Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

I did one of those foot peels a week ago and nothing is happening

53 replies

MeinKraft · 02/06/2023 13:44

And my feet are SO bad. Using the peel has made them far worse, I don't know if it's because I haven't been able to use moisturiser for a week but they're unbearably dry and cracked now. Soaked my feet for an hour morning and night yesterday and just a tiny bit of peeling between a couple of my toes. I want a massive sporny peel fest! What do I do? I'm soaking my feet again now!

OP posts:
AlwaysPlayingYellowCar · 02/06/2023 13:47

Which peel product did you use?

007DoubleOSeven · 02/06/2023 13:47

Didn't work for me either.

If you have calluses, you might be better off with a callous cutter or podiatrist appointment.

BanditsOnTheHorizon · 02/06/2023 13:48

The only one I've found that actually works is footner, but it did take around two weeks for it to actually start to peel. Then once it did - it was glorious Grin

GreyCarpet · 02/06/2023 13:49

I used footner a few weeks ago. I didn't have any peeling for about 10 days and, when I did, it wasn't much.

But I've done a foot spa this morning with rock salt and fresh rosemary in the water and I now have the feet of a small child!

I don't think a week is long enough.

TheMurderousGoose · 02/06/2023 13:50

Wear thick socks and boots so that your feet really start sweating for a few hours. Then the Great Peel of 2023 should happen.

whyisitalwayswindy · 02/06/2023 13:50

Didn't work for me. Was quite disappointed 😂

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 02/06/2023 13:50

I have tried three times and never had more than a teeny tiny peeling bit. Despite wearing them for longer than recommended and soaking before and most days after.

I am back to a urea foot cream now

bellinirocks · 02/06/2023 13:52

Use the beauty pie one - is works about 2 weeks after.

AlwaysPlayingYellowCar · 02/06/2023 13:53

I’ve used the Oh K one which works quite well.

Original poster
MeinKraft · 02/06/2023 13:55

AlwaysPlayingYellowCar · 02/06/2023 13:47

Which peel product did you use?

Sorry I meant to say it was just a cheap home. V10 tea tree I think it was

OP posts:
userxx · 02/06/2023 13:55

I prefer a chiropodist to slice off the dead skin with a scalpel. Bloody love it.

Sadmum71 · 02/06/2023 13:56

I tried one from Oliver Bonas and nothing happened - twice! Footner is the only way.

Original poster
MeinKraft · 02/06/2023 13:58

TheMurderousGoose · 02/06/2023 13:50

Wear thick socks and boots so that your feet really start sweating for a few hours. Then the Great Peel of 2023 should happen.

Good idea I am going to try this

OP posts:
Quveas · 02/06/2023 13:59

I have never found the cheap ones to work well - Footner is the only one that works in my book.

spottysnail · 02/06/2023 14:01

I would get an electric hard skin remover. I got the one by own harmony on Amazon recently, it's really good but just don't press hard as it is very effective!

Midnightstar76 · 02/06/2023 14:02

It will mine took nearly 2 weeks then bam nothing stopping them and still peeling 3 weeks or so later

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/06/2023 14:04

I leave the peely bag things on for around four hours, then it works.

Original poster
MeinKraft · 02/06/2023 14:08

spottysnail · 02/06/2023 14:01

I would get an electric hard skin remover. I got the one by own harmony on Amazon recently, it's really good but just don't press hard as it is very effective!

I am tempted to go to the chemist and ask for the most heavy duty feet cheese grater type thing they have and a massive tube of flexitol!

OP posts:
JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 02/06/2023 14:08

AlwaysPlayingYellowCar · 02/06/2023 13:53

I’ve used the Oh K one which works quite well.

That's the one I used.

Soaked my feet before, put thick socks on over the bags, wore it all for over three hours and nothing. Waited a month and tried again, still nothing.

drstranger · 02/06/2023 14:22

I used a derma10 one. My feet are still peeling 4 weeks later !! Wish I never did it

Cookiedough123 · 02/06/2023 14:30

I hadn’t heard of this and now I want to do a foot peel 😂

Original poster
MeinKraft · 02/06/2023 14:31

drstranger · 02/06/2023 14:22

I used a derma10 one. My feet are still peeling 4 weeks later !! Wish I never did it

Oh yes that's the one I used!

OP posts:
Original poster
MeinKraft · 02/06/2023 14:32

Cookiedough123 · 02/06/2023 14:30

I hadn’t heard of this and now I want to do a foot peel 😂

There are some epic pictures online of the results

OP posts:
Doggymummar · 02/06/2023 14:33

I had a Korean one and it didn't work, but the guy who does my Mani pedi said they had a lady that lost so much skin she couldn't walk hardly. Off to check out footner

fancreek · 02/06/2023 14:35

Leave your feet alone!!!

Dry skin is the way your feet protect themselves. Stripping it is a recipe for disaster