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How to heal a flapper quickly

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I've noticed when climbing and bouldering I have a tendency to get occasional flappers on my palm. A flapper being a callus or blister that has peeled back and hangs on like a flap of skin. I trim the skin away as close to the origin as possible to avoid having it snag on anything, it then tends to take a couple weeks to heal completely, though by the first week it's usually healed enough to climb without major inconvenience.

Are there any tricks other people have to healing a flapper quicker?

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Besides super glue, as some do not want to go that route, here is another option.

You also mentioned that you cut it off. This can actually slow the healing process as it will dry out the skin underneath the flapper. The best solution I found and experienced was to clean up the wound, which will hurt at first but is necessary, and then leave the skin overtop the open underlayer of skin.

The idea to promote healing is to keep the moisture in and protect it from infection and further damage. If the flapper is damaged and should not be placed back, then carefully cut it off and use a moisture pad like 2nd Skin or even a bandaid that seals the tear.

Links that support leaving the flap on and moisture to help with healing:

Also, if you feel like you are getting to the point of a flapper, a preventative measure is to file it (or, what I do, sand it with a Dremmel) down and stop climbing. Let the skin heal stronger and use a skin strengthening balm like Climb-on or similar.

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Super Glue...

Instead of cutting the flap of skin off, glue it back down with super glue.

There is a plethora of blog posts about it.

There are specific formulias for medical usage

For your first aid kit:

2-Octyl-cyanoacrylate

  • Dermabond
  • SurgiSeal

N-2-butyl-cyanoacrylate

  • Histoacryl
  • Indermil
  • GluStitch
  • GluSeal
  • LiquiBand

2-Ethyl-cyanoacrylate

  • Epiglu

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