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Cracked heels can be a frustrating and uncomfortable condition that affects many individuals. When the skin on our heels becomes dry, it loses its elasticity and flexibility, developing cracks or fissures. These cracks can range from mild to severe and may cause pain, discomfort, and bleeding. Factors such as dry weather, prolonged standing, inadequate foot hygiene, and certain medical conditions can contribute to the formation of cracked heels.

While numerous commercial products are available to address this issue, many people prefer natural remedies due to their gentle and holistic approach. Natural remedies offer the advantage of nourishing the skin, promoting healing, and restoring the feet's natural moisture balance without harsh chemicals or additives. These remedies can be easily incorporated into your foot care routine and effectively relieve cracked heels.

Supplements for Cracked Heels

Silica

One particular supplement that has gained attention for its ability to heal cracked feet is silica.

Silica, also known as silicon dioxide, is a naturally occurring mineral vital in maintaining healthy skin and promoting overall wellness. Including silica in your cracked heel treatment regimen can significantly improve the healing process.

Silica is renowned for strengthening and nourishing the skin, making it an excellent addition to any foot care routine. It aids in producing collagen, a protein that supports the skin's structure and promotes its elasticity. By increasing collagen synthesis, silica can help repair and rejuvenate the damaged skin on the heels, reducing the appearance of cracks and preventing further complications.

Furthermore, silica possesses excellent moisture-retaining properties, which can benefit individuals struggling with dry, rough heels. It helps the skin retain hydration, preventing excessive dryness and promoting a smoother, suppler texture. By incorporating silica-rich products into your daily foot care routine, you can effectively combat dryness and improve the overall appearance of your heels.

How to Take Silica for Cracked Heels

A liquid silica supplement is recommended to harness the benefits of silica for cracked heels. Take as directed on the label. It may take a few weeks to see improvement in your cracked heels as your body slowly rebuilds its silica levels.

Silica-based creams, lotions, or ointments are specifically formulated for foot care. These products often contain additional moisturizing ingredients, such as shea butter or aloe vera, which work synergistically with silica to provide optimal hydration and nourishment to the skin. Regularly applying these products can gradually heal the cracks, soften the skin, and restore its natural health and vitality.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3 fatty acids, commonly found in fish oil supplements, have anti-inflammatory properties and are known for their numerous health benefits. These fatty acids help maintain skin integrity and hydration, making them valuable in treating cracked heels. Omega-3 supplements can promote skin elasticity, reduce inflammation, and support healing. Incorporating omega-3 fatty acids into your daily routine can positively impact the overall health of your skin, including the skin on your heels.

Vitamin E 

Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps protect and nourish the skin. It aids in regenerating damaged skin cells and promotes overall skin health. Vitamin E supplements can contribute to the healing process of cracked heels by providing antioxidant support and enhancing skin moisturization. Moreover, this vitamin helps improve blood circulation, essential for delivering nutrients to the skin. By adding vitamin E supplements to your diet, you can support the healing of cracked heels and maintain the health of your skin.

Zinc 

Zinc is a vital mineral that plays a crucial role in skin health and wound healing. It helps maintain skin integrity and supports the production of collagen, which is essential for skin strength and elasticity. Zinc supplements can boost the healing process of cracked heels by aiding in cell repair and regeneration. Additionally, zinc supports the immune system, which can help combat any potential infections associated with cracked heels. By incorporating zinc supplements into your routine, you can provide your body with the necessary nutrients to support the healing and prevention of heel cracks.

Topical Remedies for Cracked Heels

Shea Butter

Shea butter is a natural emollient rich in vitamins A and E, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants. Its deep moisturizing properties can help soften and heal cracked skin. Regularly apply shea butter to your heels before bedtime to allow the butter to penetrate and hydrate the skin overnight.

Honey 

Honey's antimicrobial and healing properties make it an excellent remedy for cracked heels. Create a foot soak by mixing warm water with honey and soaking your feet for 15-20 minutes. This will help soften the skin and promote healing. After the soak, gently exfoliate your feet and apply a moisturizer to lock in the moisture.

