you tear away the cuticle nearly all the way back to the top joint until beads of blood start to appear, until your fingers are so painful that, for hours, the slightest contact is so unbearable that you can no longer pick things up and you have to go and immerse your hands in scalding hot water.
esfolas las peles da falanxeta... ata que comeza a abrollar o sangue, ata que os dedos doen tanto que, durante horas... non soportas o menor contacto... que non podes tocar nada... e tes que remollar as mans en auga fervida.