hey! my feet are getting SOFT!!!!
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hookilau
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Long story short, I have long wondered why my feet were impossibly dry, making the soles soooooo thick and unattractive.
Now that I know the cause was uncontrolled blood sugars, and I'm making an effort to control them, I thought I'd post and see what other folks are doing to keep their piggies soft and supple.
I've found a couple of combinations that worked for me, first, I prime my piggies with Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion, then, while still slick from the lotion, before it soaks in, I massage in some pure anhydrous pharmaceutical grade lanolin. That stuff is almost waxy and when I tried to use it alone, it was sticky with a beeswaxy texture (if beeswax wasn't so hard that is :smokin: )
I then put on a pair of cotton socks and wallAHHHH. Soft feet. I do this every night, every morning & every time I put on a pair of socks. I got the lanolin from Amazon pretty cheap & the Aveeno from my local drugstore :drinker:
Now that I know the cause was uncontrolled blood sugars, and I'm making an effort to control them, I thought I'd post and see what other folks are doing to keep their piggies soft and supple.
I've found a couple of combinations that worked for me, first, I prime my piggies with Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion, then, while still slick from the lotion, before it soaks in, I massage in some pure anhydrous pharmaceutical grade lanolin. That stuff is almost waxy and when I tried to use it alone, it was sticky with a beeswaxy texture (if beeswax wasn't so hard that is :smokin: )
I then put on a pair of cotton socks and wallAHHHH. Soft feet. I do this every night, every morning & every time I put on a pair of socks. I got the lanolin from Amazon pretty cheap & the Aveeno from my local drugstore :drinker:
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Coconut oil and a pair of socks works wonders as well :-) I have noticed that my feet aren't nearly as calloused now that my Bg's are in a normal range0
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hey. that's a great idea :huh: I've got tons of the stuff, I'm gonna try that today.
I used to get pedicures and the lady used to be like 'WHAT is going on with your feet?!!' :blushing:
No ped egg, pumice stone, soaking, scrubbing etc. could make a difference though I used all religeously.
The sad thing is that at the time I was taking belly dancing classes several times a week & of course it was all barefoot on hardwood floors. Unfortunately, all the symptoms for me, crept up so slowly & could easily be explained away by whatever was happening in my life.
The tipping point for me though, was when I realized my construction working union employed husband had feet softer than mine :noway: I'd read that going barefoot will increase callouses (and of course I was barefoot 24/7) so that's what I thought it was all about. I'm going to try coconut oil to seal after applying lotion on my piggies today, thanks for the suggestion :drinker:0 -
Aveda foot lotion is amazing
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I am a guy, and can I tell you that my heels were desperately dry.... to the point of being cracked and painful. After a physical about 11 days ago where I found out my A1C was way too high, , I DRASTICALLY cut back on carbs from about 150 a day down to under 60, and in that short time, my heels are softening up on their own. Not only that, but my acid reflux is significantly lessened, and I don't have to pee as much......
All that in about 11 days.0
