hard skin on feet

urbancookie1

Google "Listerine Foot Soak" sounds weird I know but I do this every couple of weeks it works a treat for me.

iammumtoone

urbancookie1 wrote: »

Google "Listerine Foot Soak" sounds weird I know but I do this every couple of weeks it works a treat for me.

Thanks I have never heard of that before. I don't have listerine do you think it would work with any mouthwash? I have some cheap stuff in the cabinet I want to get rid of, I might try it.

freyasmum

I came here to suggest the listerine and vinegar! Soak for 15 minutes and the skin will just roll off.

Get a microplane - I have a micropedi, and it's good enough. It's just slow. Microplane is so quick and efficient.

Slather your feet in moisturiser and then put some nice socks on - urea cream is best for hard skin.

The most important thing is keeping on top of it - it is so much easier than starting from the beginning again

maman

I used to have chiropody appointments to remove hard and flaky skin but effects didn't last long and eventually was diagnosed with some sort of infection. Creams didn't have a lasting effect and then I was given an oral antibiotic and it cleared up within days like magic!


Personally I find the pedicure at my local beauty salon is more thorough now than the chiropody offered by what used to be called the Scholl shop. That's all I need these days.

heartbreak_star

I'm a bad person, I just cut the hard skin off...

Might try one of those foot peel things though!

HBS x

System

Bathe the feet in Epsom salts for a while and then rub at the hard skin with a pumice stone!

iammumtoone

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Might try one of those foot peel things though!

I have tried one of those They are gross but I was quite impressed with it, it didn't remove all the hard skin just the surface layer but the main thing it did was clean my feet up, I could not believe the ingrained dirt in the skin that came off (I do often walk outside in the garden in barefeet)

I would not recommend doing one this time of year, hence why I am not going down that route again at the moment. You need to wear socks all the time, including at night - far too hot for that at present, to catch all the skin falling off! Plus you will have to avoid any open shoes for a while. With me it took a good week before the skin started to come off, then at least another week for it all to peel away.

CosmicCathy

I have a scourer type thing that I got from the beauty wholesalers for about £3. It is by far the best thing I have ever used, it really does take off alot of dead skin, and if you scrub a few times a week then you will see the benefits!