I've had similar on the crease of the inside of finger jointssand the hardest bits off the callus once and use heel balm every night (the 25% urea stuff) to soften it and get it to grow properlyheel balm cures everything - I'm surprised that Trump hasn't been promoting urea vape pens as a cure for Covid 19
Another +1 for Hayden’s method (assuming there’s no splinter in the split). I find fine grade sandpaper or emery cloth rolled into a tube is best for sanding down the split, as the curved surface means you can get ‘into’ the cut more.In addition, if the split is on the crease of your finger joint you may want to consider keeping your finger in an extended/open position, especially when sleeping. This is because when at rest your fingers tend towards a half-curled position; if the split heals like this it may re-open when the finger fully flexed back. Keeping your finger extended is most easily done by loosely taping a lolly stick or similar to the back - however your will feel like an idiot.
A wee update a few days on from posting.I've gone for both approaches reccomended here. I started by soaking and poking but I've not found any foreign bodies so phase 2 has been aggressive sanding and daily application of heel balm. The callus is now much flatter and the cut/lesion/opening (whatever it is) is wider, having been sanded down into itself, but I'm hoping that keeping this up will stimulate it to properly close and heal when I stop the sanding. Fingers crossed.
It's been totally heeled over.
Quote from: GazM on November 02, 2020, 03:30:28 pmIt's been totally heeled over.quality punning.