Care and Home Remedies for Cracked Heels:
Cracked heels are a sign of lack of attention to foot care rather than just overexposure or lack of moisturizing. Medically, cracked heels are also known as heel fissures. Fissures are regular linear cut wounds and mostly affect the surface level which comprises of the epidermis. Sometimes it may get deep into the dermis and become painful.
First think to do is drink lots of water to keep the skin hydrate. It will keep your skin soft and supple and skin will not get as dry to get cuts and cracks.
Always wash your feet properly whenever you come from outside. Sleep after washing your feet.
Soak your feet in lukewarm water with a little soap in it. It will loosen the tight dead skin from your soles and heels.
Always keep the nails cut and well shaped.
Rubbing pumic stone too is helpful in clearing the dead dull skin.
Never wear shoes in wet legs and never wear wet soaks.
You can spray foot spray or powder in your shoes while putting your feet in.
Apply vaseline or paraffin oil or petroleum jelly or hydrogenated vegetable oil on your heels after washing your feet clean.
Use foot scrubber to scrub the dead skin and brush away the dead skin with a small brush meant for feet.
Wipe your feet and massage foot cream on them. You can even apply petroleum jelly or your daily body lotion on your feet.
If you are already getting cracked heels on your feet then regularly scrub away the dead skin and apply foot cream, which is made for cracked heels. Such creams are easily available at any chemist store.
Do not cut or itch if you get athlete's foot or some other skin problem in your feet or between your toes. Seek medical help and keep hygiene.
To avoid foot pain wear shoes, which are right, size for your feet. Tight or loose shoes create problems for the feet. You should go to buy new shoes in the evening because that is the time when there is water retention in the body and you will come to know the exact size of your feet.
Best way to soften the hard skin on heels and reduce the cracks is soaking feet in Luke warm water for 5-10 minutes then scrubbing the dead skin and then applying the foot cream on the heels before going to bead. Then wear cotton soaks on your feet throughout the night that way skin will absorb the moister and the cracks of the heels will heal faster.
If your cracked heels are really bad and giving you pain then try this remedy to heal them. Melt paraffin wax and mix it with a little coconut oil. Fill this mixture into your cracked heels while going to bed. Wash it off in the morning. Filling this wax in your cracks for at least 10 days will fill the gap a lot and pain will be very less.
Rubbing onion oil on the skin rashes and itches is quite helpful.
To avoid the cracks of your heels keep scrubbing the dead hard skin regularly and keep applying moisturizers or petroleum jelly to your feet, which will prevent your heels from getting cracks.
If there is pain in your feet then soak them in hot water with salt added to it and alter the feet in cold water. Doing this therapy for half and hour improves the blood circulation and relieves the pain. Massage the feet and put pressure on the points.
Walk on the grass barefoot early morning. It rejuvenates the feet and improves the eyesight.
Do not wear uncomfortable shoes just to show. Wear the shoes you are comfortable in. avoid wearing tight shoes and high heels if there is pain in your feet.
Lemon is the best product for cracked heel treatment. Squeeze a piece of lemon in quarter bucket of warm water. After a while, use pumice stone to rub your cracked heels. This helps to remove the dead skin.
Coconut oil does wonders. With the palms of your hand, massage your heels well with coconut oil. Leave it overnight with a pair of socks on. Next morning rub your heels with the help of a pumice stone and wash well with hot water.
Make a paste of banana pulp, avocado and half a coconut. Using this paste, massage your foot gently. Leave it for about 10 to 15 minutes and then rinse well with warm water. The coconut and avocado is rich in fat soluble vitamins which will keep your feet moisturized.
The juice of papaya and lemon also helps for cracked heel treatment. Rub the juice on the heel and wash off after 15 to 20 minutes.
Apply vaseline or paraffin oil or petroleum jelly or hydrogenated vegetable oil on your heels after washing your feet clean.
First think to do is drink lots of water to keep the skin hydrate. It will keep your skin soft and supple and skin will not get as dry to get cuts and cracks.
Always wash your feet properly whenever you come from outside. Sleep after washing your feet.
Soak your feet in lukewarm water with a little soap in it. It will loosen the tight dead skin from your soles and heels.
Always keep the nails cut and well shaped.
Rubbing pumic stone too is helpful in clearing the dead dull skin.
Never wear shoes in wet legs and never wear wet soaks.
You can spray foot spray or powder in your shoes while putting your feet in.
Apply vaseline or paraffin oil or petroleum jelly or hydrogenated vegetable oil on your heels after washing your feet clean.
Use foot scrubber to scrub the dead skin and brush away the dead skin with a small brush meant for feet.
Wipe your feet and massage foot cream on them. You can even apply petroleum jelly or your daily body lotion on your feet.
If you are already getting cracked heels on your feet then regularly scrub away the dead skin and apply foot cream, which is made for cracked heels. Such creams are easily available at any chemist store.
Do not cut or itch if you get athlete's foot or some other skin problem in your feet or between your toes. Seek medical help and keep hygiene.
To avoid foot pain wear shoes, which are right, size for your feet. Tight or loose shoes create problems for the feet. You should go to buy new shoes in the evening because that is the time when there is water retention in the body and you will come to know the exact size of your feet.
Best way to soften the hard skin on heels and reduce the cracks is soaking feet in Luke warm water for 5-10 minutes then scrubbing the dead skin and then applying the foot cream on the heels before going to bead. Then wear cotton soaks on your feet throughout the night that way skin will absorb the moister and the cracks of the heels will heal faster.
If your cracked heels are really bad and giving you pain then try this remedy to heal them. Melt paraffin wax and mix it with a little coconut oil. Fill this mixture into your cracked heels while going to bed. Wash it off in the morning. Filling this wax in your cracks for at least 10 days will fill the gap a lot and pain will be very less.
Rubbing onion oil on the skin rashes and itches is quite helpful.
To avoid the cracks of your heels keep scrubbing the dead hard skin regularly and keep applying moisturizers or petroleum jelly to your feet, which will prevent your heels from getting cracks.
If there is pain in your feet then soak them in hot water with salt added to it and alter the feet in cold water. Doing this therapy for half and hour improves the blood circulation and relieves the pain. Massage the feet and put pressure on the points.
Walk on the grass barefoot early morning. It rejuvenates the feet and improves the eyesight.
Do not wear uncomfortable shoes just to show. Wear the shoes you are comfortable in. avoid wearing tight shoes and high heels if there is pain in your feet.
Lemon is the best product for cracked heel treatment. Squeeze a piece of lemon in quarter bucket of warm water. After a while, use pumice stone to rub your cracked heels. This helps to remove the dead skin.
Coconut oil does wonders. With the palms of your hand, massage your heels well with coconut oil. Leave it overnight with a pair of socks on. Next morning rub your heels with the help of a pumice stone and wash well with hot water.
Make a paste of banana pulp, avocado and half a coconut. Using this paste, massage your foot gently. Leave it for about 10 to 15 minutes and then rinse well with warm water. The coconut and avocado is rich in fat soluble vitamins which will keep your feet moisturized.
The juice of papaya and lemon also helps for cracked heel treatment. Rub the juice on the heel and wash off after 15 to 20 minutes.
Apply vaseline or paraffin oil or petroleum jelly or hydrogenated vegetable oil on your heels after washing your feet clean.
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