How to keep feet soft and gorgeous

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I look after my feet well but they are still dry and calloused at the heel and toes. They look fine. Everyday I wash them with a brush and a quick file down, weekly a more through file and then a pedicure every so often.

I use a urea cream every so often. I think this is what I need to do but what cream and how often.

I want lovely soft feet!

I can't stand the socks in bed thing either.

This summer I've been rubbing my usual hand cream into my feet every evening when I sit down to watch tv or read. I put my feet up for an hour and let it soak in.

The any cream every day mantra seems to be working for me after a lifetime of rhino's feet.

this made me chuckle, partly hyperbole. Part figurative speech.

But also I hate how dried heels seem to turn black with grime when wearing sandals and find others foot hygiene questionable when they have white calluses heels caked in grime. Even worse when it in the pool accompanied by questionable nails.

baby soft feet would not be caked in grime!

i like this thread and some great ideas.

I’ve come to realise my routine is out of whack. I get showered in the morning and do not want to put cream on straight into work shoes, but then at night I don’t want to put cream on to feet that aren’t freshly washed and washing them seems like too much admin. I need a new system.

I have tried peels, electric files, manual files, flexitol, balms, Amazon 40% urea, pedicure, podiatrist.

I think the only answer is cream every day.

I might get the ccs £10 bundle.

They had footmender in £10 Tuesday a few weeks ago. I’m not sure why it is so special

Agree with this. Feet are hard workers, they’re not meant to be decorative!

Having said that, I do make an effort in the summer time (we won’t talk about my gnarly winter hooves!).

Pedicures as often as you can afford.

Scrub off hard skin in the bath with a foot file at least weekly in between pedicures.

Moisturise feet after your morning shower, and again at night (flexitol or similar at night).

Don’t walk around barefoot indoors - slippers or comfy flipflops to keep the heels and soles soft.

Get any really hard skin, corns etc seen to by a chiropodist.

please wash your feet at night. You shower in the morning but don’t wash them to the next morning. Even if you don’t want to shower you can fill a basin up, or wet a flannel and wash your feet. Never mind soft feet, aim for clean feet.

I think there is a lot in your comment about cheap flip flors.

Most of the summer sandals/flip flops etc have plastic by the soles of the feet - either in the form of that fleecy stuff, soft pliable recycled stuff etc.

That product, in whatever iteration, makes the soles of my feet very hot and dries them out.

My feet are much better since I stopped using it - my socks are now cotton only, and I wear shoes and sandals that have leather or fabric lining.

It is a remarkable difference.

Put down the file and use the blue one in this range everyday

https://www.gehwolfootcare.com/

Yes I realise the flaw in my plan.

But do most people wash their feet twice a day?

I mean if they are visibly unclean I would but I don’t think most people do. The only time this happens is if I have done a lot of walking on holiday in sandals and that happens as I wash my hands when I get in.

Glycolic acid twice a week (I use The Ordinary one), urea cream every night. Much easier than faffing around with files. Feet very soft, don’t get blisters, don’t (couldn’t!) wear socks in bed.

I do wash my feet twice a day. They might not look dirty but they have been working hard all day so are bound to be a bit fusty. I know it's a pita but for me, it's been a game changer in the war against grot.

If anyone is short of money, I can highly recommend the Cracked Heel Cream in Home Bargains. It's a Flexitol rip off and costs about £1.30. Works wonders.

Yes I think most people do wash their feet every day. Crammed in shoes everyday, they get sweaty by close of day.

Probably depends on your area, but around here it's about £45 for nails to be trimmed including any issues dealt with and hard skin to be removed. I only go once a year at the start of the summer but it really makes a difference.

Twice a day though?

How is Flexitol hard to get out of the tube, except when the tube is nearly empty?

Anyway, I use Flexitol, and my diabetes nurse approved of the state of my feet. Can't run on gravel like I could when I was 18, though... in fact they blister annoyingly easily these days, so soft feet isn't all good.

I definitely wash my feet once a day, but some days, I also soak them in seawater or swimming pool water for up to an hour or so. My feet have been either bare or in sandals for weeks.

I bought the Nuvé electric footfile, after previously buying the scholl one and being unimpressed - it's fantastic!

Even the gentle file takes off loads of dead skin and removes the callus on my big toe that normally has to be cut off by a podiatrist.

Definitely recommend!