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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 1160333" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Over 40 yrs of finger pricking started to leave a toll on my fingers resulting in hard skin like guitar playing with tiny black holes.  I got paranoid about it and fed up so got a pumice stone and attacked the hard skin in a bowl of soapy water.  I then stared pricking elsewhere. .....arms were ok but left unsightly red holes, earlobes were also ok but a bit difficult and needed a mirror.  Toes were also ok but no good when fully dressed.  Although I have tried pricking the sides of my fingers and the palms, I've found that pricking the front of my fingers just below the nail bed  and digit on a setting of just 1 or even 0.5 is all that is needed to draw a drop of blood sufficient for a teststrip and this doesn't result in prick holes.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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