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Here's to Your Health:  Awful! My feet are awful--cracked heels!  |
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Thistle Cove Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
141 Posts
Sandra
Tazewell
VA
USA
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 Posted - Aug 30 2009 : 08:41:03 AM
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Use a pumice to slough off the dead skin, THEN use cream. The creams aren't going to help a lot unless you rid yourself of the dead skin. I use a pumice stone both in the shower and out on the back porch. I find using it on moist and also dry skin helps most.
Just what works for me, your mileage may differ. -smile-
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm ~ God's blessings on you, yours and the work of your hands & heart ~
www.thistlecovefarm.com
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13625 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2009 : 10:22:26 AM
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I would agree with the Bag Balm suggestion. I think it works well. And I usually but a bandaid over the crack after applying BB . . . it heals up pretty quickly.
I get cracks around my fingers during the winter sometimes and I use BB for that too, cover with bandaids.
In the summer I do foot soaks, use scrubs and that is WONDERFUL for cleaning, debriding and making my feet feel "normal" again.
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665 |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2009 : 6:44:10 PM
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| Thank you so much for this thread. The information is great !!! I have gotten out of the habit ordering products from you farm girls and that is going to stop. I have ordered soap and solid lotion from someone that no long is in the business and I have neglected you others that produce the same thing. My feet, my hands , my skin thanks all of you. and be looking for an order !!! I have your sites on my favorits |
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Autumn Leaves
True Blue Farmgirl
463 Posts
Jennifer
Northern
California
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2009 : 10:50:01 AM
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Yep me too on the yucky feet! Going barefoot is for sure my problem. I have been using store bought items and nothing seeems to work except for wintertime when I have to wear shoes an socks, by spring they are lovely and then back out to the yard! I have noticed using the grater thing right after the shower when the skin is moist removes a lot more. Then I just do good quality lotion and sockies to bed. I'm brand new here so I'll be looking up some of you who have products available, I was also recomended the Barter. Checking that out next.
Jennifer
Never let yesterday use up too much of today - Will Rogers |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2009 : 10:43:45 AM
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txbikergirl
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Cindy
Elkhart
TX
USA
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Posted - Oct 29 2009 : 7:34:37 PM
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Originally posted by FebruaryViolet
Can anyone help? I've tried all these over the counter creams and scrubs and whatever, and nothing, I mean nothing, gets rid of these deep cracks and dry patches on my heels and toes. I was a ballerina, so my feet have certainly seen better days, but you'd think since they haven't been shoved in pointe shoes in over 10 years that they'd look a little better.
Lots of GREAT solution presented already, but one thing I did see addressed was your shoes (when you are wearing them!). Lots of shoes use cork in the foot bed, which literally wicks the moisture out of your feet. Some are obvious, like Birkenstocks, but I am finding more and more that many less obvious brands do so. And you don't see the cork because there is a piece of leather over it.
I found this out the hard way, as you may have guessed. My feet, which I care for very well and won't let them dry and crack at all, started doing just that. Found out it was the cork. Happened two more times with new shoes, and now I actually research shoes before buying to find out their content.
Anyway, keep it in mind as you don't want to spend all the time and battle an unknown enemy constantly...
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2009 : 04:21:45 AM
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Hi Jonni,
just came across this topic - I go barefoot a lot as well, and thats what motivated me to create the foot care products.
I now have another new foot care product, a foot care stick, The ingredients: Beeswax, Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, Grape Seed Oil, Vitamin E, Aloe Vera, & the Essential Oils of Tea Tree & Peppermint.- it is non greasy and i use it myself everynight.
btw- Thanks Melody for your kind words about my products 
Heres the link for my foot care products http://www.naturemaiden.com/footcare.html
ALSO dont forget to use the farmgirl discount: enter FARMGIRL20 @ checkout.
Connie
www.NatureMaiden.com -Handcrafted Bath & Body Products that I make myself- including soaps, salves, lotion bars, lip balms, natural deodorants, body sprays, hydrosols, salt scrubs, and MUCH more!
http://naturemaidenbathbodyproduct.blogspot.com/(Business Blog)
http://flowerchild-lifeinthegarden.blogspot.com/(Personal blog)
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twink
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
Deb
Rapid City
SD
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2009 : 09:19:14 AM
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Lots of great information on this thread. I agree with bag balm, or any utter cream (from a vet if you can't find it elsewhere) and all the other natural stuff that is suggested, including the essential oils and the vinegar. I also agree with staying away from commercial products which contain petroleum based ingredients.
One other suggestion I'll toss out there is to stay away from a Ped Egg. I tried it too, and it worked ok the first time, but then it started making my feet worse. My feet weren't really ALL that bad to begin with, but in summer I like to wear sandals and we had this wedding ....
But anyway, right before my son's wedding I went in for my first ever professional pedicure. That gal told me that most people are finding that the Ped Egg causes more harm than good, because it literally grates the skin off your feet rather than just smoothing it. IOW, it takes off too much skin. She also told me (as someone mentioned here) to use either a foot file or a pumice stone on feet that are wet sometimes and then dry the next time. The skin on my feet is finally back to normal, just from the filing method.
I ordered some pure shea butter from www.mountainroseherbs.com and also some pure Vitamin E oil and mixed them together. Socks at night, worked like a charm. I'm sure there are other "natural" things which work well, too, as suggested here. The one lady (Melody?) who has her own line of foot products probably sells good stuff, too. Even pure olive oil works well, it's just not as fast.
Good luck!
-Deb
http://healthtalk.6.forumer.com/index.php
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