Foot care?

[Medusa]

Funny that Carole above said "till the cows come home" in her thread. Because my sister had (and may still have) this problem, partly because she usually refuses to wear shoes.
She found the only solution was to use bag balm, what they use on cows utters. She would apply the balm and then put on socks at bed time.
Here is what the can looks like. I believe you can find it in a pharmacy.

I was going to post this but Cindy beat me to it. Bag Balm is the best stuff going, RICHARD. As a matter of fact, I need some myself. I have callouses on my knees from scrubbing floors on my hands and knees. (I already know what you're thinking. Don't even. LOL)

[3Catcondo]

OUCH Richard!!!! Try the creams others have suggested and once the bleeding is gone, GET A PEDICURE!!!!!! And don't let it get to the cracking/bleeding again. Bless your sister's heart for working on your feet

[RICHARD]

Bless your sister's heart for working on your feet

She made them worse!!!

I have no problem getting a pedicure, my sis works in a salon, I was just looking for a solution!

I have three votes for Bag Balm, two for Vaseline and love the name Nutter Butter! I have seen the Burt's Bees stuff.

I have a bottle of dollar store lotion that I found, that is what I have been putting on.

MY toes and the balls of my feet have healed but the heels are the worst.


Yeah, I will have to be careful about the scaling, When it begins and I take care if that area the skin around dries and begins to catch on fabric. First things first-I'll get them healed then worked on, Thanks for the tips!
I'll let ya all know what happens!

[Cataholic]

Is the bag balm, bitter balm or other products suggested greasy? I know the vasoline is, but wondered about the others. Thanks!

[Medusa]

Is the bag balm, bitter balm or other products suggested greasy? I know the vasoline is, but wondered about the others. Thanks!

Bag Balm has petroleum jelly in it, which is fairly greasy IMO, and also lanolin. I'm allergic to lanolin but used Bag Balm years ago w/out any problem. The lanolin allergy came later so I don't know if I can still use it.

[Queen of Poop]

There is actually a cream out there specifically for cracked heels, darn if I can remember the name of it right now though. When I worked in the hair salon (24 years ago) and had cracked hands in the winter time from all the washing, chemicals and cold dry air I used to slather up my hands with diaper rash cream and put on gloves at bed time.

[Lilith Cherry]

I am allergic to lanolin too but vaseline is very good. I was told by my podiatrist that before going to bed, to slather on vaseline after drying my washed feet and then to wrap my feet in cling film bfore putting on dry soft socks . Leave it on till morning. It worked much better than just vaseline alone!

I am diabetic too and cracked heels are a definite symptom sad to say. Sometimes the cracking is caused by a fungal infection (NOT athletes foot though) and I have used a cream called tretinoin on my feet which cleared the cracks in days!

Good luck getting rid of them because I know how painful it can be.

[smokey the elder]

I get that same thing with the skin by my nails cracking and does it HURT. It's always on my right hand, too. Can't wear bandages because then I don't have any dexterity. I like NexCare; NuSkin has acetone in it and it burns like heck when you apply it.

[RICHARD]

I get that same thing with the skin by my nails cracking and does it HURT. It's always on my right hand, too. Can't wear bandages because then I don't have any dexterity. I like NexCare; NuSkin has acetone in it and it burns like heck when you apply it.

When I worked in a file room I had hang nails like mad!

I took Dermicel tape (sp?)- the plastic tape that use in ER/hospitals-and used that. Because you can peel off the width of the tape that you need? I could take 1/4 inch strips-about three inches long- and wrap them around my my fingers mid-nail.

It left me with enough 'feel' on my fingertips and protected my hangnails from getting worse.

As the day goes on the end of the tape begins to 'fray' -the tape is perforated so you can just peel off the end and toss it.

[pomtzu]

There is a product called "Zim's Crack Cream" (I kid you not - that's really the name - and used to get a lot of laughs where I worked) - it was developed by a pharmacist originally for use by cement workers.

Some people swear by it, but it really did nothing exceptional for me, and I think I've tried about all the remedies. Hot paraffin wax feels good, but isn't very long lasting IMO. I'll stick with the Gold Bond until I find something that works better.