I've Footner'd my feet and they're awful (pic)

[ThomasRichard]

I put Footner on my feet a couple of weeks ago, just to get rid of the last bits that were going to hurt with a foot file, and now they look horrendous. I've had a bath for the past 4 days to try to soften up the skin and get it off but it just seems to make it worse. My feet really weren't that bad to start off with. What's going to get rid of all this flaky skin?

This is what happens! Don't worry at all.... you're right in the middle of a footner process and it will all fall off and be lovely in short order. Keep up with the baths.

It's all good. Just don't pick at it as that will make for sore patches which is not good.

Really? I hope you're right! At the moment I feel like I should have a bell to warn people I'm coming I have picked a lot a bit and yes, it's just sore. Does it really just all fall off?

Yep. Do not pick ☝️

Argh, ok. How long is this going to take?

Takes about a week from start to finish. I love picking at it. But then I'm an inveterate sunburn picker too

What's footner? My feet look a bit like that anyway...

Link. Footner is basically a chemical peel for feet. You put the goo-filled plastic socks on for an hour and a week later all the dead skin on your feet starts falling off.

Photo diary of the process, except I'm on day 14 with no sign of it ending

It doesn't work if you pick cos you're basically just tugging at the edges of the bits that are ready to come off and you never get the whole 'sheet' effect of giant patches just falling off.

Stop picking, keep soaking.

I've read lots of things about footner on here. Is it worth it?

Has the whole flavour of a gimmick to me. Anything that sloughs off lots of skin will give a temporary improvement but is it really any good for you?

Oooh I did Footner a couple of days ago and every time I take my socks off there is just a mass of dust. I don't know how you can say don't pick though - that's completely impossible.

Not relevant to the OP, but to answer cheersmedea's question, I read loads about Footner on here. It didn't work for me, despite leaving on for extra time, soaking my feet every night and doing a second round as soon as I could. Mine peeled and peeled and peeled, but wound up exactly the same as they started . But my feet are really dry and hard (sexy). It probably works better on normal feet.

Thanks Rockaby - I've thought of trying it before but never really been persuaded. You kind of confirm my thoughts.

Champagne like the dwarves in the Lord of the Rings, I delved too deep and essentially couldn't walk for a week. Not shexy.

I did this in Jan. My feet were ok (i file them twice a week) but teen DDs were doing it and got me a pack and we did it together. 2 hours in the gooey boots.

It took 2 weeks to start peeling. When it started it started round my ankle bones Little bits kept peeling off randomly like yours OP for nearly 3 bloody weeks.

In all that time - the 2 weeks waiting to peel and then the 2/3 weeks of sort of peeling - i didn't do my usual foot filing 'cos i didn't know if should, and by the end of it all my feet started to get dry hard skin for the first time ever and were worse than before the treatment. sigh.

So - never again for me.