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hmmm, best guess is your pressing too hard. Are you mostly playing acoustic? If so, try playing electric. If you're playing electric, could be the action is too high or your string gauge is too big. Some soreness is normal (well, it's is for me, I mostly play acoustic) but numb fingertips is a bigger issue than mere soreness.
There are exercises you can do where you focus, very slowly, on applying just enough pressure to cleanly fret the note. Think I saw them on Justin Sandercoes website.
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I've been playing over 20 years and have never really developed callouses on the ends of my fingers. I suppose your individual biology will decide if you do or not. Also if these are particularly thick then it could hamper your feeling of the string beneath them.
My finger tips are a little de-sensitised, but if yours are as numb as you are saying then a trip to the doc's might be a good idea just to rule out any potential long term harm.
I'd suggest doing 15-30 minutes practise at a time.
2x30 min sessions = 1 hour, but put a gap between them.
Once you'e built up your hand strength then start practising for longer times.
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