Comments on: what are some home remedies for healing dry/peeling feet?

By: J M

J M — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:41:51 +0000

You might need to be properly fitted for shoes. If you’re wearing cotton socks instead of a tech fabric, they may not be handling moisture properly for you, too.

You can try using something like Body Glide to minimize fresh friction when you go running.

Other times you can put something like Aquaphor or lotion on your feet to help keep them hydrated. You can also look into soaking them in water with bath salts and comparable stuff.

I personally swear by Aquaphor, which is similar to Vaseline but not greasy, and much more effective for stuff like this.

By: hiya..(:

hiya..(: — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:41:51 +0000

put on lotion?

By: lauren

lauren — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:41:51 +0000

try putting lotion on before bed and then sleeping with socks on. The socks will help keep the moisture on your skin so it can soak it up. Also you might want to try exfoliating with a foot scrub to get rid of the excess dry skin that has built up on your feet. If your running shoes are causing this much trauma on your feet, they may be too small or possibly too old and need to be replaced. Hope i helped

By: jogaholic

jogaholic — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:41:51 +0000

you might also want to get some athletes foot cream and apply it, you could have it and it takes about 4 weeks applying twice daily for it to go away. For the rough dry skin sounds like callouses you can soak your feet and take a pumice stone and slowly smooth them away. callouses will build up where shoes rub to protect the feet from getting blisters and then apply lotion daily. using a pumice stone will take a little time as if you rub to hard the pumice can scrape your feet. You description of what is happening doesn’t totally sound like athletes foot but there are several types if over the counter remedies don’t work you may want to see a doctor as if left untreated your feel can dry and crack deeper being painful.