orangetravelcat

Does anyone have any products to recommend for dry, not yet cracked but could get there, heels? Used to use a pumice-cream product by Philosophy but they discontinued it. (Need to get my feet in shape before my next trip).

AnthonyGA

Wear closed shoes with heavy socks; that should help to prevent dryness. Walking or hiking boots with thick matching socks are good for this purpose.

RufusTFirefly

Mrs. Fly swears by udder cream--for her heels.

Hikers and runners also use it.

Holly_uncasdewar

Olive oil.

francophile03

Massage Vaseline just after you take a shower or bath. It's better than lotion.

claire

Crema Pedestre from Santa Maria Novella is awesome, and a jar I never travel without if I can help it. When I run out, I use Kiehl's Creme de Corps.

schnauzer

can you buy Eulactol products in USA?They are available here is Oz through Chemists/Pharmacies. They do a heel balm which will remove cracks and soon to be cracks in about three weeks. It is very effective. Not super cheap but not expensive either. I have just checked my tube and see it is made in Australia they have a web page www.eulactol.com.au try and see if you can get some. Its active ingredient is Urea (!!) Vaseline is only petroleum jelly and will offer no moisturising qualities. You are better off with a really thick goopy moisturising cream, lanolin based if you can't get the above suggestion.
Good luck ,Schnauzer

Seamus

There is a product called Glysolid that works wonders - not always easy to find, it is sold in a round, red flat plastic container.

MaureenB

Like udder cream, Bag Balm works great. Put on socks after slathering it on, though. It's pretty messy!

grandmere

L'Occitane (www.occitane.com)makes a wonderful foot cream with 15% shea butter. Shops in lots of cities (and airports) in USA, all over France, and online.

lawchick

Go to a chiropodist - get the hooves pared and then start looking after them with the cream. Its pointless trying to get the old skin to recover - just get it hacked off.

cls2paris

I have used these and got good results. I got the first two at Walgreens and the last one at Bed, Bath and Beyond (and it is the best bargain). They are probably all available at any drug store.

1. Kerasel ($9.99/1.5 oz.)
2. Heel Balm by Flexitol ($7.49/2 oz)
3. Miracle Foot Repair Cream by Miracle of Aloe ($9.99/8 oz.)

lucielou

Sweet Almond oil, from you health food shop, its a pure oil, and I use it for dry skin, its also a wonderful healer, my son got very badly sunburnt on his back, and it healed the skin in 48 hours.

adrienne

I use some lotion from Ahava with Dead Sea salts and this works very well. What I find works best is prescription cortisone. Even over the counter cortisone works to stop the itching. I use it in summer when my sandled feet are exposed to the sun.

sandi_travelnut

after a shower, I rub baby oil on my heel and take a pumice stone to them. I rinse them and reapply lotion on them when I do it to the rest of my body.

Xenos

Before you go to bed, try using a footfile on the dryest bits and then smother them in Vaseline and put a pair of old socks on to protect your sheets. (A very sexy look )

MaureenB

Once you've removed the dead skin, a 'hot wax' machine works wonders, too. You know the type you can get a Bed, Bath and Beyond, with blocks of parafin you heat up and dip your feet or hands into.

Underhill

My doctor recommended LacHydran 5 for dry skin in general, and I've used it on my heels with great results.

Isadore204

I second the recommendation for the foot cream found at L'Occitane. Great stuff.

Grandma

Dermatologist recommended Aquaphor for my husband. Worked like a charm.