cracked heels
Shaggy
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I was wondering if anyone else has problems with the skin on their heels and/or soles of their feet toughening up to the point that it then splits and is really painful, taking ages to heal.
What do you do or which products are good at alleviating and preventing this?
Advice appreciated.
Ade
What do you do or which products are good at alleviating and preventing this?
Advice appreciated.
Ade
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how do I say this.....
1. Warm bath and soak the feet.
2. Get one of those heel rubs - The things that have sandpapery stuff on them. Asda sell them £1
3.Rub the heel down, put a paper or something on the carpet to collect the dead skin
4. rub some moisturiser in - I use uddlery smooth - works a treat.
I will now run about with a flowery t-shirt and go a run with a handbag.
you could use surgical spirit to try and harden your feet further.This is not my prefered option.
Mine would be to soften and keep your feet flexible.Use antiseptic cream after washing tour feet,then moisturise to keep supple.Pamper your feet.
The cracking could occur from your feet getting too sweaty,try to let them breathe more.
Flexitol Heel Balm (£3) or any heel cream that contains a good percentage of urea (chemically synthesized but still "YUK!") will do the trick I promise!
After a long soak in the bath, rub feet with rough pumice stone then apply liberal dose of the cream.
Do this every time you bath and your feet will thank you big time!
most of the advice above is absolutely spot on, eg, hot bath, pumice stones etc, however regular moisturiser or even fancy pepermint pish foot lotion WON'T work!! You need to get the special cracked heel repair cream, Scholl do it and i think tescos/asda do their own brand version. Its much more expensive than regular moisturise, IIRC around £5-6 a smallish tube but i really works.
Top tip, following a bath when your feet are still a bit damp, smother it on heels and put socks on straight away to stop it rubbing off, also, cream heels up before bed and sleep with socks on - romantic, no, effective, big time! in extreme cases ie, when you can barely walk (i've been there) do all of the above and go extreme by sleeping with plastic bags on feet under socks (yo may wish to cut toes out of plastic bags to prevent excess sweating)..the plastic bag naturally heats your feet up, making them sweat, keeping them moist and further allowing cream to be more effective!
Hope this helps?
cheers
Ade
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!
Its the old Aero / Road rash argument again !!!
Nice to be called sweetheart though !!! Pussycat !!!