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Seriously dry feet

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Mijas_pueblo_

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Location
Spain
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Does anybody else experience seriously dry feet ? Tried all sorts of creams of which diabetic nurse advised !
Some work for a few days !
 
I see you are in Spain, can you get O’Keefe’s Healthy Feet foot cream? I use it daily and it works really well. I used to get skin so dry I would end up with deep painful cracks. Very rarely get them now.
 
I use 100% tea tree oil cream 3 times a day, my podiatrist recommended it, I get it from Amazon. I used to use Body Shop peppermint foot cream, which I swore by for years, even cleared up the small bits of psoriasis I had on my ankle bones & the top of my feet, but they’ve changed it from a tub to a tube & so much gets left behind in the tube that you can’t get out, so I switched to the tea tree oil one
 
I have one foot that's terrible, Flexitol didn't touch it. I've recently switched to this and the improvement is almost miraculous. I'm also using an inexpensive Glycolic acid Face Serum (on the really dry foot) a couple of days a week


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As I hike a lot I use O’Keeffe’s ‘Healthy Feet’ cream. I also like the peppermint smelling foot balm creams too which I get from time to time from Amazon.
 
Melgar said:
As I hike a lot I use O’Keeffe’s ‘Healthy Feet’ cream. I also like the peppermint smelling foot balm creams too which I get from time to time from Amazon.
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Oh yes I love a mint foot cream, there’s one available in Boots the chemist in the U.K., I tend to use that before any foot examinations to make sure my feet smell lovely!
 
I have found 2 creams that are working for.
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Rachox said:
I see you are in Spain, can you get O’Keefe’s Healthy Feet foot cream? I use it daily and it works really well. I used to get skin so dry I would end up with deep painful cracks. Very rarely get them now.
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Thank you. Tried O'keef's. Found Vaseline Advance Repair. I use it during day. At night : Scholl expert care. Get them from Amazon. Heat effects my feet badly. When indoors wear Bamboo socks. Keeps my feet very cool.
 
More oil in your diet might help. Re. wasted cream in tubes I cut them in half and scoop out the residual cream.
 
Outlier said:
More oil in your diet might help. Re. wasted cream in tubes I cut them in half and scoop out the residual cream.
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Outlier. Thank you. I live in Spain. Use olive oil daily. My favourite breakfast. I slice wholemeal bread toasted. Pour olive oil on it (not drown it . Add chopped fresh tomatoes with small amount chopped garlic..tiny bit of salt.
Plus cook most of our meals with virgin olive oil.

It's the heat that causes my dry feet. But now I use the 2 creams feet are good. So far !
 
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