Epsom Salt Soak 

Epsom salt is known for its ability to relieve inflammation and promote relaxation. Create a foot soak by dissolving Epsom salt in warm water and soak your feet for 15-20 minutes. This soak can help alleviate pain and reduce swelling associated with cracked heels. Afterward, gently scrub your feet to remove dead skin cells and apply a moisturizer.

Oatmeal Scrub 

Oatmeal acts as a gentle exfoliant, removing dead skin cells and promoting skin rejuvenation. Create a foot scrub by mixing ground oatmeal with honey or olive oil to form a paste. Gently massage the scrub onto your feet, focusing on the cracked areas. Rinse off with warm water and apply a moisturizer afterward.

Jojoba Oil 

Jojoba oil is a natural moisturizer that closely resembles the skin's sebum, making it easily absorbed. Its hydrating properties help soften and heal cracked skin. Apply a few drops of jojoba oil to your heels and massage it in circular motions until absorbed. Repeat this process daily to see improvements in your cracked heels.

Summary

In conclusion, natural remedies and supplements offer promising options for addressing cracked heels and promoting skin health. Incorporating silica and other supplements like omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, and zinc can provide the essential nutrients needed for skin regeneration, hydration, and overall wellness. When combined with proper foot hygiene and regular foot care practices, these remedies and supplements can significantly improve the condition of your heels, alleviate discomfort, and restore the natural health and vitality of your skin.

Continue reading below to learn which natural remedies helped Earth Clinic readers with cracked heels, and let us know if you have any more to add to the list!

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Tricia's Cracked Heel Remedies

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Posted by Tricia (Ireland) on 09/25/2009
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Re cracked heels. I have had great success with the following -

Before you put your feet in any liquids use an emery board to remove any dry flaky skin. Your feet MUST be dry for this. Wet skin will only move with the emery board not fall away. The type of emery board is important. Here we use the black style. The types for nails that come in different colors i.e. pink blue etc. The reason you don't want to use the metal ones or the one designed specifically for the feet that are like cheese graters is that they are too hard and pull too much skin at once from what is already a very dry area. Think of how they would leave the cheese looking. I always recommend that this can be done while watching the telly or listening to the radio cos you can't damage yourself with these as you can with the metal type. Try to get the hard bit on the edge of the cracks without making yourself sore. You will be very surprised at the amount of dust that you will see coming away from your skin but this is normal. The brown old fashioned emery boards are too gentle and the black ones are perfect. When the dust stops flying move to the next part. If you are getting sore at all you have done enough for the day. More will come off tomorrow.

Rinse that dust off your feet as while it is blocking your pores you will absorb nothing transdermally. And it should only be dust, if you see larger bits of skin the emery board is too strong for you. At this stage you can soak your feet in any liquid of your choice i.e. anti-fungal, vinegar, peroxide or oils or salts for as long as suits you. Doing this with a couple of sports clubs some of the men chose to do it with plain old washing up liquid (detergent). So it is a case of whatever suits you. Use antiseptics or peroxide if there is any chance of an infection or dirt being caught in the cracks as it may close over the dirt and cause a diferent problem.

Then this is most important. Pack the cracks with some kind of thick oil. Our choice at the time we did this was vaseline but some would not choose this because of the petrolatum issue. Whatever you use press it over the crack to ensure that it has gone in the full depth. These cracks cannot heal while they are dry. If you had an operation on your stomach and the skin dried out to the same extent it would not heal either. We usually put large medical issue bandages over them to keep the vaseline on the feet.This won't suit everyone so a cotton pair of socks will do. The people we did this with all had to walk home so bandages were needed to keep the vaeline well packed. Wash next day as normal and leave bandage off. You want your feet fairly dry to repeat the process the next evening.

Remember it will be easy to slip on the floor until this is washed off. Do the same the next evening and continue til necessary tapering the amount of times done as they heal.

This worked within 3 days for some and some took approx 2 weeks. But it makes sense that the hard skin needs to go and the skin to be wet for the cracks to knit together.

