Well, I used to write with my pencil
jammed between my index and middle fingers
instead of held at the tips of my fingers.
As a result, the left side of my middle
finger near the top of my middle finger
developed a callouse that got bigger and
bigger. Recently, I tried scraping the
callouse off with my nails as I've done in
the past, only to scrape a crater out of
where my callouse once was.
A few days later, the crater filled up
with new skin/flesh growths rising
separately within the crater. I tried
scratching the callouse out several times
again, but I just got more skin/flesh
growths growing out of the crater. Any
ideas on how to permanently remove this
weird callouse (it looks like the top of a
sea anemone now)? Its been really
freaking people out
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antigone
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Posted: 02-27-08 01:38am
Vitamin E is a common recommendation from
dermatologist for things like this. It can
help to eliminate the excess growth of
tissue from the pressure of holding a pen.
Are you sure it is a callus and not a
wart? What you are describing in the way
it is growing back sounds like it may be a
wart. Many warts will have small, pin
prick sized black dots in the center. Your
gp should be able to look at it and tell
you what it is. Vitamin E is used for both
of these types of growths.
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MMAFighter
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Posted: 02-27-08 10:07am
thanx antigone, that was really helpful!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 02-27-08 11:05am
Yep! Sounds good.
Also, in the future, to remove callouses
the best thing to do is buy a pumice stone
and then soak your hand in some hot (but
not too hot) water for five to ten
minutes. Then, use the pumice stone to
GENTLY rub away the callous
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MMAFighter
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Posted: 02-27-08 11:13am
Thanx Eiri, I'll get right to it by buying
a pumice stone. Oh Eiri, you have a new
profile picture that looks like a mirror
image of your old picture or something,
its really interesting looking
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Tylanas
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Posted: 02-27-08 11:22am
Well of course it does; it has the same
graphics in it lol. I like photoshop.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 02-27-08 14:31pm
yes pumice stone is the best way to remove
calluses---you have growths there? does it
almost look like cauliflower?
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MMAFighter
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Posted: 02-27-08 18:05pm
Yes, you described it perfectly. Its like
cauliflower, with lots of little
skin/flesh offshoots coming from the
crater where I first scraped out the
callouse. So what does it mean if its
like cauliflower? One more thing, its not
like cauliflower as in it rises out of the
crater where I first scraped out the
callouse. Its like a cauliflower within
the callouse.
A few days later, the crater filled up
with new skin/flesh growths rising
separately within the crater. I tried
scratching the callouse out several times
again, but I just got more skin/flesh
growths growing out of the crater. Any
ideas on how to permanently remove this
weird callouse (it looks like the top of a
sea anemone now)? 
Its been really
freaking people out
