Smelly feet

cabbage

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good deodorising foot spray. Boots did one years ago in a turquoise/white bottle that was fab but I think its out of stock now and been replaced with one not so affective.

I have a hard skin condition on my feet which makes my feet pong really bad. I do remove the hard skin regularly but they still smell.

Many thanks

Saturnalia

I know it's spray you are after, but I've found Lush's Tea For Toes works incredibly well. It's a talc with tea-tree oil in it and is great stuff! You can sprinkle it into shoes after wearing them and use it on armpits as well.

McKneff

And 100% cotton socks.

System

Try to avoid trainers, they are bad for smelly feet.

PitRok is supposed to be good at combatting body odours and can be used on the feet. Just wet the stick and rub it onto your feet.

BitterAndTwisted

You don't need a specialist foot-spray to combat foot-odour, an ordinary underarm antiperspirant will do the job just as well.

Combine that with washing your feet with Hibiscrub twice a day, give them a once-over with cotton-wool soaked in surgical-spirit afterwards and NEVER, EVER wear the same shoes two days in a row. They need to dry out completely after each wear. Plus 100% cotton or wool socks and antibacterial insoles if you can find them.

Hard skin isn't the problem: it's sweat and bacteria which are causing it and what you need to get rid of.

Fire_Fox

What does your GP say? This is a dermatological complaint, really you are bordering on medical advice here. Review your diet, skin problems including bacterial and fungal overgrowths are not simply superficial.

cabbage

Hi

Thanks for your replies. Will give surgical spirit and lush talc a go. Where can I get hibiscrub?

As for seeing a gp I saw a specialist at addenbrookes when I was a child. Mi had smelly feet then too but the main problem was the hard skin. It has a proper name that's very long called pachy something or other.

I've got some bamboo socks that help a lot with odour and although the socks don't smell my feet still do but obviously not as bad as if I wore normal socks.

Will try not to wear the same shoes twice in a row. I wear orthotics so need to wash and dry those more regularly.

If anyone has anymore tips please feel free to add them

Thanks again

Wine_of_the_World

You might find airing your feet out will help kill the bacteria. Its coming into summer so wear flipflops / bare feet as much as possible. Do you find they are better following a break in the sun where you havn't worn shoes?

Cork liners in your shoes can help- buy two pairs and swap them around - removing each one at the end of the day and drying them out inbetween use.

OH had the same problem and doing the above has almost cleared them up :T

Miss_Ratty

I havethesame, and Anhydrol Forte is brill, you can buy it overthecounter in chemists for about 4 or 5 quid. You put it on your feet at night, then wash it off in the morning. I have hyperhidrosis, excessive sweating (yum!) of feet and underarms, and have been using it for about 17 years now. Once you've been using it a while you only need to apply once or twice a week.

As others have said, cotton socks, don't wear the same pair of shoes more than one day, wear breathable shoes, e.g. Leather or natural fibres. Bicarb of soda in the shoes can absorb the odour. And make sure there is no underlying problem like a fungal infection.

saversfriend

I used "Boracic Acid powder" in my socks for about a week, maybe 10 years ago and then again 3 years ago. It's an anticeptic of some sort, available from Boots I think (probably online).

It worked very well.

brook2jack

I presume it's pachydermoperiostosis that you have? If you are wearing orthotics as well . In which case you are better off speaking to people with the same or similar problems. Since this is one of a number of dermal disorders these people http://www.patient.co.uk/support/Ectodermal-Dysplasia-Society.htm. may be good to talk to.

If it is just pachydermia then asking your go for a dermatology referral for an appropriate skin care regime would be better.