As for the fungal infection. Many people will only treat the area that they can see the infection on. The human eye cannot see all of a fungal infection so if it spreading nor can they see it when it is at the last stages of treatment so it is very important to treat outside the area and for a lot longer that you can see it or feel it. My husband picks up an athletes foot while he is travelling for business on a regular basis. He never feels it but we can see it between his toes. We only know he has it when I catch it because I get the itching and burning long before I can see it. We use a providone iodine antiseptic wash which is normally used for pre-operation swabs in a footbath then antifungal medicated creams. Because he gets the moccassin type we bathe and cream his feet up to the ankles. I only get the moccassin type around the toe area so I only need to cover the shoe area. This is a long winded way of telling you how to do it but it actually doesn't take long perform it. The longest part of it is how long you choose to soak you feet and it is our tried and tested method.

Replied by Tricia
(Ireland)
09/26/2009

One thing that I forgot to say in my previous post is to mark your nail file in some manner i.e. nail polish. Make it obvious so that you never use it on your finger nails or that somebody else might use it inappropriately. If you are carrying an infection of any kind (and most people do) it will be transferred to the fingers. The nail file can be cleaned with peroxide or rubbing alcohol but the dust is so minute and nail files are not easy to fully clean without a steriliser. So make sure it is kept for YOUR feet. As we say in Ireland "to be sure, to be sure".

Replied by J
(Portland, Me)
11/26/2009

I do the same only I use the stuff they put on cow udders. It works great!

Replied by Elaine
(Yucca Valley, Ca)
07/19/2011

I only get cracked heels when I wear shoes that cave in at the heel area. When I wear shoes where the heel rests on a flat base, the cracked areas go away quickly.

Replied by Glue
(Victoria)
07/07/2013

I used super glue on it. When the glue fell off eventually the ringworm was gone!

ACV, Castile

Posted by Blindedbyscience (WNC, US) on 08/12/2014

My feet went south about 8 yrs ago. Cracked, dry, peeling all the time. My little toes and one other are thickened. Moisturizers and oils, and antifungals don't have much effect. Finally I thought maybe I need to wash them with soap to make sure the shampoo and conditioner are off. So I've been washing them last in the shower with Castile soap and soaking them in full strength vinegar every couple days. Instead of getting drier and hurting they immediately started looking better. The toes are starting to look better too. One day I put some oil on to moisturize before work and that had a bad effect. It's been a week and they aren't perfect but I'm no longer peeling chunks off (tmi! )

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Posted by Jonna ( NYC, NY, USA) on 07/27/2008
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1:30am, Saturday Night: I read AC from West Midlands, England's post about using Garlic for Athlete's foot a few days ago and was eager to try it. I have had athlete's foot on and off for years. I also have deeply etched cracked heals which I understand is possibly a fungal infection. And then recently the skin around my right big toe started to peel and looks nasty as can be. I tried the best OTC for Athlete's Foot, but with limited success. Takes 5 days to go away and then comes back a couple weeks later.

We had just run out of garlic, so I opted instead for another powerful anti-fungal, Wild Oil of Oregano. I use OO for coughs and sinus infections and had about 15 capsules left. Before going to sleep, I punctured a capsule of oil and rubbed it over both of my feet, especially concentrating it on my big toe, in between my toes where the athelete's foot itched and the cracks on my heals. I put socks on so the oil wouldn't get all over the sheets. It doesn't smell bad at all -- much better than garlic for sure!

Just like AC reported, there was dramatic improvement by the morning! The infection around my big toe was 50% better... The blisters in between my toes had disappeared. The cracks in my heals have started to seal and are unbelievably soft... (I had been rubbing shea butter on the cracks every night, which helped, but not to this extent).

I did the Oregano oil 3 morning and night for 2 days, took a day off. The infection around my big toe is all but gone. No more peeling skin. The cracks on my heels continue to slowly improve. Tonight I switched to Grapefruit Seed Extract and my feet, normally cold, warmed up right away. This may be a great remedy for those suffering from cold hands and feet. My feet are still tinglingly warm 2 hours after applying the GSE.

I have the feeling that the GSE will work just as well as the Oregano Oil. I also am trying the GSE on my perioral dermatitis and will report back any improvements. I can tell you that the itchy postules around my nose have disappeared. I had to wash off the GSE after about 20 minutes because it started to burn.

