Moisturise, better to have soft calluses to protect you than hard calluses to tear a hole in your hand. If I've had a long break from trials I keep cutting my calluses down until they get wider rather than thicker. Moisturise, better to have soft calluses to protect you than hard calluses to tear a hole in your hand. If I've had a long break from trials I keep cutting my calluses down until they get wider rather than thicker.