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Aibu in thinking there is no way to get rid of the really hard skin at the bottom of my feet? Sorry I know that is totally gross... but I've tried a foot spa, pumis (sp?) stones and they soften up slightly but it's like my foot has just turned to hard skin especially on the heels! Any tips????

Have you tried that tank of tiny fish they eat it all?!

Shave it off, carefully, in the bath.

I read that those little fish don't live long because of the way they are treated.

I have this problem, you need to use a hard skin file every week and get some hard skin cream for feet, Avon do a good one. A pedicure would help too, try your local collage

Vaseline your feet at night and then put socks on them. Works every time for me. Only a couple of nights of it and my feet go all soft again

Footner. It’s magical stuff. You put them on your feet for an hour then rinse them off. Then you patiently wait. After about a week you start to think that it hasn’t worked and then all of a sudden your foot falls off. It’s glorious.

Pedicure sponges work well

Soak, Pumice Stone, Heel Repair Cream, Socks, Bed 💤

The only thing that works for me is one of those Scholl pedi's. It's basically a sander for your heels. Works brilliantly.

Chiropodist. Honesty after a 30 min appointment you won't recognise your feet. They will be pink and baby soft. And so much easier (and probably cheaper) that faffing about with lots of products. They have professional level tools and a lot of experience. If you go regularly your feet will never get bad again!

Footner, it’s amazing stuff.

BabyFeet - like a pair of plastic socks that you wear for an hour, then rinse. In about 4-5 days the skin will start to peel and after about a week an entire layer of dead skin will have fallen off.

You have to resist the urge to peel it yourself though and just let it shed by itself. It’s completely disgusting and you can’t wear sandals or go anywhere that requires bare feet for a few days because you look like you have gross zombie feet, but it works!

another vote for footner

OP you need baby foot! It's a mask that you put on with little booties, leave for 2 hours then rinse off. Within 4 days your feet skin will literally shed off, it's hugely disgusting and satisfying in equal measures. About £17 on amazon, honestly best thing I have ever done. Feet nice and soft for about 3 months after, just make sure you do it at least 2 weeks before wearing sanders!!!

Try a callous/corn remover with razor blades from amazon. Works like a dream

And another Footner vote! But then maintain the smoothness with either flexitol 2-3 times a week (overnight) or the Foot Genius cream from boots (part of the range that all comes in pink tubes/bottles!)

Footner was great for me but didn't do much for the thick hard bits. Rest of my foot fell off though.

Pedicures - they scrape it away. But look at your footwear, consider in soles.

A podiatrist! There is also an amazing cream called Flexitol, found in Boots, Body Care etc, which will keep your feet lovely and soft once you've removed the hard skin.

Right. I've ordered some Footner. Thanks for the recommendation, ladies - and thanks for the thread, OP. Shall I provide photos?

Regular pedicures plus keeping lotion and socks on at bedtime works for me. I'm hard on my feet, too; I go barefoot most of the time.

I don’t think I could cope with photos of a strangers rotting foot. I love it when it’s my own feet but shudder at the thought of anyone else’s. Try to resist picking at them when they first start to peel if you can. I once had a shower a few days after a Footner and afterwards I managed to step out of an entire sock made of skin. It was a very special moment.

This is an unusual and slightly pricey option but it worked for DH:

On holiday in Thailand there was a beach hut where you could get massages or pedicure. DH took his horrid hooves along and a nice lady spent ages shaving, scraping and rubbing his feet until they were babysoft and gorgeous.

She then took the pot of shavings round and showed all her colleagues this disgusting harvest whereupon they all screamed with laughter and pointed at DH as he paid and ran away in shame.

Possibly only one for the desperate or foolhardy.

My mum has a woman come to her house to do hers - think it's a chiropodist like the poster up there said they use.

Footner here too, then upkeep with Flexitol cracked heel cream. I do the Footner probably once every 3 months or so.

You need a cream with lactic acid to help remove the keratolytic skin. You also need urea to hydrate the cells, and some sort of occlusive barrier to prevent transepidermal water loss e.g. vaseline. And you need to apply consistently.