Pitcher's nails

make sure you keep them fairly short, and consider using a clear, hardning type of finger nail polish before he pitches.

Thanks lefthookdad.  He does keep them short. It's hard to explain easier to see. It is really the sides of his nails that grow into his skin, then I guess the pressure from pitching pushes the side of his nail into his skin causing them to bleed. Hard to cut that part short of me performing minor surgery on him. Lol

Not sure there is much you can do to toughen up the sidesof the finger where the nail goes in....maybe speak to a good nail technician, sometimes you have to really go outside the box for an answer

There was an MLB reality show on recently called the "Next Knuckleballer" hosted by Tim Wakefield and Kevin Millar.  It was pretty cool.   Wakefield took all the candidates to a beauty salon to get their nails cleaned up, and toughened up.  Truthfully, I'd start at a nail salon to get a manicure and the whole shabang.   If that doesn't work, seek medical advice. 

Thanks guys, he is going to love to hear this. Lol anything that works though. 

My son is a lefty and he keeps his nails on his left hand trimmed pretty short. He also keeps his left index fingers nail trimmed in a particular shape.

What ever works for him i guess.

I think different people's nails are simply different. I used to bite my nails and had problems because I had very short/no nail on the side. This eventually lead to hangnails and infections and even losing a nail altogether at one point. I eventually quit biting my nails and started just keeping them cut short, but I cut them straight across and didn't cut into the side at all and it helped almost immediately.

My son is a lefty pitcher and had this exact problem.  He started using superglue for prevention.  Just a dab before practice and games. It works for him. If you catch it early enough it prevents the full blown blisters.

Thanks again. I bought superglue for him to use tomorrow. Need a quick fix then we will try the others