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soaking your feet in a diluted solution of Pine-Sol will do the trick for cracked heel fungus... A physician told me this many years ago.... So when one of my children had a foot condition this is what I did and no more problems. Then I use vit. E or a lanolin and I personally use "duct" tape to cover my heels due to the fact I cannot stand my feet covered when I sleep. My condition started after Katrina when we were so involved with the clean up and I have tried everything!!!! Pine-Sol did the trick! YAY!!!

Antifungal Foot Cream, Olive Oil

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Posted by Kay (USA) on 05/06/2008
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I had bad cracked heals and nothing worked until I used an antifungal foot cream for about two weeks and then after that i used olive oil as a moisturizer.

Apple Cider Vinegar, Kefir

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Posted by Anon (Us) on 08/07/2015
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We stumble onto things as we try to alleviate our sufferings. My heel backside was itchy, red, dry, cracking and painful, from what, who knows, blister on bottoms of feet and sides of foot.

I used the apple cider vinegar with the mother and it felt better but not cured, so in the neck of the KEFIR bottle I discovered a thick white paste forms and I put a finger in there and collect it and apply on top the vinegar and it feels so good .

Skin looks much better. Must be the enzymes. Kefir facials on top of diluted 50/50 apple cider vinegar are also nice. Pour Kefir in hands and apple to all my skin, leave on till next shower.

Kefir soaks LEFT on scalp and hair for an hour before shampoos NICE.

Bandaid, Emery Board, Moisturize

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Posted by Peter (Belen, New Mexico) on 12/29/2008
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What works for me for Cracked Heels is the following: First, I'll cover the crack(s) with a band aid to alleviate discomfort. Then, while showering, I use the coarse side of a foot Emery Board until the skin around the cracks is no longer calloused or hard; I then rub the area carefully with the smooth side. Finally, after the shower, I try to leave that area a little damp and use a non-fragrant body moisturizer from the health food store if the crack is not too sensitive - otherwise, a band aid again. As a followup, I try to maintain this area with moisturizer and periodic use of the emery board. I've been doing this for several years with good results. I hope this helps.

What I haven't been able to do is heal the cracked tip of my finger or thumb. I'll try the vinegar and see if that helps. The band aid therapy works, but I want to eliminate the cause, whatever that may be...

Replied by S. Jewell
(Kentucky, US)
02/16/2015

My husband used to get severe cracks in the tips of his fingers until my doctor brother told him to take zinc, which he did, and the cracks healed promptly. He suggested that white spots in the fingernails can indicate a zinc deficiency, which in turn causes splits in the fingertips.

Replied by Genavie
(Maryland)
06/13/2015

Great info on the zinc for splitting fingers. I just want to add one thing. My mom whose 60 has had splitting finger tips her whole life which got very bad to the point that it looked like her skin was unravelling at the seems. The lines would follow her fingerprint marks and just seperate like little layers being pulled apart or layers of onion without anything holding them together. She cried and bled out daily and had to stop washing dishes altogether or getting her hands wet. I started getting the same issue when I was 39 after a health issue that left me house ridden for about 4 years.

I one day was leaving my mom's house and she made the remark about her and I being identical in the same way that we are vampires, meaning we don't go out in the sunlight, and it hit me. She never liked going outside during the day all of her life and especially adult life and I had been indoors for a long time when mine started. I had a flash back on vitamin d deficiency causing split fingers in many people tested for their vit d levels as well as vit c levels which contribute to the production of collagen which holds the skin together. I take vit c daily (around 4 to 5k mg) and have for years but mom never took any vitamins and perhaps that is why she had it soo much longer than me, but she started the vit c at 5,000 mg per day which gave her zero diarrhea (this means her body was using up the full amount taken because if her body did not need this much it would have used what she needed and the rest would have gotten spilled over into the intestines as diarrhea which is what is referred to as bowel tolerance) .

I started taking 10,000 iu of vit d along with vit k because the body relies on vit d to activate over 100,000 hormones and functions in the body but needs vit k to process the vit d properly.

Within 2 days my fingers were heeled up and felt soooooooo much better. I would cry from the pain and inflammation from the scores of splits all up and down my fingers.

