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One thing you can try is to tense up your hand so that the whole hand is as flat as possible. (For some people, tensing up the hand leads to a slight overstretch facing upwards where the fingers overextend over the usual angle, this is also fine.) Take the item you want to grate and place it on the flat hand. Put the grater on top of it, apply slight pressure and move it slowly. That way it's possible to grate even more but you won't be able to grate all of it comfortably.

Another solution is to buy a rotary grater. It looks like that:

![gif of rotary grater in action](https://media.giphy.com/media/ZET7lOFLxlnwdeQ4GH/giphy-downsized-large.gif)

This kitchen tool comes with a plastic or metal top which is shaped to fit perfectly onto the grater. You can use it to push everything down without risking your finger tips. (In the GIF you can see it momentarily when the potatoes are grated.)