This is probably not remotely related to peri/meno,

but I try to blame it for most things in my life now,so will ask

Anyone getting real awful dry hard skin on their feet? especially the heel area? Mine look hideous I soak/file and have used variuos heel creams to no avail.
there appears to be great furrows appearing now also alongside a permanent white chalky coating to them.
If I didn,t file them I swear I would be 5inches taller,as quick as i file the hard skins grown back.

Any remedies
OR
Roll on Winter can hide them back in boots then

Thanks ladies for reading

KathS

Hi, I used to get dry hard cracked skin on my heels but since I wear flip flops year round out here I was embarrassed to be seen. I bought some cracked heel relief cream from Avon, which works well - and now I just keep them moisturized with lotion all the time and they are much improved. I never filed them or anything, but the cream seemed to do the trick.

Hope you get some relief soon!

Hugs, Barb

utter cream really soothes dry cracked skin....

I have a little foot grater, it looks like a tiny cheese grater. It also has a file that goes with it. I use the grater probably once a week, followed by the file. The rest of the week I use the file as part of my everyday shower routine. I have very nice soft feet!! It does work!!

I use a chiropody sponge when I am in the shower.. Tried a lot of heel creams over the years. At the moment I'm using Avon foot cream. Heels have improved..

Yes....... I most certainly have developed this in the past few years. I think that it is very important to try and gradually reduce the build up of hard skin. If you leave it, it will eventually crack and nasty fissures appear in the heel which will make it very hard to walk. If the fissures become infected it can get very unpleasant.
If the build up is very severe an appointment with a chiropodist might be a good idea. They can quickly reduce the build up with their professional gear and then you can keep it down with a foot file. You need a moisturising cream especially for feet that contains a high urea content. Look carefully for the urea content on the label. At first you should apply it daily ( once you have reduced the build up) and then a couple of times a week to keep things under control. Flexitol is good and has about 20% urea. The higher the urea content the better. Check the percentage urea content carefully. Low amounts are worse than useless. Ordinary moisturisers are not very effective.
No-one seems to know why it occurs and I think that it is made worse by wearing open heeled foot wear with no socks or tights because this seems to encourage evaporation of moisture from the heel. I suspect that there may be an undiscovered fungal infection at work here, as yet unproven.

XIII

Thankyou ladies,

Will try the suggestions given.
Hope it isn,t fungal xiii will keep my eye on it.
And will look for urea content in next footcream I buy.

I keep filing,but very quickly builds back up.

Thanks again ladies

Kath

It's also good just before bed to coat the whole area heavily with whatever creme you're going to use, and then put socks on and sleep in them all night. This prevents the moisturizer from escaping. I only have the hard dry heels in the spring and summer when I wear sandals all the time. I haven't needed to pumice, and have managed to keep them soft by moisturizing and wearing the socks once or twice a week.

I used to have a job where I wore sky scraper heels for hours on end every day five or six days a week. I had callouses the size of eggs! Same hard skin thing but in a different place on the foot.

The cure was to file the area lightly but regularly to reduce thickness without damaging any good skin and a daily application - twice daily if you can - of calendula cream. I have no idea what the active ingredient in Calendula is but it did a great job. Next after that hemp cream worked well too.

One other lady I worked with told me she 'shaved' hers with a disposable razor! Eeek!

Oh! My apologies... Brain fog just lifted for a moment and I remember it's not Calendula... it's COMFREY!

Well at least I could remember it started with the letter C, I'll think on it as progress...

Try soaking them in warm, soapy water each night, buff them with a pedicure tool (the sander kind) and then lather them with good foot cream while still warm (or I've even heard of women using crisco) and slip on socks for the night...slowly, your feet will soften up but you do have to keep at it. And after evey bath, when still soft, lather on the cream....I have to be very vigilant every summer as my flip-flop, sandal wearing really does a number on my feet.....Good Luck

Also, a good peidcurist will fix them up for you but you still have to home maintain to keep the "look"