Mom's fingers healed up wonderfully and she still had problems with feet (heel) fissures but she is now obese as well as diabetic. I found that the so called healthy canola oil is really death waiting to happen and is being forced into our diet under false pretense as heart healthy but in actuality is not healthy at all and there is not even really a such thing as a canola plant. It comes from a hybrid rapeseed plant and has omega 3 added to it afterwards do to the lack of heart healthy ingredients. Labels are now even adding organic to the canola deception but how is this possible when the plant is not even organic in nature.

The true underlying cause of diabetes is using bad oils such as canola(stands for Canadian oil plant) Canada was the first to create it and name it. The bad vegetable oils create an artificial fat wall around the cell which prevents the uptake of glucose (sugar that every cell in the body needs as fuel). This creates an insulin imbalance and takes up to 6 months to undo the damage from one serving of vegetable oil. The imbalance of insulin and glucose now disrupts the electrical balance of the cell. We are all electrical beings who rely on electric as fuel( men have actually given up all foods meat and veg, alike and lived off the power of the sun by sun gazing(google man lives for 15 years without food by sun gazing) we began to eat meat and this in turn lowered our vibrational frequencies.

Back to the bad oils. Never eat margarine or buy into the whole low fat lie because fat actualy allows us to lose weight opposite to what the FDA would have us believe. Lack of fat and high grain intake causes inflammation and disease. Avoid all grains as much as possible not just gluten containing grains. You can reverse all diabetes type 2 from 6 weeks to 6 months depending on weight and diet. Stop all margarines and veg oil intake and follow the budwig diet which is 4% cottage cheese 3 times per day. Mix 1 tablespoon cold pressed flaxseed oil to every 3 tablespoons cottage cheese and stir voraciously. This causes the oil to bind to the fat of the cottage cheese and allows the flaxseed oil to enter the blood stream where it goes to work breaking down the artificial fat wall around the cells so the glucose uptake can regulate itself and put in balance the cells electrical balance. cinnamon can also be added to the mix to help fix the insulin imbalance. Cinnamon acts as a synthetic insulin inside the body.

Sorry to ramble and I only lightly touched the surface and just outlined the concepts mentioned and you should research deeper into the budwig diet and all info mentioned, for yourself. The vit d deficiency was the problem for my hands splitting and the vit c and d defic was mom's problem.

Hope this helps many many people.

God bless you all.

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Posted by Gloria (Gaithersburg, Maryland) on 08/07/2012
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I wanted to pass on the success I've been having with treating my cracked heels and athlete's foot/toenail fungus. First, for a long time I didn't realize that all three of these were related ailments, especially the cracked heels which I had attributed to aging and dry skin. Now I realize it was symptomatic of a fungal infection.

I recently developed a "rash" on my ankle near my heel. At first I thought it was bug bites. It was a small cluster of red itchy dots. At first I tried ACV and H202 on them, but in a halfhearted way. It didn't really seem to help much. Then I got the idea to use borax, for some reason.

After bathing while my feet were still moist, I took about a teaspoon of borax powder in my hand and rubbed it all over my feet, heels, ankle, between toes, etc. The itching from the rash stopped and my feet felt "good. " I left the powder on my feet (a very thin coat remained) and went to bed. I repeated this for a few nights. The rash has been scabbing over and healing (I still don't know what caused it -- fungus or something else).

But the remarkable thing is the skin on my heels! It is healing, getting softer, younger-looking. My heels had been cracked, dry and ugly for about 5 years! I've been doing this for two weeks now, and the improvement is remarkable.

As well, my toenail fungus and athlete's foot between my toes is going away. I now have "pretty feet" and I am not ashamed to go out wearing my sandals (and no nail polish, either, to hide the ugly nails! They look normal, now).

I have also started applying a homemade ointment to my feet each morning, consisting of coconut oil, aloe, tea tree oil and lavender. This feels soothing and I think it's helping, too, but the borax seems to be the main thing.

Castile Soap

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Posted by Gwen (Peru, Il) on 07/08/2013
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I as well tried Castile liquid soap after seeing the below post. Put peppermint scented on my feet and wore either plastic bags or socks to bed and in 15 days they were 90% better. It's coming back again but that lasted 6 months should've kept up with maintenance treatments but am starting the regimen again!

