Operation Feet!

[HeyGirlHeyBoy]

I am well aware, my 105 year old feet fall under neither style nor beauty, but I thought this was the best place to put them at the same time in the hope of presentable 40 something feet by the summer!
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My feet are as dry as they could be, skin is hard on the heels and around one of the big toes. I also.. have a fungal nail not envy.
So, u have begun to sort my poor hooves out. I have started a recommended treatment for the fungal nail which thankfully has not spread, I have bought a pumice and some Cerave foot lotion with salicylic acid. I have a mahoosive tub of Vaseline ready for when that's finished.

I haven't started the pumice yet, should it be in shower or when feet are dry? I am applying the lotion morning and night. Is there anything else I can do to turn around these feet so that I can wear sandals by summer?!

I should add I'll also try not to go around bare foot in house say.. Wonder is there anything else that will make a difference. Thanks.

Flexitol for your hard skin - it's the best thing I've ever used, and has cleared up hard skin in a matter of days, no need for pumice or other foot shaving materials. I think it's the urea content that makes it so effective.

Thank you Carrie, is it a cream?

From my point of view, (I am a foot care specialist), you would honestly benefit from visiting a professional. Sadly what they don’t tell you on the box of the fungal nail treatment is that you really do need to get to the nail bed to treat the nail properly. You can’t do a diy job to do that. A specialist will prepare the nail and also remove the hard skin properly, you will then have a good base from which to use your foot creams and anti fungal products. Pumice stones are ok for smoothing hard skin but they won’t get rid of it, in fact there are some schools of thought that it actually encourages further hard skin due to friction.

Yes I have heard that before, hence I did nothing and was upping the moisture. Would you recommend a chiropodist?

The cura nail does seem to have helped a little tho..

Yes, i would go to either a good foot health professional/chiropodist or podiatrist. It just gives you a head start and you can then carry on with a good footcream and a heel balm. If you go to someone recommended that knows what they are doing the finish you will get is nothing like a diy treatment or pedicure, as it is much more in-depth.

Curanail is decent, but if you get down to the nail bed you should achieve better results. Like anything get a good foundation and work from there.

Pound shop foot packs like this one.

Wear them overnight with a pair of socks over the top to keep your feet warm, then wash and pumice your feet in the morning. The moisturiser overnight will soften all the dry skin and it will come off like crazy with the pumice. Both satisfying and revolting but very effective.

Then moisturise with flexitime daily to prevent the dry skin returning.

Thank you, appreciate the advice and I did think they were probably at the point of professional help! I notice big toe nail also yellowing a bit, not fungal.. I don't know if podiatry an essential service at the mo but will look into it. In meantime thank you for the diy moisture recommendations. They are already slightly improved from my plan.

I wonder is there any day to day things I should or shouldn't do, in terms of footwear etc?

HeyGirl, the footpack / peel et al is a sure fire way to spread your fungal infection to your skin and other nails It loves damp, moist environments you leave on your feet. Nope, not good advice.

If you want me to take a look pm me.

I did, thank you. But I can't attach a photo to a pm.

Not a professional but have been in receipt of professional help in the past! I'd definitely see a podiatrist. It will make so much difference and as others have said you can start to use creams etc from there. It's just fab when they cut all the hard skin off.

My son saw a podiatrist for a nasty verruca in lockdown so they are seeing patients. We had to wait in the car to be called in, wear masks etc.