Cracked heels

[Karen]

Would it help if, after she put on the salve, she wrapped it tight in an ace bandage, to keep the ages together and the salve working?

[catnapper]

I'll have to ask her if she tried everything mentioned. I know she's tried a lot of things. She says the salves and lot feel good for an hour or so but then stop working because of their ingredients--- she also sells a high-end cosmetics line and is all about ingredients. She says the bulk of the ingredients of things she's tried just sit ON the skin and do not soak in. I guess I believe her, but I also know there's not much need to go too far in because the skin is only so thick. (shrugs)

She's been talking about changing doctors.

[Randi]

I forgot to mention E45, it's great! It comes in cream, lotion, foot and heel cream, etc. I use the lotion in summer and the cream in winter - love it! Unfortunately, I can't get it in Denmark, so I buy it in England or ask someone to bring it back for me.

Take a look at this:
http://www.e45.com/emollients/produc...heel_cream.php

Another thing... if she wear socks, she might want to avoid any with too much synthetic material in them, she should get some that has at least 80% cotton. I was trying to save and bought 3 pairs for DKR 50,- but they have only 75% cotton and I could feel the difference.

[smokey the elder]

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.

[Taz_Zoee]

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.

[Randi]

Speaking of cracks on fingertips, my thumb has had a crack for weeks, but it's finally healed. I found some really good band aid for this, called Hansaplast finger strips. It's not thick, but has double length, so it doesn't come off easily. Another one I tried is a kind of almost u-shaped band-aid which is similar to the one showed at the bottom of this link (2nd last to the right). That is also good, but expensive.

http://www.google.com/search?q=finge...iw=918&bih=717


The H-shaped ones, I haven't seen here. Very smart!

Do you know of other good ones for finger tips?

[Catty1]

How about good old olive oil? She can even mix it with one of her salves. That will soak in.

Changing doctors or asking to see a specialist - I guess that would be a podiatrist? - might definitely be an idea.

I don't know if it would help - but she could also try upping her water intake.

I hope she gets some results soon!

[pomtzu]

Speaking of cracks on fingertips, my thumb has had a crack for weeks, but it's finally healed. I found some really good band aid for this, called Hansaplast finger strips. It's not thick, but has double length, so it doesn't come off easily. Another one I tried is a kind of almost u-shaped band-aid which is similar to the one showed at the bottom of this link (2nd last to the right). That is also good, but expensive.

http://www.google.com/search?q=finge...iw=918&bih=717


The H-shaped ones, I haven't seen here. Very smart!

Do you know of other good ones for finger tips?

I've never found a good band aid to protect my fingers when they crack, since they don't stay on very long (the band aids that is, lol). I use New Skin as Taz and Smokey mentioned and it works great. It's liquid - almost like a clear nail polish - and you just brush it on the affected area that you want to protect. It stings when you first apply it, but it works better than anything you could use to cover the area. Great for paper cuts too!