[Pole 2 Pole]

They ain't holding it for hours on end. I hold my pole for at least 4 hours at a time :-)

[Alex Gardiner]

Can it be reversed Alex? To your knowledge. And maybe you should send a copy of that out with every pole you send. Cos mine are going to pot :-(

Speaking from my own experience after about a year of water fed pole work my hands were really suffering (16 previous years of trad had never had the same effect).  I started wearing gloves and gradually my hands got a lot better.  Nowadays I always wear disposable nitrile gloves when window cleaning and I have absolutely no problems with my hands at all.

The user guide for our poles on our website (I can't put a link up due to forum rules) recommends the use of gloves. 

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Morning all. As title says, i'm starting to get all sorts of hard skin issues on my hands. The one on the inside base of my thumb is almost starting to cause limited movement, ie clicking my fingers is almost impossible. It's all started after a couple of years of poling. I tried uploading piccies but computer is soo slow.Has anyone else had similar probs? If sooooo, how did they overcome it??? Thankyou, Dean

I get this, at the base of my right thumb (edge of palm) & the side of the thumb knuckle. What I do is cut it off with nail clippers periodically & then use moisturiser!

I always wear gloves for wfp these days so it's not as bad.

[Pole 2 Pole]

Gloves it is from now on I guess. I've just taped up the slx too. Around the base of pole. We'll see if things change. Hope so. Left hand is fine. Just the right :-)

[Nathanael Jones]

Your condition could be made worse by the soap you are using. If your skin is cracked & damaged the soap chems can get in & irritate the area. Check your hand soap, if it contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) or Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) then switching to a natural soap will almost certainly help.

[Crystal-clear]

dam we better get a load of disposable gloves for summer use, ive been bare handed so far with a carbon composit pole the Slx.

apart from a load of dirt around my thumb knuckle im not effected ,
but i was thinking all this pure water on my skin cant be good for us day in day out.

[JS_Cleaning]

been on wfp now a couple of years, my grip in right hand it quite bad now and i get pins and needles in my right hand when poling for prolonged periods of time, i just swap hands over when it happens though

[Richard Neal]

we will all have the weirdest sun tan line!! brown arms (right darker due to posing while driving with the window open) and white hands 

[Richard Neal]

i have a problem with my right had  turns out it is tendonitis and have to get a glove for it,  nothing can be done  it is because the hand is over scretched and stretcing the tendon

I had this a few years ago when i was trad, i got a wrist brace from the hospital and wore it for work every day for about 5 months and it slowly sorted itself out, the nurse said it takes as long to heal as it took to get damaged and she was right, i have no problems now.