Shoes rubbed heels raw - help!

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Wore some new shoes today. Sensible but nice looking. Actually EVIL!!!! Rubbed my heels to shit before I could even get some plasters or compeed patches on them. They're now raw with the skin ripped off and so painful.

I've got some compeed patches to wear tomorrow but need a quick fix to get them to heal fast - AIBU to ask for your tips to fix horrendously damaged heels??? Should I soak them? Smother them in something? Leave them to air out?? Help!

I might be completely wrong but I think airing will make them heal fastest, but they will be more likely to scar. I suspect they won't heal overnight though.

blister plaster. and leave them on until they fall off themselves.

are the shoes the right size? did you wear socks?

Competed and keep wearing the shoes assuming they're leather, they will mould to you feet.

Clean with antseptic, leave uncovered overnight but put a large fabric plaster on to protect and cushion during the day.

It sounds odd but if you have any eggs in, break one and carefully peel off the inner membrane and put it on - if you can get a big enough strip to cover the area leave it on overnight. Works I promise!

The antiseptic liquid plaster stuff that germolene make - that's what I use when this happens. Stings like a bitch to start with but works

They won't scar - believe me, I have had hundreds of blisters on my heels and no scars. I get them from new shoes, shoes I've had for 5 years, everything.

Letting the air get to them is the quickest way to heal but not always possible if you have to wear formal shoes to work.

@redchocolatebutton - They're a bit on the small side actually - they're leather and the size up was a bit roomy - I assumed since they'd soften and stretch smaller was sensible. I wore pop socks - silly in hindsight - should have worn thicker ones/tights first.

@endofthelinefinally - ooh, antiseptic is a good shout. Will this help the healing or is it just sensible?

I always buy suede things that stick on the inside of all my shoes unless they are trainers and they have a squishy back bit .

@inwood - I have to keep wearing them because they weren't cheap and I justified it with a cost per wear calculation!

Take them and get them professionally stretched.

Think they are called heel something .. will try and find the link .

@hardheadedwoman - this is so crazy I'm tempted to try it. We have no eggs though - I'll have to walk to the shop in flip flops to buy some

I think feet can get dirty easily so a little dab of tcp is helpful.

@thenightsky - professional shoe stretcher? What a job! Where would I find one?

I used boots faster healing plasters for a similar wrong shoe move they really helped heal fast

Clean the area well then put on the compeed plasters, they will heal better in a moist environment.

A tip I was given to make new shoes not rub is to smother your feet and the inside of the shoes in Vaseline. I’ve tried it and it works, as did stretching them with wet newspapers - but you will end up with dirty feet/shoe inners.

I buy the suede things from Amazon.
The adhesive is good but I gorilla glue them in.
One foot is bigger so I pad the toe with them too.

www.amazon.co.uk/Heel-Grip-Shoes-Too-Cream-Colored/dp/B07W3LWM2R/ref=sr_1_18?s=gateway&crid=3UNEA2D96Q3JB&keywords=suede+heel+grips&sprefix=Suede+h%2Caps%2C386&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1569332574&sr=8-18

Put them on your feet and blow dry them for 10 minutes (honestly).
As for your feet, vaseline over night.

Compeed patches are amazing. I did the same as you with horribly blistered heels and couldn’t believe how Compeed took the pain away.

The compeed plasters work so well that I would just keep your heels clean and dry over night and then plaster up tomorrow.

I use stretching spray and a shoe stretcher on shoes that are a little tight in one area - the stretcher was only a tenner

do the hairdryer thing and stretch them about while they're still warm with your hands, then put your feet in them and walk around until they cool. Repeat. Often. Wear them all the time when you're at home.

When you take them off and they're still warm use shoe stretchers so they don't shrink back as they cool.

We used to get told to wee in our army boots because urine is really good for stretching leather (and making it soft and supple) but if you don't want to do that, and you don't have shoe stretchers handy, while you have the shoes on and are walking round warming them up, dampen and crumple up a lot of newspaper and shove that in the shoes, the tighter the better, to help them stretch and keep your shape.

And Compeed plasters.

Good luck!