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Topic: Superglue on fingertips?
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vsimmons
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posted 08-30-2004 01:49 PM
   
I have really hard and built-up fingertips. A friend of mine says that "a lot of people put superglue on their fingertips when they crack and flake" which mine always do, but it doesn't hurt, or impair my playing. This sounds like a pile. Any experience? |
Sweet Tyrone
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posted 08-30-2004 01:55 PM
I've worked with a bass player who super glues his left hand finger tips before a gig but i've never asked him about it. In my 35 some gigging years, he's the first I've seen do such a thing.[This message has been edited by Sweet Tyrone (edited 08-30-2004).] |
guitarmaker
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posted 08-30-2004 02:08 PM
Just keep in mind that superglue is Carcinogenic (cancer causing). |
johnlg
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posted 08-30-2004 02:47 PM
I thought one had to inhale super glue to be in danger on cancer (don't sniff glue) - Oh well.Using super glue on finger cuts is an old trick. There is a company that makes a product called "Liquid Bandage" or "Liquid Bandaid??" It is superglue designed for cuts. I've heard that it is really super glue is a fancy package. I once worked with a great guitar player who cut his hands often (his day job was construction) and he did the super glue on finger tips often if he had a painful cut. |
marty bradbury
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posted 08-30-2004 04:12 PM
just remember to let it dry before placing finger on string! (-; |
Teja Gerken
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posted 08-30-2004 04:19 PM
I've used super glue on cuts before if I had to play. I've never done it on a totally fresh wound, but I've glued up partially healed wounds before, and it worked really well. I've also head of people use regularly use it to glue callouses back on if they get separated. |
epaul
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posted 08-30-2004 04:56 PM
My kid cut open his head when he tumbled off his bed into a dresser while doing his version of Olympic gymnastics.The emergency room doc glued his cut and skipped the stitches (the cut was short, but pretty deep). He said it was basically superglue (super glue that costs $20 a bottle). I think superglue is a very useful treatment for sealing up skin cuts. HOWEVER, I would develop a concern if the glue use became repetitive, for several reasons. There is a difference between gluing up a few cuts a couple times a year and doing a nightly patch. There is always a difference between a little and a lot. I often don't know what the difference is, but there is one.
Paul
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C. Vega
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posted 08-30-2004 05:03 PM
The originl 'superglue', Aron Alpha, was developed for use on the battlefield to close wounds.
Morticians also use it for various things that most people probably don't want to know about but their clients usually don't care. |
eadgbe
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posted 08-30-2004 05:26 PM
I regularly get annoying little breaks in the skin at the tips of my fingers, a condition I believe is called 'skin fissures'. I've had it for years and it can make playing uncomfortable. A few years ago I read a newspaper article about doctors closing small wounds using super glue. I tried it and it worked like a charm. |
Ron Scott
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posted 08-30-2004 05:48 PM
I think Superglue was used by trauma surgeons in Vietnam to glue the edges of lacerated livers together. It also works perfectly fine in normal skin wounds, and is non-toxic.When I think of Superglue and guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan comes to mind. He played very heavy gauge strings and would tear up his fingertips pretty good. The story is that Stevie would put Superglue along his right forearm, then place his left fingertips in it. When the glue had set, he'd pull his left hand away, tearing a skin patch off his arm to cover each damaged fingertip. What can I say? The guy could play... |
JM
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posted 08-30-2004 08:32 PM
Re; superglue and cuts. The superglue that your doctor uses is manufactured for medical use. ie it is manufactured under strict FDA administered guidelines just as all other medicines are to insure its sterility and absence of foreign bodies. There have been cases of "layfolk" using plain superglue bought at the store developing rip roaring infections. I won't use "non medical" Superglue for cuts. Get the sterile stuff they have at the pharmancy.Re; those flakes of skin on your fingertips? I use an emory board or pumice stone and just sand them down when they get in the way. |
kostask
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posted 08-31-2004 07:51 AM
Superglue (i.e. Crazy Glue, Cyanoacrylate (sp)) was used in Vietnam for battlefield injuries. The use of medical staples also originated there, for the same reason. Both have the advantage of permitting blood to continue to flow into the wounded area, which speeds up healing. Sutures/stitches cut off circulation to the area, and lengthen the healing time. It also helped alleviate the shortage of surgeons, as surgeons without perfect suturing skills were able to be used. Kostas |
Teja Gerken
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posted 08-31-2004 10:14 AM
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Originally posted by JM:
[B] Get the sterile stuff they have at the pharmancy.B]
Is this something that anyone can just buy? |
verd
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posted 08-31-2004 11:59 AM
Yes, it is an otc product. It is called liquid skin and there are other brands called different things. I can't think of them off the top of my head. I was just thinking of what I was going to do about a small cut on my middle cord finger right on the tip just where the string lays. I cut it last night and have to be ready to play Friday. I never thought of liquid skin, that might just work. I'll have to give it a try. I think I'll wait till Thursday night to give my body time to start the healing process. Thanks for bringing this up.peace verd |
vsimmons
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posted 09-01-2004 08:07 AM
I'm going to get myself a little liquid skin! I have a "gourge" on #3, and the string sort of gets "rutted" in there. I wonder if I can fill it in a bit. |
