My fingers have a burning sensation while using track pad. Is there a reduce-friction coating that could have worn off?

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My fingers have a burning sensation while using track pad. Is there a reduce-friction coating that could have worn off?

I have recently been getting a burning sensation, as if my finger tips are rubbed raw, while using my track pad. I have been using my MacBook Pro for two years now. I am wondering if the track pads have a special coating on them to help reduce friction? If there is a friction reducing coating I think it could have worn off over the years of use. Maybe my fingers have more oils/sweat than most people, which would cause a coating to wear off faster. I stopped using it for some weeks hoping maybe my fingers were sore from something else. But that was not the case. The burning feeling to my finger tips starts within the first five minutes of using the track pad.

Please let me know if you know anything about Apple using a special coating on the track pad.

Thanks

Its a MacBook Pro 13-inch Mid 2010

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 13-inch Mid 2010

Posted on May 12, 2013 4:15 PM

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Answer 1

Courcoul

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May 12, 2013 4:20 PM in response to corbybuckels

AFAIK, the Unibody trackpads are made of glass, like the iPhone screens, to enable all the fancy new multi-finger gestures. They come with a satin finish when new, that usually wears down to a smooth-ish shiny surface after awhile. Methinks you're spending way too much time on the 'puter....

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May 12, 2013 4:20 PM in response to corbybuckels

I suggest you take yourMBP to Apple and alllow them to inspect. It sounds like there is something terrible wrong it.

Allan

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Courcoul

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May 12, 2013 11:53 PM in response to Allan Eckert

Allan Eckert wrote:

It sounds like there is something terrible wrong it.

You make it sound like it's infectious, radioactive or worse!

OP, you're not a former Russian spy at odds with the Kremlin or something like that????

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Answer 4

May 13, 2013 8:23 AM in response to corbybuckels

Using touch pad gloves work. I had the same problem. Just cut off all the fingers except for the one that causes pain. They are so cheap it's worth trying. You can get 2 pairs for $8 here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006W1YFN4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&p sc=1

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Mar 30, 2015 10:04 PM in response to corbybuckels

I have no different issue. Recently I bought MacBook Pro with retina display ang iPhone 6 plus. I have a burning sensation while using mac track pad. it becomes intense shortly using track pad and I cannot work.

The problem is same while using my iphone 6 plus. If it is an allergy to mixing of some metal with aluminium(as some of you have mentioned) it should not be a problem with iphone, but i have the same burning issue with using phone as well.

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Nov 27, 2016 7:43 PM in response to sonamfromeast

Glass.

The surface of the Mac trackpads on recent Macs are glass, not aluminum.

This is not likely to be an allergy, but could be irritation caused by rubbing your fingers on the glass. Try the touchpad gloves mention above.

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hau5kat

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Nov 27, 2016 7:45 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

lmfaoooooooo obviously the blazing radiation nice try though

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