Any climbers out there? Looking for ideas and to also share mine, for dealing with chemo damaged nails. I had 12 weeks of paclitaxol, and finished back in mod december. I’ve been using Polybalm everyday since starting chemo and continuing now. My fingernails have partly lifted as a result of the chemo. I’ve started back climbing at the indoor wall…..damaged nails and climbing walls are not a good combination though so I’ve come up with a system to tape my nails using climbing tape (plus plasters underneath so the tape is not on the nail itself, just my fingers).
Its kind of working, and I’ve been climbing not far below the grades I was climbing pre chemo. However it takes time to tape my fingers (half of them are affected) plus goes through alot of tape and plasters.
Anyone else come up with interesting ways to deal with lifted nails when its comes to climbing (or anything else sports wise that’s hard on your nails)?
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Hi seren
Well done on getting back doing something you love.
I am not a climber so I don’t know if my idea will work. You can buy fingers protectors called finger cots. They are like little condoms that will cover your finger. These might protect your nail without the need for plasters.
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