cracked heels

Bear_family

For long term maintenance, remember to mositurize your feet every day, it's an area most people forget about, and they soak up mositure like no bear's business!

Bf

skyrocket

thanks for posting this op!
i have had this problem since i was pregnant with my daughter and she is 15 months now!:eek:
i bought a foor pumice today and some scholl cracked heel repair cream. i have some of those moisturising socks so i'm going to give my feet a good scrub with the pumice, lashings of cream and the keep the socks on all night.
btw the packaging on the cream says it will deal with the problem in 7 days!
fingers crossed!

Dustykitten

Dee123 wrote: »

Cracked heels are often due to a dietary deficiency of Omega 3 essential fatty acids and/or zinc.

Pumpkin seeds contain both if you dont want to alter your diet too much or take supplements.

M&S do some scrummy pupkin seeds dusted with vanilla icing sugar - they are good for getting you into eating this sort of thing if the whole 'seeds' thing is not very appealing. Anyone know how many seeds a day you would need?

Firefly

As seeds (especially with icing sugar - yummy yummy) contain quite a few calories I do take supplements - Fish oils and calcium with zinc too.

Completely agree with BearFamily, feet do need regular maintenance especially once you're over a certain age (probably 16!). I like the Body Shop foot files but you do have to remember to hoover up the residue from the carpet!

Tiff_2

Hi nibs,
I suffer from this sometimes. I'm allergic to dairy products and vitamins and have a few other problems which can lead to this.

Aqueous cream will work on any dry skin - it's very good. Lots of it on and work it into your heels well add a little more and then put on a pair of cotton socks.

If you're entitled to free prescriptions, you can ask your gp to prescribe it for you. I have it as a regular repeat item on my prescriptions. If you see your gp and explain all that you've tried, they may give you a prescription for this, especially if you need it long term.

As with anything else, it only works if you use it regularly.;) I don't know if the large tubs are more expensive than a prescription would be, but it's worth it. Good luck.
Much Love,
Tiff xxx

Sagaris

I think the large tubs of aqueous cream are £2.99 from Boots/Tesco pharmacy, the cheapest moisturiser I know of, even if the scent leaves a little to be desired!

Firefly

Aqueous cream works well as a soap alternative that doesn't dry the skin. It's as cheap as chips as well although they do say buy the cream and NOT the tubs as bacteria can breed quickly in tubs.

It's not hydrating enough for heel cracks IMO. Great for skin though and forms the basis of all those costly fancy creams.

twinkle162

robnye wrote: »

rubbing heels with vaseline then putting socks on before going to bed..... works for me, apart from feet get a little warm

This works. Haven't tried anything, saw a whole range of 'cracked heel' remedies in Boots. But they are all the same thing - vaseline by far the cheapest.:j

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Just to say:- this is a great post. I'm gonna give the vaseline + sox a try

Poppy9

twinkle162 wrote: »

This works. Haven't tried anything, saw a whole range of 'cracked heel' remedies in Boots. But they are all the same thing - vaseline by far the cheapest.:j

It maybe cheap but it didn't work for me!

I'm tempted by this from Avon as their heel softening cream works so well. Has anyone tried the pads?