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Dry cracked skin on feet - what actually works?

31 replies

DorsetLass · 10/05/2013 00:02

Just that really - what products actually work?

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RiotsNotDiets · 10/05/2013 00:06

Lush fairtrade foot lotion, put it on before bed and wear 100% cotton socks over the top.

Have also heard of doing the same with petroleum jelly, but haven't tried that personally, so don't know if it's any good.

LemonPeculiarJones · 10/05/2013 00:14

Soap and glory foot file. THERE IS NO OTHER!

Posted about the wonders of this the other day Grin

Also like S&G Heel Genius cream. Flexitol is great too but the bastard push-up roll-on thingy just breaks and you have to dig it out with the end of a teaspoon.

BOF · 10/05/2013 00:16

Anything with urea in it.

pollywollydoodle · 10/05/2013 00:21

except urine BOF Smile

Beehatch · 10/05/2013 00:25

Pee on your feet, go on I dare ya. I hear some do it in the shower!

Ped Egg and Boots own hard skin cream used here (no showers, oh no)

coffeeinbed · 10/05/2013 00:26

I bought the sholl battery operated file.
I was that desperate.
Seems to be working.

Oldieandgoldie · 10/05/2013 00:26

I love Flexitol too, but I use the Heel Balm in a tube. It's also working wonders on my elbows and upper arms. Grin

EMS23 · 10/05/2013 00:37

Yy to Flexitol. My diabetic dad gets it on prescription. After DD2 was born my feet were in a shocking state, dry and cracked, really painful. I put it on everyday in the morning, socks on top and had soft feet within 4 weeks.

workhell · 10/05/2013 01:20

Tony Moly liquid foot peeler stuff apparently. The skin flakes off in great big pieces a few days after using. Haven't tried it myself but will. On eBay, ships from US.

blueblizz · 10/05/2013 07:50

I too had feet that were becoming very dry and sore cracked heels. I've cured mine with.... vaseline. Every night smother my feet in it. They are soooo baby soft now, it really does work. I buy the massive 500g pots of emulsifying ream from chemists (same thing) and have used it for years. I would say you have to keep at it though, if you leave them again for a month they start to go dry again!! Good luck. only a fiver for a big pot.

foxysocks · 10/05/2013 07:57

Flexitol is the bomb

AphraBehn · 10/05/2013 08:09

Flexitol or Compeed Heel Balm.

AntoinetteCosway · 10/05/2013 08:51

Flexitol stinks but it's the only thing that works. Combine with the soap and glory file for baby soft feet until you get complacent like me and stop bothering and your feet are replaced by dinosaur claws again

XBenedict · 10/05/2013 08:54

A cream that contains urea - so the flexitols and type CCS creams

valiumredhead · 10/05/2013 09:24

Flexitol.

Fuckitthatlldo · 10/05/2013 09:38

Origins Reinventing the Heel cream is lovely.

It's more like a thick balm than a cream really. And it smells fresh and lovely and feels really cooling on hard working feet. I love it.

Charliefox · 10/05/2013 10:41

Pedi eggs are horrible. They just cheese grate your skin off and leave you sore. Soap and glory foot file is the way to go.

YoniOneWayOfLife · 10/05/2013 10:44

Boots do a razor blade with a handle type thing which is so satisfying to use. A few sessions with that, and some heavy duty moisturiser with socks on top = job done.

PeterParkerSays · 10/05/2013 10:58

Agree with the Soap and Glory file and whatever cream you use, absolutely slather it on (best to do this at night and put socks on over the top as the heat helps to absorb it) and keep at it, it's not just a one off job.

Cocoa butter with vaseline on top works wonders for my hooves and may be cheaper / already in the house to save you splashing out on more creams for now.

squoosh · 10/05/2013 11:13

Don't bother with a foot file, get yourself a Micro-Pedi.

www.amazon.co.uk/Emjoi-Micro-Pedi-Portable-Pedicure-Device/dp/B005XUNG5I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368180770&sr=8-1&keywords=micropedi

janmoomoo · 10/05/2013 14:39

Flexitol is foot magic.

Celticlassie · 11/05/2013 11:43

I've got a body shop foot file and like it much better that the ped egg. Also much better than fish... Hmm Have done the vaseline and socks thing before as well and find it far more effective than any specific foot cream I have bought.

littlediamond33 · 11/05/2013 15:24

'the foot factory' foot cream.comes in a tube that looks like a toothpaste tube.its fab, i have tried many different creams but this is the best.not expencive either.

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DorsetLass · 12/05/2013 23:29

Thank you all! Had some flexitol left and is working with socks much better. Off to get new file - it's the cracks that attract dirt I find particularly offensive!! Every year I promise myself I'll regain control over my feet!

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RememberingMyPFEs · 12/05/2013 23:40

I find its doing the filing 2xweekly and the cream nightly that does it rather than which cream I use. If I neglect them (which I do regularly) I end up with bleeding cracks (literal not cursing the crack). That said, I'm currently using Burts Bees Coconut foot cream - it's very thick and oily and superb Grin