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What is a man to do with dried cracked heels?

I get it, but usually just live with it, but on occasion I do grab a product called "Udderly smooth hand cream" it was originally used for cattle, but now it is in drugstores for us humans.
Seems to help.

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Heel Balm!

Without it my feet turn into hooves in the winter, crack and bleed.

Two or three days of rubbing in plenty of Heel Balm makes them look like feet again.

No modern chemical wonder ingredients and not much of the other common ingredients, it is largely urea. I don't know why that works but it does.


If the dry, cracked skin is really bad and thick, start with a soak in Johnson's Foot Soap (which is getting hard to find) or the generic Walgreens substitute. That will make a good part of the dried dead skin get soft and soap-like and you can rub a lot of it off or scrape it off with your fingernails. But be sure to use the Heel Balm immediately after drying your feet or the hard dead skin will come back with a vengeance.

If you're not bleeding, Dremel that chit with the sander. Or get the foot file.

No joke, Dremel works fine just don't apply too much pressure or sand soft/supple skin- if pulls pretty good. My heels and bunions hurt for a day or two as they 'grow' a new protective layer but don't scratch me or anyone else for quite a while.

I've never had cracked heels that were bleeding so follow others' advice if that's the case.

I put a little Carmex on them morning and night for a day or two.

Noting better.

Get your doctor / podiatrist to prescribe 40% Urea cream. Blows the doors off any over the counter lotion / salve / cream. I've tried too many to count over the years. It'll keep your callouses soft period.

Couple it with a high quality callous file to remove the excess dead skin and you'll be good to go.

Beaudreux's butt paste works well for me!

The best there is.

Before you put any grease on your feet, you need to exfoliate them.

Drywall screens work really, really well. On your hands too, when you get rough callouses.

Once that's done, you can add whatever grease you want.

I have not seen a can of Bag Balm in 40 years. But I can still smell it. Dad had a can of it on the shelf out in the barn. He used it on the cattle , dog ,himself and us.

This. It's the only product that works.

Till I read into this, I thought perhaps Obama had quit drinking?

Tried them all. Either didn''t work or were greasy and had an odd odor to 'em.

My Dermatologist recommended Ammonium Lactate 12% solution. Over the counter. Easy application. Takes about 5-7 days to work, then apply with every bath.

Just about any quality hand lotion will work if applied daily after a shower or bath, I use Corel Intensive Healing,but others work too

Another vote for "Bag Balm" One tin lasts a long time.

Also works well on the Dog's belly when it gets scratched up.

Good chance Vaseline ointment would work fine also. Along with a good baby diaper rash product. Desitin, A&D ointment.