How can I stop trackpad from hurting/burning my fingertips?

Glad to read all this- sort of- I know I am sensitive, but now I know I am not crazy!

I have 10 burning finger tips and they are all wrinkled, so its not just the touchpad. Also, when I hold the laptop on my lap, my thighs burn - even with pants, a lap desk or pillow between me and the 2015 Macbook Pro. I tried gloves and the keyboard still burns.

I'm going to try a keyboard protector and a mouse. Also, a lead blanket over my legs has crossed my mind more than once because even when the laptop is on a desk, 10-15" above my thighs, they burn.

Hi Everyone,

I am also experiencing the same issues reported here with my Macbook pro 2015. It started off with the trackpad, pain in finger tips, then became irritation, raw, burning, tingling, then vibrating and radiating heat and pain in my hands. Now, even when I have stopped using the mac for about an hour still there.

I tried the magic mouse and the problems continued on there. At first I thought it was a muscular issue and saw a chiropractor, acupuncturist, physio, doctor...

Eventually I switched to the wire mouse after trying several different magic mouse's. I'm sad to say that now after a month the problem has continued with the wire mouse as well.

I'm quite concerned about this article above (thank you for posting) because I recognize many of the other symptoms that are reported with Toxic poisoning related to that. Dizziness, tiredness, confused, memory loss.

I'm wondering if we should start a Crowdfunding campaign to get some research done?

i have had the same sensation for sometime now with my mac pro 2015. i literally just called apple to ask about it, chatted with somebody, then was called back by some supposed safety guy. i got no help whatever. he said he had never heard this before, which was striking! cause i see this in this forum since about 2013, so it seems like a common experience/issue. i got no help whatever, the guy seemed to be trying to throw the problem back at me instead asking me what i want to do! i was calling for the experts to tell me how to solve the problem, and instead he was asking me what i want to do. like, i don't know how it is taken care of, you're the expert, how is it taken care of!! it was such horrendous service, and really rude and kind of playing smart!! really awful!!

i have had this feeling for some time. i don't have diabetes and hardly drink - about one or two beers in two months! also, i've had this feeling with phones too. i am fairly confident it's something electric related, or chemical, or wave related etc. some sort of physics or chemical thing. it's definitely not muscular. i can't say its heat cause my laptop never really gets hot, unless its some sort of low level weird heat, which is perhaps possible. anyway, there is something. i am sure somebody somewhere has an explanation, and i think many more people have this experience on and off than report it. i just shared it here after i just happened to finally resolve to google it in case there was a solution shared somewhere online, and saw this forum where people have had a similar experience. i would bet many people have had this experience with not just laptops, but phones of all makes

you're so lost!!!! "most otherwise healthy people." how do you know the health statuses of the people reporting this issue??? why are you so quick to suggest they "see their doctors?" your comments are so unhelpful!!! thanks for not posting again, please!!!! you have nothing beneficial to add to this conversation, besides agitating others!!!

i would agree. i've been busy this semester at school, typing and copying and pasting quite a bit, and i use the track pad only. although, i did the same last semester and i don't remember it being this much last spring.

so, you think people who discussed this in 2012 or 2013 made it up? so, you believe every experience or condition always affects everybody? i seem to see so many examples in the media of rare conditions all over the place, from the famous lou gehrig's decease to many more.

are you sure that's a sensible argument to make?

you really think conditions have to affect everybody to be "true?"

have you never seen special needs people in your life???

and how do you know they're "small?" i just happened upon this forum when i finally decided to google it after perhaps a year having the experience.

you might need to re-examine your logic a bit there, or perhaps think a little clearer before you post!!

you're totally lost!!! now its a "conspiracy" that people have different experiences than you???

you're in the wrong conversation! if you've not experienced it, leave it for people who have done so!

just because you've not had it, you think the whole world lives or feels like you!!

now, you're talking about "conspiracies." so, just because its supposedly a "few" people, its a "conspiracy?"

and because people have different experiences than you've had, so they "want conspiracies?"

you're absolutely lost!!! find help, dude!!!

if you have nothing to add to the conversation, stop taking it in tangents.

please stop contributing about an experience you've not had if you have nothing constructive to add!!

let people who know it share it and try to resolve it!!!!

find some other platform to present your theories and rage against "conspiracies!"

Reminds me of a neighbor a few trees over and a two rows down, who keeps

having to replace his electric guitar after playing it in the shower. ~ It's not the

shocks that get him, it's the replacement cost without warranty coverage.

When I used to hand-make candles, the hot wax re-energized finger tips so

this may be good to renew circulation. Or plastic skin, painted over fingers.

Actually, a contributing factor in the use of these products may as simple as bad

posture & the placement of these devices in a spatial orbit around my work area.

..I found slumping & dozing off aren't good, either.

That made my hands numb from the neck down..

Some 'touch panel' sections of the upscale mouse start to affect fingers that way;

and I kinda liked the old vintage idea of a rollerball that sat in a holder to move via

the palm. The product was some third-party maker and seldom failed to function.

On the other hand, iOS devices tend to have underpowered touch electronics to me

because they often fail, so are either not working per touch, or misdirect my action...

My efforts with those products are only rewarded by use of stylus, or by no use at all.

Not sure about the latest products, as they're not in my budget to afford; so I hope

newer class of touch from Apple are superior to older tech problems noted here.

In any event...

Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

I have this same problem! Been using my MacBook Air for four months and now my fingertips hurt when using the trackpad - doesn't matter if it is plugged in or running off battery. It is a sensation I feel only when using the track pad. Almost feels like my fingerprints are getting rubbed off! 😀

I love using the trackpad and don't want to have to resort to using gloves or a mouse.

Just wondering if the trackpad needs to be cleaned and what should be used to clean it.

If I may ask, kidquotes and far.out.at.sea, which particular models of MacBook are you using? If you don't know, you can find out by entering your serial number in the Search Tech Specs field on this page.

Are you still using the same bluetooth mouse and is it preventing the fingertip burning issue. If so can you tell me what make and model the mouse is. Thanks

they're great. i think you're getting lost in the wrong forest there.

is the battery very hot too? It might be xferring the heat from the battery, which is directly under the trackpad. Also, MacBook's were never shipped with 10.3, which is the version of OS X listed in your profile. Do you have an older model notebook or is the o/s just not updated from a prior mac?