Is there anything I can do about blisters on my heels?

[SilentBoob]

I am going to a fancy-pants dinner tonight where I ought to wear proper shoes. I was planning on a pair of court shoes which go with my dress.

But I went for a long run yesterday and now have the most enormous blisters on the back of each heel.

What an idiot. (Wore the wrong socks).

Any ideas?

Get some compeed from the chemist. Wonderful stuff!

Compeed is your friend!

NOOO! Not compeed!! I did a Bristol to Bath charity walk with work in rather dodgy shoes, The blisters were rather large, but should've been ok in a couple of days; I used compeed blister patches for work the next day - they ripped ALL the skin and blister of my heel. I had to wear flip flops and bandages to work for the next week. Not adhesive dressings, propper full bandages, they were the only thing big enough to cover the open wounds compeed gave me . I HATE compeed. No helpful suggestion I'm afraid, just NOT COMPEED!

Did you take the Compeed off too soon loobey? I think it is fantastic stuff. I got blisters after walking some distance in Skechers without socks (down the road from Avoriaz to Morzine after the Tour de France stage, if you must know, not my choice) and it was only Compeed that saved me the following day. It was like magic. Maybe you were allergic?

I think the answer is not to take the plasters off for ages. I also had a horrible ripped flesh incident with Compeed which crippled me on a French holiday. But my chiropodist said it was because I took the Compeeds off too soon and ripped my skin off too . She said I should have left them on until skin had healed ie for some days. This does seem to work.

Crikey - I've been using it for years. Have ridiculously sensitive foot skin so all shoes rub me at first, never had a problem with compeed!

I think the only comfortable alternative is to go out in slippers

Compeed is fantastic stuff - whack it on and leave it until it falls off by itself, used them for years with no problems and have very sensitive skin.

Yes you're right - the answer lies in waiting till they fall off. My mistake was trying to pull it off after a day to change it, like you do with 'ordinary' plasters.