Posted on 07/09/2011 6:11:22 PM PDT by Bean Counter
Dust off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
http://www.vetericyn.com/ and it works on people too.
Niacin and Lecithin suppliments~!!!
Lecithin especially for the skin double the recommended dose on the label
What is your diet like?
Meat and cheeses and milk (vitamind d)
Eggs fried in olive oil
NO JUNK FOOD~! protien and vegetables
Slather it on before bed and then put on socks.
Zomby Woof lyrics Three hundred years ago I thought I might get some sleep I stretched myself out onna antique bed An' my spirit did a midnite creep You know I'll never sleep no more It seem to me that it just ain't wise Didja ever wake up in the mornin' With a ZOMBY WOOF behind your eyes Just about as evil as you could be I am the ZOMBY WOOF I'm that creature all the ladies been Talkin' about I am the ZOMBY WOOF They all seek for shelter when I come chargin' out Tellin' you all the Zomby troof Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOF Tellin' you all the Zomby troof Here I'm is . . . Reety-awrighty, he da ZOMBY WOOF Reety-awrighty, he da ZOMBY WOOF They said aw-reety An' they was aw-righty An' I was a Zomby for you, little lady . . . I got a great big pointed fang Which is my Zomby Toof My right foot's bigger than my other one is Like a reg'lar Zomby Hoof If I raid your dormitorium Don't try to remain aloof . . . I might snatch you up screamin' through the window all nekkid An' do it to you on the roof, don't mess with the ZOMBY WOOF I am about as evil as a Boogie Man can be! Tellin' you all the Zomby Troof Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOF Tellin' you all the Zomby Troof Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOFFrank Zappa, of course.
This stuff works wonders. Go to http://cgi.ebay.com/UNREFINED-SHEA-BUTTER-AND-EMU-OIL-BODY-BUTTER-LOTION-/400227039076?pt=US_Skin_Care&hash=item5d2f63f764 and order a jar of it. I use it regularly, put it on and then a pair of socks.
Shea butter and emu oil—great stuff. You will definitely see a difference.
I also like to use http://cgi.ebay.com/South-France-French-Milled-Soap-Shea-Butter-/280620964639?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4156501b1f South of France Shea Butter soap. Best soap I’ve ever used.
I once had to help a young lady with a severe case of Camel Toe.
but that's another story for another time
Neetsfoot oil.
Seriously, it’s probably caused by a fungus. See a doctor.
(I understand that they have doctors that specialize in feet.)
I use a bandage - I don’t know how to describe it, and it’s hard to find, but I found it at Walgreens - which is almost like reinforced packing tape.
I put it across the crack and pull the sides together. I have found that the most important thing is to keep the crack together, so it doesn’t crack more - then it can heal.
If I don’t do this, everytime I step it splits more, and it’s excruciating.
That is my first choice too!
I second the bag balm recommend- you can find it at feed stores, ag supply places or on the internet if you aren’t near any agriculture. It is hard to beat bag balm, it is great for people that have cracked hands from being in water or whatever too.
Another great thing is Boudreaux’s Butt Paste which is fantastic diaper rash cream but works on so many other things, dry skin, sunburn, etc. I would slather BBP on the feet at night with loose fitting light socks over, I bet it would amaze you how much better it would be by morning. Our Walmart sells the butt paste.
My daughter occasionally has the same problem. The first time she complained about it was about eight or ten years ago. She was in tears, her heals hurt her so. My husband wrote a prescription for a couple of tubes of foot cream with urea as the main active ingredient. We called it “magic cream” in our family, as she went from having long, deep, painful cracks on her heals, to having them look much more healthy in a couple of days. Really, two days! She used that stuff up over a couple of years while at school. When it came time to get her some more, my husband couldn’t remember what he had prescribed for her, nor could he seem to find something comparable in a drug search, (he reads x-rays and doesn’t write many scripts) so we started searching for over the counter creams with urea in them. It seems that at least one cream at the store will have some in it, but maybe not prescription strength. Perhaps a trip to a podiatrist, dermatologist, or just your family doctor is in your future? I don’t know what it is about her that makes her susceptible to those cracks, other than being an avid runner and she does complain of dry skin. The urea in the foot cream seems to work for her.
I didn’t do it!
If your foot starts saying “I’ll swallow your soul” you know what to do.
Whatever you decide works for softening up the skin, don’t just use it when your heels crack in the summer. Use it year round in the morning and night.
And use a foot stone to gently and gradualy remove the dead skin from your heal as you treat it with balm year round.
My husband had this problem and we fixed it.
There is no easy way to adequately respond to all of this outstanding advice, so let me just simply say “Thank You” to all of the suggestions here! My hoof is much better today, and I really do appreciate everyone’s advice.
Cheers!
Bag Balm. Lots of lanolin. And go see a dermatologist. You may need prescription strength salve.
The medication and the soaking did the trick, threw away the shoes and I've never had a problem since...........
If I’m not mistaken, Eucerin at one time was a prescription cream. It certainly was not widely available.
If I didn’t make clear in my last post, the purpose of putting on a sock is to keep the cream from getting on your bed or chair. But don’t walk on your foot for quite a while after coating it with the cream, otherwise more cream will go into your sock than into your foot!
Hope it helps.
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