Help with dry feet!!!!!

**baxjul** · 07-30-2007, 04:14 PM

How on earth I can have dry, rough, cracked feet in the humidity of Florida? Anyway, what to do? I've tried petroleum jelly, oil, lotions, creams, HELP!!!!!

**Its_Donna** · 07-30-2007, 04:26 PM

I can sympathize with ya my Florida Dry Foot Sister! I just use a pumice stone thingy in the shower every morning and lotion the heck out of my feet.....since flip-flops are our native footwear it's hard to have those lucious soft feet but we sure do try don't we!

**Its_Donna** · 07-30-2007, 04:26 PM

I can sympathize with ya my Florida Dry Foot Sister! I just use a pumice stone thingy in the shower every morning and lotion the heck out of my feet.....since flip-flops are our native footwear it's hard to have those lucious soft feet but we sure do try don't we?

**baxjul** · 07-30-2007, 04:59 PM

Yeah, I guess too many flip flops! I only own one pair of sneakers, and hardly ever wear them!

**Its_Donna** · 07-30-2007, 05:04 PM

Look what this crazy 'puter did...it posted my message twice

**latierra84** · 07-30-2007, 05:11 PM

i share your pain.

although i guess ive never really done anything to try and correct the problem either. my feet weren't always like this. i used to blame it on my "standing" job as i worked retail for five years. i thought it was all the walking around and constant pressure on my feet. but now that ive been at my current "desk" job for about a year and a half, i know that thats not the case as its actually gotten worse.

i swear the bottom of my feet look purple most the time. DH says its just bad circulation, theyre always cold. but theyre also very very dry and ... gah. scale-y. and it seems to be spreading.

help?

**quiltergirl** · 07-30-2007, 05:52 PM

I had problems with dry scaley feet till I found Kerasal. It's a little pricey, but Walgreen's has a store brand. It's in a little tube but it goes a long way.

**baxjul** · 07-30-2007, 06:15 PM

I've tried the Kerasel, and it didn't work. BUT, I didn't do it religiously either.

**YankeeMom** · 07-30-2007, 06:20 PM

Do you go to the beach a lot?
I get rough/dry/cracked feet every time we go to the beach. It's not even salt water. I think it's the sand that does it. Which is weird, you'd think the sand would exfoliate & make them softer...but nooooo

I have a pumice stone that works wonders. It sloughs off the dry/cracked skin then I use Eucerine Lotion to finish the job.

**Libby** · 07-30-2007, 08:03 PM

I too use the pumice stone at the end of my shower and then as soon as Im done drying off and lotioning and potioning myself I sit and slather on some greasy'ish cream - not lotion. I then put on slippers so I dont pull a Charlie Brown flip when I try to walk around after.

Products that Ive tried that seemed to work though I never kept up with them: Vaseline Creamy, Glysomed, Udder Cream and a B&BW Body Cream but my trick is to put it on several times a day if I could. After my am shower, just before lunch or just after when back at my desk and before bed. I dont think those 'foot' or 'cracked heel' creams work - at least not for me.

**baxjul** · 07-30-2007, 08:10 PM

We go to the beach about every weekend! I never thought about the salt water! Although, the salt water seems to cure everything else... oily skin, zits, greasy hair. HMMMM!

**Missy** · 07-30-2007, 08:26 PM

could be a form of athletes foot.

I use the pumice stone too, am getting a handle on the problem using it. Good luck. You might concider talking to a doc just to see.

**starsapphire** · 07-30-2007, 08:43 PM

1. Pumice stone your feet every day during your shower or bath.

2. Every night right before bed slather Eucerin cream on your feet, and then put on some socks and go to bed like that. It works better if you're a morning bather because your feet are already soft from the night before and makes pumice-ing your feet easier.

Works like a charm for me.

If you tend to be on the heavy side, don't let your feet get dry for too long or you will get painful heel cracks. Ask me how I know

(I have lost weight since then)

**wanderinggrandma** · 07-30-2007, 08:58 PM

You could try Tea Tree Oil. I use a Q-tip to apply. It helps, smells a little menthol-ly but really helped. I bought it at Walmart by the vitamins. Inexpensive--$4 for 3 ounces or so.