Long term medical effects of using steel strings

[Brent Hahn]

Originally Posted by aknow

What's his/her name? I practiced in Santa Monica for more than 20 years.

Dr. Hsiu-Chih Wu. Hacienda Heights.

[guitar george]

If you finger pick you could scrape and damage the skin on your fingers.

[jim1960]

Originally Posted by 8thstring

Nylon strings seem fine but are there any known long term effects of using steel guitar strings?

Like on going residue that may slip under your skin or something? I love playing the guitar and other instruments but don't want to end up at a oncologist's clinic or something.

Any known cases of this?

I'm pretty sure the Cybermen started out as a bunch of steel string acoustic players.