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Posted by Marilyn (Salem, Oregon, United States) on 06/25/2013
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I have been using Castile soap on my cracked heels for about 10 days and I'm amazed. I think I have purchased every cream on the market for my dry feet but the soap seems to work so much better. I don't use any creams and think this will solve my problems but will need more time. My feet are at least 90% better!

Castor Oil

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Posted by Angelique (British Columbia) on 10/03/2018
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Castor oil for cracked heels.

I recently read how castor oil helped someone with cracked heels. My girlfriend has been suffering with this for many years. I suggested that she try it. She said within days of applying it and rubbing it in before bed at night, that her heels have never been so smooth and crack free.

Coconut Oil

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Posted by Megan (London) on 10/22/2018
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I have severely dry feet with horribly cracked heels, esp in the fall and winter months. I have been testing various remedies to see which one works best the past few years. My remedy tests include pure shea butter, olive oil and coconut oil, all applied externally and massaged into the bottom of the feet. I have also tried taking borage, fish and evening primrose oils (not altogether, one at a time).

Hands down, fastest and best results were applying coconut oil and then putting a cotton sock on. I do this twice at night, before or after dinner and then again before going to sleep and in the morning my feet are impressively softer with less indentation in the cracks. Not terribly fond of the coconut oil smell, but learning to live with it!

Replied by Anna
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10/22/2018

Not sure if this is helpful, but I had cracked heels such as you describe some years ago. A kidney cleanse and then kidney support program got rid of the problem.

Coconut Oil
Posted by Dana (Larose, Louisiana/ Usa) on 03/16/2012
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I battled with painful bleeding cracked heels for years, I put this lotion and that lotion with no real improvement. I finally discovered Cracked heel balm at walmart and tried it. It worked great but I could never stop treatment more than a day or two. I do still use it when I get lazy and forget to take care of my feet.

The best thing I ever did for my feet is get a good pair of shoes. I loved being barefoot and when I did wear shoes they were flat and light. When I started wearing a good pair of walking shoes with socks everyday my heels got better. With the added heel cream they were like new. I started using a pumice in the tub for daily care and now I use a little heeltastic before I put on my socks and I hardly ever have trouble, only if I have to go a few days in a dress shoe or a flat tennis shoe. I've recently started using coconut oil and it does a good job too, heeltastic is easier and does a great job. Also I love the ped egg! Not the grater part but the smoother part, feet like a baby!

Comfrey-Aloe

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Posted by Jeri (Colorado) on 06/15/2024
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I struggled with cracked heels even though I was rubbing coconut all over my feet after every shower for toenail issues. I just so happened to buy a product that has Comfrey and Aloe Vera for comfrey's ability to help mend bones, and while looking at the reviews for this product, I read that someone used it successfully for cracked heels.

So, I started rubbing it on my feet everyday and it totally works for me. I haven't had to file my feet in years. However, it does nothing for toenail issues. I learned this the hard way once I realized by abandoning my coconut oil, my toe nails started having issues again (fungus, I assume). Now I rub the coconut oil into most of my feet, especially toe nails, and the comfrey-aloe product into my heels and any other dry areas. My feet have been looking and feeling pretty good with this routine.

Replied by Cindy
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06/16/2024
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Coconut oil doesn't do anything for me, either. BUT, it was awesome when I used it to wash my broken foot! And also works all over, anytime I don't have time to shower.

Crisco Shortening

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Posted by Anna (Elk Grove, CA) on 05/17/2008
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Dry Cracked Heels: This remedy sounds odd but works. A friend told me her dermatologist recommened crisco shortening for her cracked heels. She said it worked great so I tried it and my feet are softer, better than any lotions I use. Cheap too.

Replied by JaneySilva
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08/12/2023
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This just reminded me of my aunt, who at 80 had no wrinkles. I asked her what she did and she told me she hated her skin to feel dry, so she always kept Crisco on it. Uck, but no wrinkles at 80!

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Posted by A kindred spirit (U.K. ) on 06/21/2019
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I have been gluten free for a week, and was surprised on day 3 to find my cracked heels had disappeared, and the overall smoothness of the skin on legs and arms had dramatically improved!


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