Gold Bond heel cream and a rubber-lined heel sock when sleeping. If it gets really bad and you don’t have time for that, take a shower, then Super Glue the cracks shut.
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It's not a critical matter, just curious what other people do. Socks and cream sound good. Thanks
Healthy skin doesn't split. Once you get it healed up, start using Flexitol Heel Balm - it'll keep the skin soft (and prevents calluses) by promoting dead skin falling off. The stuff is magic.
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Yea, it only happens when things are good and callused up for a while. That's really interesting, it promotes dead skin falling off, I'll definitely look into it. Thanks!
Get a callus stone/rasp. That'll help too. Keep it in the shower, slowly work those callouses down. Once it's healthy skin it won't take as much work to keep it there.
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Thank you! Thank you!
That stuff is great! Put it on twice yesterday and can walk without that stinging pain that usually greets my first steps this time of year. The cracks aren't gone yet, but I'm optimistic.
Palmer's cocoa butter lotion twice a day.
Cool, thanks
I don't have thick calluses but I get the same thing every winter. I use Cetaphil cream twice a day. No help at all.
I do a lot of walking also, but I took a break in my feet got all soft and lazy again.
I go through cycles of long walking /hiking adventures and the cracks happen when I'm building the calluses back up, but this is the only one so far si I threw a band-aid on it and it's fine.
Maybe at the beginning of next cycle I'm going to try some of these debriding creams and see if I can keep the calluses from forming.
Take a shower before bed, apply coconut oil to your feet (like a dime sized amount), and put in clean socks while you sleep. It should help moisturize, and coconut oil has anti fungal properties as a bonus. I have refined virgin coconut oil, it doesn’t have a strong coconut smell so I can use it for cooking too.
it puts the lotion on its' skin, or it get the cracked heels again...
No, I run marathons so apparently this was like every other time where it just happens once at the beginning of the training and then heels up fine and doesn't come back.
Thanks for your concern, though.
silence of the lambs reference
Mine too.