callus

So I had a pretty intense blister on my index finger from last week (very very long day in the studio), and although the blister had healed, the skin never reattatched itself and tonight it ended up coming off. I now have most of the raw skin exposed below it. I need a replacement quickly, as...

Apparently I've been playing more that I used to, and I have the calluses in my fretting hand to prove it. Yes, I've been playing a lot of sliding vibrato stuff (+ - 1/2 step). NO BLISTERS! I've doing the nightly treatment with https://www.amazon.com/Gena-Healthy-Hoof-Cream-Ounce/dp/B0006Q00ZI...

In the 70's when I used only stainless steel round wound strings I had rock hard calluses on my two plucking fingers, which I really liked because it gave me a more percussive tone, almost like playing with a pick. I no longer have those calluses, probably because I play only strings with...