Chilblaines anyone any tips?

[Stuffedcat]

They first developed last year after wearing moisturising socks to bed! so stopped doing that.

They have re appered in the last few weeks, red ichy and sore. Has anyone any tips. Doctor said no treatment available so just wondering...

If there's no broken skin, and they're sore, bang on some Ibuprofen gel.

There are all manner of old wives tales about garlic paste and the like, but I think cashmere socks and pain relief is all you can do.

Cashmere, obviously, being a sniggerdom euphemism for comfy.

If you are into alternative therapies then the homeopathic medicine Apis Mel seemed to cure mine permanently. I'm a bit of a homeopathy sceptic, apart from the fact that my very painful chillblains dissapeared completely after taking it for a few days. Coincidence?? At least it was more believeable than my mothers suggestion to pee on them

Lionstar- that sounds interesting I will give that a go I am quite openminded.
Did you carry on taking it when they went or just take a course (ie a bottle!?)

I heard (prepare yourself!) that steeping your feet in urine does the trick, though I think I'd rather have the chilblains. Even if it was my own urine! My dad, who's a nurse, said there may be some plausible explantation there, something to do with urea.

www.nelsonsnaturalworld.com/en-gb/uk/our-brands/nelsons-skin-range/chilblains-cream/this

Cashmere socks are worth their weight in gold.
Thermal liners for all your shoes and boots and really thick soled shoes, no little kitten heels in the snow.

I also tried rose geranium essential oil massage which smelled nice but not sure it did anything.

I had them most off my life as I grew up in unheated houses and liked really inappropriate footwear.
The best advice is to never ever let your feet get cold, not even luke warm.
Wear socks in bed, thick sheepskin slippers, ugg like boots outside. Never ever wellies unless you stick inside a double thick thermal liner and socks.

Roll on spring.

I seem to have halted the feet ones by wearing furry socks at all times.

Don't like the ones on my fingers - am wearing gloves nearly all the time (or so it feels) but they are still there . And am getting white cold fingers a lot. Am concerned my circulation is packing in tbh.

Stuffedcat, from what I remember I just took the recommended course on the bottle, which would have been something like 2 tablets 3 times a day for several days. I was a teenager at the time, used to suffer from them terribly every winter, but as I say once I took this course have never had them since.

Ariesgirl - that's interesting, looks like my Mum might not have been that far off the mark then, though