Treatment for Cracked Heels

My heels always crack in the winter and I have found that a good pumice stone and foot balm really does the trick.  Just soak your feet and scrub that dead skin away!  After I am though, I always use a good foot balm to get some moisture into my feet. Do this and I guarantee that your feet will be smoothe as silk.  I use NeatFeat Foot Pumice and NeatFeat Foot and Heal Balm.  It's a great brand and I highly suggest it.  I get it at Therawear and I think the website is http://www.therawear.com/neat_feat_foot_pumice.html if anyone is interested.  I hope this helps keep your feet soft!

Why would I want to put salicylic acid on my cracked heels???  I'm not into pain, thank you.

Even though the idea that super glue could have "Toxic affects" if you use too much (a train car full) there is nothing that cures the pain instantly like super glue. My Dermatologist reccomended it years ago ~~ and I use it still today. It is widely used and has been for decades in some form or another for medical purposes - I even snoped it to make sure! Sure my heels get cracked - but thick dry skin is like a "Stiff piece of wood" that is trying to bend - so I keep that as thin as possible by using a Parmasean cheese duster / grater - it is the same instrument that they use when I get a pedicure, and with some soaking and soap, I can thin out the skin around the cracks, clean them well, and then apply the superglue...The "Grater" has a larger surface space and can get the heel clean in short order, I can then use a pumice stone to smooth it out even further. With heels that are cracking - the little $5.00 sander at the drug store is of NO value - the paper will be demolished long before your heels will see results. I have dealt with this my entire life, and yes, petroleum jelly, neosporin type ointment, socks, aloe socks all of those things help - but I have to walk way too many steps every day, and helping isn't enough - if my heals are cracked - I grate/scrape to decrease the movement of skin around the crack, and then seal with my super glue...Don't waste money on things that don't work! A $5.00 Cheese grater (looks like metal with nail punches on it) and a $3.00 bottle of superglue. Quick and affective! I carry a bottle of "Krazy Glue" in my purse, keep it beside my bed, and in the kitchen for small cuts to my hands or to seal off a torn hangnail even - there are a zillion uses for it - they even use the same base product in the hospitals!