Hard skin on feet

dispenser | 19:53 Sun 11th Jul 2010 | Health & Fitness

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I tend to suffer from a lot of hard skin on the soles of my feet. I do occasionally visit a podiatrist and he removes it and I moisturise my feet daily as he suggests. I also pumice stone my feet regularly. Is there anyone out there who has had similar problems and found anything to remove this more easily myself or knows of a way of preventing it.
Thank you to anyone who can help.

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granny grump

walking barefoot on sand is good or out side in your garden Aqueacious (Spelling??) every night & morning - cheap and effective it just a case of keeping at it.

If you apply the cream at night really slap it on and then put cotton socks on to go to bed

237SJ

you can buy an instument similar to that used by podiatrist that shaves hard skin off the feet. However, I had a bit of a disaster with one of those last week where the blade came detatched and stuck in my foot. I`m still recovering. Someone told me I should have used a Ped Egg. Apparently they are very good

ethandron

yes, ped eggs are great. they keep all the filings from falling on the floor too. a quick going over with one every day and then boots own heel softening cream, do that for a week and you'll have feet as soft as a baby's you-know-what.

4getmenot

aqueaous cream

yelenots

Try neutrogena - its brilliant

granny grump

Thank you forgetmenot

Talking of ped eggs we went to see the hairy bikers and they recommended using one of these for parmesan cheese they said it was seriously good for this - but keep ir seperate from the one you use for your feet!

yogasun

Hi dispenser
I have suffered from very hard skin on feet for years. As a Yoga teacher I spend a lot of time barefooted. I visit the chiropodist every 6 weeks without fail and in between I use a ped egg and aqueous cream and it keeps it acceptable. My mother had similar problems but there were no ped eggs then!

ethandron

i really like the tip about parmesan cheese, although would you really notice if you did get them mixed up...cheesy feet and all that??

Bbbananas

Slather your feet in copious amounts of vaseline, then put on cotton socks overnight. Do this for a week and your feet will be as soft as a baby's bottom.

TTG

Soak feet in water. Use Pumice. Then use vaseline. Ensure you use vaseline before bed as well for overnight treatment.

Within a few days, you should notice a big difference.

TTG

Sorry sallas stealing your idea!

NoMercy

I use the Norwegian Formula foot cream which retails at about £4 something. It's the best stuff I've found.

RATTER15

There are some great products on the market for this problem, in the home where I work we get a couple of different creams and heel balms from the district nurse, they are available over the counter at the chemist. you apply it twice daily and the hard skin will go very quickly but you must use it twice daily, getting up in the morning and on going to bed. it really does work!!

beejaybee

Another good thing I find is to wear backless shoes/slippers in the house.

sophie_1003

I've got a Scholl metal razory foot file from Boots that seems to be working well so far!

tinpotLizzie

I suffer horribly from hard skin & deep splits all round my heels & insteps. VERY painful. The only thing that works is a good foot file & FLEXITOL cream. It's £9.99 a tube from all good chemists but it really does work big time as long as you apply it morning & evening. Wear soft cotton socks in bed as it's a very thick cream, but non-greasy.

LoftyLottie

I have found CCS Balm much better than Flexitol. More easily absorbed and not so greasy. Start with CCS balm which is brilliant which has a higher concentration of Urea and after a while change to the cream. Urea is the magic ingredient.

http://www.boots.com/...S-Heel-Balm-75g_8742/

Initially buy a scholl foot file, either emery or metal and progress from there.

My hard skin used to split and bleed. Ordinary creams such as vaseline and Neutragenia didn't do anything whatsoever.