Cracked Heels ... and one Big Toe

[KatieRabbit]

At the chemist I buy a piece of volcanic ash type stuff. It is in a block like a cake of soap and then packaged in a box and it is only a few dollars. You wet it and out soap on it and scrub away and it takes out my cracks and the dirt (sounds weird put like that....). The block wears away as you use ut and leaves little bits of ash on the shower floor that go down the drain...
May be worth a try?

[Pandora]

Pumice?
Mine hurt (and bleed) too much to use that when they are cracked, but Nadine if you are able to use a nail brush on yours then Id give a pumice stone a try!

[robertw]

Melt paraffin wax and mix it well with little mustard oil. Apply on the dry or cracked area of the heels. Rinse it off in the morning. A continuous application for 10 to15 days can achieve desirable results.

[Nadine216]

Pumice ... I'll have to get me some of that. I know what it looks like and yes [B]rayray[B] I'll be able to use that, because mine is not open. I really feel for you. That must be so sore

Thanks for the tip robertw .. now if I can only get myself to sleep with my feet out from under the covers .... hmmmm

The past two days were really cold, so I wore socks and boots. My feet LOVE that. I took to the dirty heals with my footsander last night and I think that by next summer I would have sanded out the dirt as the new skin forms. Not a imediate improvement, but next summer's first strappy-sandles would look utterly fantastic.

Ps. Went to book a pedi ... they were fully booked for the next month perks of living in a small town, so I booked myself a spot at the hairsalon instead just because

[~CrazyMumOf3~]

i had the same problem. nothing i used fixed it until i got myself a pedi. im so in need of one - sigh

[Nadine216]

I love to get me a pedi .. but like I said .. the wait will drive me crazy

I am actually a bit hesitant to go for a pedi again. I got one just before ds were born (could not cut my own toenails and don't trust DH with a clipper ) and the girl, ok she was new, shaved off half my foot with that thingy that looks like a cake lifter, that takes the razor blade. I bled!!! It was ouchies, so I'm scared that they will dig to deep again. Back then I did not yet used that Scholl Cream, so the cracks were pretty deep with lots of dry skin, so I could not blame her .. but it did still hurt!!!

[mbear]

ohhh you poor thing - i hate those vege peelers they use...i cringe when they start peeling away. I cant believe you were bleeding from it !!!!!!

Be persistent.....work on this (your feet !!) for at least a month....every night, do the cream thing, and rub lightly. I would also lather your feet and heels in baby oil, put some socks on and go to bed. Do this maybe twice a week. You will notice an improvement.

Reading thru the posts, i really thought a pedi would have worked...esp a parrafin wax . Mine were really bad once, i got a deluxe pedi and the beautician told me to just rub them lightly (with a peddy paddle) every night, followed by moisturiser....i did, and they are soo much better.

Good luck with your lil assignment !!!!!!

[robertw]

Thanks for the tip robertw .. now if I can only get myself to sleep with my feet out from under the covers .... hmmmm

Nadine, get a sheet of a thin plastic foil (like Glad Cling Wrap), wrap loosely around your feet, put your socks on and you're good to go.

[Nadine216]

THAT is a brilliant idea ... THANK YOU!!!!

[Kazbah]

Nadine - the pumice stone is very gentle, manicare makes a blue artificial pumice which is a lot more vigorous and I find works better.

Strangely, I never used to have cracked heels until I moved from qld to melbourne and started wearing enclosed shoes & boots.