# Best way to protect my hands?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348
**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation
**Created:** [June 27, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348 "2014-06-27T00:20:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@JustYoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JustYoYo)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348/1 "2014-06-27T00:20:10Z")
So I want to protect my middle finger against string tension but don’t want to play the money for yoyo tape. any ideas? (I already use gloves)
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### Author:  [@sparhawk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sparhawk)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348/2 "2014-06-27T01:15:26Z")
Build a callous
skirtz had a method for string tension as well but I don’t remember it
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### Author:  [@JustYoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JustYoYo)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348/3 "2014-06-27T12:22:14Z")
> [@sparhawk](#):
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> Build a callous
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> skirtz had a method for string tension as well but I don’t remember it
what is a callous? I google searched it and not any yoyo results can you give me a picture a link or describe it?
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### Author:  [@Zort\_Commander](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zort_Commander)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348/4 "2014-06-27T13:10:26Z")
> [@JustYoYo](#):
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> what is a callous? I google searched it and not any yoyo results can you give me a picture a link or describe it?
A callous is a rough patch of skin that you really don’t feel any pain on it. Callouses in yoyoing prevent string burns
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### Author:  [@Sergio](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sergio)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348/5 "2014-06-27T15:28:02Z")
Easy solution don’t yoyo! Ha Ha Ha Ha! No just kidding? ;D
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### Author:  [@basepi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/basepi)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/best-way-to-protect-my-hands/67348/6 "2014-06-27T15:34:26Z")
As you continue to play, you’ll find that the skin on your finger where the string rubs gets thicker and hard. That’s a callous.
But he easiest way to protect it when you’re still building a callous is probably just a bandaid or basic paper tape if you have some in a first aid kit.