To use superglue on cracked feet.....

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Exactly as it says in the title! My feet are extremely cracked on the soles and it's agony (yes I've tried EVERYTHING)..... I've seen superglue as a remedy on the Internet and wondered if anyone had actually tried it??..........

I use urea cream now and it’s cured my dry feet, but in the past when I had a painful fissure, I used Elastoplast strapping tape to strap across the split and bring it together and stop it getting worse as I walked, and that really helped it while it healed. But you need a podiatrist to cut away all the dead stuff first, really.

Lol @ trotters! Thanks, i just need a push and to be told I'm being an idiot, they must have seen worse ! ! 😁

A podiatrist will have seen it all! They will sort you out in one or two sessions (depending how deep the cracks are). Then you just need a foot file and flexitol for maintenance.

Vaseline is pointless for this.

Please don't be embarrassed to go to a podiatrist. That is what they are for and have seen really damaged feet too. They will have tools that will file off all the hard skin immediately and you will have relief straight away. Then it will be up to you to maintain moisturising and they can advise on the best way to go about it.
I love going to my podiatrist. Come out feeling like I am walking on air.

I've been using the Boots own cracked heel balm for a few days and it's definitely made an improvement. Bit cheaper than the branded ones.

Yes to the urea. Get the Eucerin foot repair cream (there are higher percentage creams, but this one has always worked for me). Use the foot file after every shower/bath to get the dead skin off, then do the cream. Wear socks at home if you don't.

Vaseline?! That’s not going to help. Flexitol morning and night for a month. See a podiatrist.

Vaseline won't work. This is excellent and contains urea:

gordonsdirect.com/products/ccs-foot-care-cream-175ml?variant=39578815496344

Buy a foot file and some okeefes foot cream in the blue tub. Even the cream on its own would be enough.

I prefer that to flexitol (that didn’t nothing for me)

Try pickles ointment. My sister tried it on her pizza crust heels 🤢 and really helped.

Warning ... Grim pic, as you can see, super sore (and that's one of many! !) ! Will try the Flexitol.... And give in to looking into a podiatrist..... Thanks all

I would recommend a good quality foot file such as Microplane brand and I find OKeefe's Healthy Feet cream to be very effective.

I can't see Vaseline doing anything to help at all - it doesn't get absorbed, does it?

vaseline would only work after a good soak (with a tablespoon of soda cystals in the water) to lock in the moisture.
but any rich moisturiser would be better than just petroleum jelly.

If you need immediate relief from the pain of the cracks, you can buy a product like "liquid plaster" (Nexcare is one brand). You paint it on like nail varnish and it seals the crack.

I recommend O'Keefe's cream for keeping your heels soft.

My feet are worse than that and no podiatrist has run away screaming- you will be fine

Get an electric foot file and some Flexitol heel balm from Amazon for £15 your feet will feel amazing a week.

After using the file (dry is best I find) Put the flexitol on in layers in the evening (put some on and rub it and repeat until no more will absorb) then some cotton footsie socks.

Took ages for the fissures to heal fully on my feet as.

Do not use Vaseline. Do not use a callus knife (speaks from painful experience)

Flexitol is in offer in Tesco at the moment

My feet are absolutely the part of my body I am
most embarrassed about. Last month I sucked it up and booked an appointment to do something about it because I refuse to be embarrassed about something when I could take control. They will definitely have seen others the same if not worse. Be brave!

Salt scrub, file before rinsing it off
And then
The kind of moisturiser you put on when feet are still wet. Sanctuary do a good one.

No, it wouldn't
Please don't be supergluing any bits of yourself together whether with medical drage glue of not
Too much risk if infection/problems

It needs to be the 25% urea that you get in Flexitol heel balm.

It will also sting like crazy on the raw bits.

My feet were worse than that for years. Flexitol healed them in a week.

That sounds very painful!

Vaseline needs to be used after a very rich moisturiser. It’s not a moisturiser itself,

^but can help lock in moisture.

This is the answer

www.boots.com/ccs-foot-care-cream-175ml-10016394

I used to have terribly cracked feet. I went to a podiatrist and was apologetic about my feet and he said 'blimey I see far worse than this'. Honestly they are feet that are smelly, infected, with in growing or super long tie-nails. He recommended filing and using urea cream. Mine are fine now but I do avoid having bare feet too much.