Quote Originally Posted by smokey the elder View Post
This might sound strange, but I know Bag Balm works for chapped hands; people who are around farms swear by it! I get cracks on my fingertips in the winter; I use a product called NewSkin, which is a liquid bandage. It works quite well. I also keep them bandaged if I can (a pain since I'm always having to change them.)

If it were my feet I'd put the salve on, wrap them in gauze and only wear white cotton socks until they healed. People can be sensitive to the dyes in socks, or to the fibers themselves. Good luck to your friend and her sore feet.
My sister always uses bag balm on her feet. She gets severe cracks on her heels as well, since she goes bare foot most of the time. Each night she lathers on bag balm and puts on socks.

I also use New Skin on sores. It's great! One time I jumped out of the boat and cut the bottom of my foot pretty bad on a rock. After scraping the moss out of the cut I used New Skin IN the cut and then squeezed it together and then put more over it to hold it together. It does help the healing process go much faster.