Taking care of foot blisters?

Whatever you do, don’t pop them. That leaves raw skin out. I’d put Neosporin on them & cover with a bandage when you’re wearing shoes. Go barefoot as much as you can to let them heal.

If you can resist, try not to break them open. When you have shoes on, cover them with band-aids.
If you really can’t stand to not pop them, I can tell you a way to go about it that will keep them draining.

Also, if you put a bandage on the blisters, then put socks over the bandages. The socks will help keep the bandages in place and help keep things clean.

I ran across an interesting bandage this week that has a gel pad – it really cushions problem areas nicely.

What about the old-fashioned moleskin. You cut them in the shape of a flat donut and let the blister sit in the hole. The moleskin prevents the shoe from coming into contact with blister.

We used it when hiking with boots; someone always had a blister.

I just had the same thing happen to me last night!
:)

Hey, thanks for all of the advice!

A hydrocolloid dressIng is also pretty effective

I know people always say not to break or lance the blister but having danced for several nights a week over a period of years I can offer this:

break the skin with the tiniest cut you can and then pack it with a paste made from a real aspirin tablet mixed with water and then cover it with a bandaid. Before sleeping, remove the bandage, swab the blister with peroxide and let it dry out over night. After a day, the skin should dry up enough to be snipped away and no need for bandage.

100% wool socks. They are firm enough to support your feet but soft enough to prevent (or more rapidly heal) blisters.

I’m a blister magnet, what people say about keeping you feet dry and naked is true. It’s common sense, keep your feet out of the problem area for awhile. I use neosporin and a medicated band-aid (the anti scar type) and socks to help keep the band-aid on. But you have to change the band-aid every day to keep your feet from getting infected from the unavoidable sweating and bacteria.