My Real Life Superpower

March 13th, 2007

I have a real life superpower. No fingerprints. Yep, that’s right, I have no fingerprints. I know that it’s a little bit strange or whatever but it’s true.

This is a link to a more recent blog post with picture of my hands.

Well, to say that I have NO fingerprints is a bit of a lie. They come and go. I have dermatitis, or at least that’s what is assumed I have. My fingers go all cracked and flaky and hard. My fingerprints aren’t recognisable.

Brother number 1 is jealous. “I want to have no fingerprints!” he says. If only he knew. There is a price to pay for this enormous privilige- pain. Yep, my fingers hurt. When they’re raw and bloody because I’ve been using them for a few hours it totally sucks. It’s ignorable pain, just not such ignorable inconvenience. Not being able to use your hands properly, or having them covered in band-aids is not so cool. Little kids tend to tell you how they got in trouble for putting that many band-aids on, and people your own age just look at you like you’re a freak.

But hey, it’s not all the time, just when there’s a change in the weather or I use them to much. Such is life. Hey, want to know something I learnt at Uni today? Resilience. Learning to accept things they way they are. I can’t change it (believe me, I’ve tried), and so now I accept it and I deal with it and I don’t let it get me down. That’s a good lesson for us all.

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  • http://lukecarbis.com Luke

    You got nothing on this guy:
    http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/03/missionary_enco.html

    (WARNING – MAY DIGUST)

  • Maria

    My husband has a similar problem. His fingertips peel and crack and bleed, particularly during the winter or when he is stressed or the weather is very dry in the summer. It sucks too as he was almost rejected from a Green Card application because they couldn’t get finger prints, so try to stay clear of the legal system. But, just a little comfort…you aren’t alone.

  • becky

    Do you have athlete’s foot? This can be related, as a fungal infection of the skin on the hands. Try Lamisil cream.

  • zale

    have you tried the band aid advanced healing strips?
    http://www.band-aid.com/advanced_healing_prod.shtml
    the same stuff has been used in hospitals for years – it almost instantly stops the hurt and makes things heal faster with less scarring.

    good luck!

  • http://superpower ciclu

    i have a superpower i can see the future in my dreams.

  • http://yahoo.com Nicole Francisco

    iI AM JUST A STUDENT TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT FINGER PRINTS AND YOUR FINGER PRINT IS REALLY BIG!!!!!!!!!

  • http://taliacarbis.wordpress.com/ Talia

    It’s not even my fingerprint, THAT would be a stupid thing to do.

    I hope you found all the info you wanted though,

    T

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  • Shawn Tan

    I stumbled upon this and yes, i do have exactly (yes exactly) the same problem

    Its eczema.

    Yes I know the difficulty in stretching the fingers out as he skin might tear. when clenched up, the skin is too hard and hurts. the Skin on the fingers flake off easily too.

    To treat this, you first got to figure out what your skin on the fingers are allergic to. In my case, it was typical shampoos and soaps. As such, i experimented with other types of soaps and shampoos and managed to find some which i wasn’t allergic to.

    Also, apply cortisone creams. See a doctor about it. they can prescribe you some. these creams will clear this up very quickly and typically keep your fingers fine for like a week after you stop. but then it will come back again.

    another slower method would be to use moistureisers. not the typical off the shelf ones but a much thicker lumpy sort of cream which again, your doctor should be able to provide which pretty much keep your skin relatively soft throught the day even after washes. (but not soap so don’t use them)

    But, your skin will never return to the way it was before this started. they’ll be scarred with stretch lines and probably still make your fingerprints unacceptable for use. Won’t be noticable though unless someone really focuses :D

    I’ve been dealing with it since 15. (I’m 19 now)

    hey email me if you have more questions ;)

  • http://resaka-paesobebe.blogspot.com/ MR. RESAKA

    DAMN!!

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