Sandals and crusty feet at work

Ok well for me hygiene is getting dead skin off my feet. But if you enjoy your crust who am I to say.

What about missing toenails? Do you find those offensive? It’s a genuine question.

Also why the actual fuck are you all looking at other people in that much detail? It’s creepy.

If people want to be well presented then crack on but to judge others for their feet suggests that some people have nothing better to think about. Close your eyes if you are that delicate.

That’s fine if you want to spend your money on it but it’s hardly necessary. People on here talk like if you don’t have a regular pedicure, manicure etc and if you don’t use wanky soap, then your feet are filthy.

How odd to scrutinise people’s feet in your workplace. Do you have some sort of fetish? I don’t think I have ever looked at my colleagues’ feet at work, I wouldn’t have a clue what condition they are in.

Hate to break it to you hygiene fiends on here, but our bodies shed about 30,000 dead skin cells every MINUTE.

Exfoliation will temporarily speed up the process, but it's not like taking off a jacket, which then stays off - we're all shedding all day, every day, no matter how much we've scrubbed and soaped. Even our faces.

Do your own quick search Harvard exfoliation should bring it up

ediyted to add - from memory exfoliation had no health benefits but I wanted to double check and the science papers say no benefit and the sales pitches say differently….

YANBU

My feet are not the worst but I have a fungal toenail, I’d never inflict my trotters
on a colleague!

No link to back that ridiculous and frankly revolting assertion up?

You remove as much as is needed when you wash / shower which you should do every 2 or 3 days

the rest is marketing bullshit

Harvard medical school - exfoliation is purely about looks not hygiene

If you aren't removing decomposing skin from your body you aren't clean. People do not all shed skin in a similar way - some people don't need to exfoliate nearly as much as others. But since this thread is about crusty feet - feet ARE NOT CLEAN if they have dead skin decomposing on them.

No - you have been misled

hygiene - keeping things clean and free from things like bacteria than can smell or spread germs

exfoliation and moisturer - removing layers of skin to achieve a particular look. Skin can be smooth and mistrusted and unhygienic all at the same time and indeed moisturiser may make that more likely - spreading a layer of oil on your skin probably helps the bugs keep tight hold

Exfoliation (removing dead skin and the bacteria that lurk in decomposing skin) is basic cleanliness and moisturizing is basic protection of skin that has been exfoliated.

Nope. They’re beauty and skincare choices.

Hygiene is keeping things clean.

My feet are ugly and crusty often but I have palmoplantar pustulosis and in hot weather or times of stress it gets worse as I am allergic to sweat. (I don't smoke). The little pus pockets become really itchy- until they burst.
So I wear sandals to relieve the itch- as it's boiling in the hospital I work in- and sandals at the end of a shift help it be more bearable.....
Some people will have a skin condition meaning that they wear sandals....

Of course exfoliation and moisturizing are personal hygiene.

With this https://www.marius-fabre.com/en/black-soap-for-the-body/431-olive-oil-black-soap-for-the-body-250g-3298651713777.html?_gl=1fagcec_upMQ.._gs*MQ..&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIze2zgeSslQMV2KhoCR18Jwf4EAAYASAAEgLRd_D_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAADxUcrIflyAb0F4IeY9X7c2qakm_t

and this www.chemistconnect.com/pharmacy-health-c1/foot-care-c25/newtons-chiropody-sponge-p4709

It seems that girls with their bums hanging out of shorts must not be criticised but older women with aged toenails are fair game

Exfoliation and moisturising isn’t personal hygiene.

As long as someone’s feet don’t actively smell, why does it matter what they look like?

Personal hygiene is feet washed frequent. Some people have more difficulty with their feet looking "pretty" due to genetics and health issues but keep them clean. Unfortunately lots of people can't distinguish between clean feet and pretty feet.

Ah, the voice of someone who doesn’t understand. Kindly read my previous post on this page and then tell me what I should be exfoliating with. Sandpaper, perhaps?

Feminism isn't an excuse for lax personal hygiene.

Everyone can prevent build up on their feet if they exfoliate several times a week. It isn't hard.

Yup. I like soap that exfoliates ie Moroccan black soap. And oil for my nails because they tear if I don't put oil on them every day.

Not a pedicure. You mean a session with a chiropodist or podatrist. They’re the people who are legally allowed to take the dead skin, “crusts” and clean up thickened, yellow toenails. Anyone who does that under guise of a “pedicure” is a beauty therapist who should absolutely not go anywhere near thickened nails and dry skin. They’re just not licensed to do it properly (medically).
Also, those with thickened heels or a build up of keratinocytes at the apex of the foot, oftentimes cannot help it, as it is more often than not a totally genetic component to it.