Little black dots

[DeusXM]

Does anyone else 'suffer' from having lots of little black dots at the sides of their fingertips from their BG testing lancet? I've got loads of the little buggers. Anyone know how to get rid of them?

[liz32]

I get them when I forget to rotate my sites but they usually go away after a bit..I also scrub them a little. I've never had a problem with them.
Liz

[Sparkle]

Yes I do even though I try and rotate the testing - mine are through testing too much.

[kgm0612]

I tend to favor my thumbs for testing and if I don't rotate after awhile I get those little black spots too. I use one of those foot files or a heavy emery board to get rid of them.

Karen

[Cinnabon]

Guilty!!!
I dont rotate.. very bad. I have found it doesnt affect me too much, but I must rotate. I can actually connect the dots!

[lgvincent]

I do. I've counted at least 20 on a finger at times. I do rotate. For example, on the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, etc., I'll use the "inner" side. On the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th, etc., I'll use the tip. On the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, etc., I'll use the "outer" side. I generally check my blood sugar around 12 times a day right now so I get plenty of holes. Each one will go away after a few days, but they are replaced by so many new ones. I've found the Accu-Chek Softclix device to leave the largest ones so I don't use it as much as I once did. True, it seems to be the least painful lancet device to me but if I used it all the time, I don't think I'd ever get rid of the holes. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to get rid of them, though. Would a sharper lancet work? It looks like it might make a smaller hole but that's just a thought. In the last few months, I've started getting bruises often when I prick my finger. It used to happen a lot and that's why I was so slow in using lancet devices because I didn't bruise when pricking my fingers by hand, but it sure hurts a lot more that way, so I'd rather not go back to it. Got any suggestions to help with that?

[MagsRM23]

I get those, too. I only use two fingers on each hand (goes back to how I was taught almost a decade and a half ago), but I feel like I do a decent job of rotating. I found that when I've been in chlorine water for a while, the scabs tend to go away, just like other scabs and cuts will in a pool. So, go take a nice swim for a while!!

-Maggie

[Tokyo Cate]

I almost exclusively use the second, middle and fourth fingers of my right hand for testing, so if I am having a day with loads of testing, it gets somewhat uncomfortable. I just looked under a fluorescent light and those fingers look very abused, as does the less-frequently-used pinkie. My left hand looks pristine because I don't find it as easy to get the drop of blood on the target, so I avoid it.

I am not complaining, though. If I have discomfort, then I make a conscious effort to rotate for a few days and it gets better. I don't usually test more than four times a day, so it isn't a huge deal. But if I am having a bad run, then it does get uncomfortable. Perhaps changing lancets periodically would help, but there have been polls about that on this site, and it seems most of us do it ever-so-rarely.

[amccrazgrl]

yes we all have them

Just got to remember to rotate.
I tried doing the outsides of my fingers and that was just weird.
I notice I lke my right hand 2nd and 3rd fingers most or same on left hand.

[Dewey]

I get them on the pads of my fingers (ring & pinky on both hands), as those are the areas I use most. Truthfully, I'm unsure how to get rid of them (other than rotating more to prevent them), unless you try some type of exfoliating scrub, maybe??

[rzrbks]

I sneak peeks at people's hands while queued in public. If I see "Dots" I know there is another one in our group.

amccrazgrl

Just got to remember to rotate.

What a nasty thing to say to anyone, except.............well.............it is Deus :rofl:

[pno]

Seeing this thread makes me feel much better. I've had these black dots for years, but recently I've gotten a few warts and thought that these dots look quite similar to the capillaries that feed into warts and was concerned that these were just waiting to erupt on their own! Glad I'm not the only one that has these!

[2sweet4now]

I had so many dots that they turned into callouses!

Hey, just got a spiffy new lancing device from BD uses 30, 33 gauge lancets. Hardy leaves dots!

[Penny]

I couldn't figure out what you people were talking about, until my granddaughter asked me what all those little black things were on my fingers. I really need to get my eyes checked again!

[Belinda]

Dots are Dots....I get them too and never really tried to get rid of them....when I see them in small groupings I tend not to use that finger for a while.


WOW IG....you have a definate finger pricking plan.......mine is first available

[bittersweet]

I'm assuming that everyone who has the dots wipes with alcohol after they pull blood? I was told that the alcohol after tends to react with the clotting or whatever the natural "stop bleeding" mechanism the body does with a hole so small, the isopropyl alcohol reacts with the exposed cells around the "ridges" . I stopped wiping with alcohol after and became black dot free and callous (sp?) free. give it a try.

i'm sure we were all taught to drench it in alcohol, but at one point we all thought that it was sugar that was the key to control too

[Gangrel]

I never use alochol swaps anymore. Most times, it's stick, test, and suck! ;)

[spike]

Does anyone else 'suffer' from having lots of little black dots at the sides of their fingertips from their BG testing lancet? I've got loads of the little buggers. Anyone know how to get rid of them?

I get them on the pads of my fingers, but I don't give 'em a thought. :) Since I don't use the sides, they are pristine. I have only one prominent black spot, currently. Consider them freckles. <g>

[Penny]

I never use alochol swaps anymore. Most times, it's stick, test, and suck! ;)

Me too, and I was told not to use them or alcohol because it dries the skin.