Please share your tips for smooth feet.

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I have ignored my feet for months now and have decided to sort them out, has anyone got any quick fix ideas how to make them smooth and stay that way without expensive products?

not walking on them

everything else seems like an endless slog of scraping and creams and pallavas

CCS cream is the business. It's about 4 quid and gets rid of heel cracks after about a week of regular use. I've got some hiding under my bed. I must get it out.

Foot file- Body shop or Boots etc. Vaseline Intensive Care tube of foot cream £2.50-ish. use both daily.

Someone on a recent thread mentioned piling on the vaseline at night and wearing cotton socks - it works! Have done this for 2 evenings now and my feet look almost reasonable!

You need to see a foot lady... or man and get them to shave all the hard skin off atleast once before flip flop season then keep it up at home with regular moisturising and pumicing.

pumice stone.

I vigorously rub my feet with one every time I have a bath, so about four times a week.

Mum's chiropodist recommended Flexitol Heel Balm as it has the highest % of urea (which is what you need). It's more expensive but does work very very quickly. My feet looked normal after one night. You're supposed to use it every night but I don't.

Flexitol... its great

flexitol works really well but it does smell of wee.....needs must for dainty trotters eh?

Flexitol is great but I really hate putting cream on my feet - I hate the sensation of walking on creamed up feet and I don't like doing it last thing at night because the balm is so thick you can't rub it into your hands, ick!

do people really notice hard skin on other people's feet?

pedi egg worked well for me and a bit of foot rub stuff.

flexitol and a really good pedicure

do people really notice hard skin on other people's feet

Yes, I do all the time especially if I am in a queue at the supermarket or bank and they are in front of me.

During the winter I use a foot file in the shower every morning on my heels and Flexitol plus cotton socks every night.

"do people really notice hard skin on other people's feet"

Yes! I remember seeing a woman wearing the most delectable Gucci sandals, but the effect was ruined by her crusty, unkempt elephants' feet.

I've never seen an unkempt elephant

In desperation and a bid to rid the bathroom cupboard of stragglers, I attempted Lansinoh After all, lanolin is used in moisturising creams

Not quite the intended purpose but rubbed it in at bedtime, popped on a pair of socks, and I saw a big difference by the next morning. My heels had been on the verge of cracking they were so dry.

i have a file from champneys and it is most effective and satisfying

flexitol and a podiatrist

I do not care what others think but my cracked heels bleed (especially in winter) and then I get deep fissures that hurt with every step.

I have changed my diet now though and they are a lot better.

I second the ped-egg - vile concept but the best thing I've found so far, also flexitol but I hate the feel of it so don't use it as often as I should. ped egg

Abetadad what changes did you make to your diet if you don't mind me asking? I have real problems winter and summer and the cracks are really painful.

Flexitol really is the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, insert cliche of choice here. It's fab. They do a handcream now too, which is also fab, especially for night times.

I stopped wearing high heels approx 2 years ago, and havent had any hard skin on my feet since!(I know only wear them on special occasions)