisters can form on your fingertips, which obviously suck. How to prevent them/fix them? Answers from the internet are below (from the top searches in Google):
- You don’t. You just keep playing until your fingers harden over, it’ll happen eventually. In the meantime, when you get blisters, you can put some rubbing alcohol on them to dry them out, or coat your fingertips with Krazy Glue so it hurts a little less.
- Superglue. No joke. Put it on, and they’ll callous over and harden up nicely. They’ll heal under it too. Reapply as necessary you guitar addict!!!
- This is for sore fingers after practice. Rub aloe, preferably the blue kind with the pain killer in it, on your fingers if they hurt. This method got me through my first year playing the guitar. It really works.
- Put some ice in a bowl of water and soak your fingertips for a minute or so. You can also run cold water over your fingertips at the tap. This will prevent blisters and speed up the building of calluses. It will also prevent your calluses from becoming too hard or from having hard edges. Note: don’t do this until your fingertips hurt and be sure to allow some time before you play again. You don’t want to play on pads that have been softened by the soaking.
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