Can anyone recommend something to soothe the heels on my feet?

Shea butter. Soaking in Epsom salt is good to remove dead skin and then rub in loads of shea butter.

I have a real problem with my heals and I use 3 products in rotation (I read somewhere it is a good idea to not repeatedly use the same lotion, I don’t know if that is true or not.) I put the creme on at night and then put cotton socks on.
Eucerin Original Moisturizing Creme (not the lotion)
Udderly Smooth Udder Cream (yes, the kind that is used on milking cows)
Crabtree & Evelyn Gardners Hand Therapy.

I hope this helps!

I think I might be the only woman I know that’s reached my age (43) and still has soft heels. I rarely put lotion on my feet, or do anything special to them. The only thing I can think of is that I’m hardly ever barefoot. I wear socks and shoes all the time, unless I’m sleeping or in the shower. You might try getting a pair of ‘house shoes’ (I have some comfy clogs that I use for this), some kind of slip on shoes with good padding. I take off my ‘day’ shoes (usually tennis shoes) as soon as I possibly can and slip into my clogs. Maybe you can train yourself to do this, and along with the lotions/exfoliating, you’ll have soft heels again.

Animal fat (Lard) the Inuit swear by it I hear :-/
Or was it the Polynesians? :-/

OK, I have actually tried and had success curing my husband’s badly and deeply cracked heels with heel balm containing urea.

There are several different brands available.

Go to an Asian grocery and find a foot stone. It is a piece of pumice with a brush on one side. Gently rub your heels with the pumice and some soap and follow up with the brush. it will keep the excess skin under control.

I too have perpetually awful heals. One thing that has worked at least somewhat is before bed after a shower to soften them up, I smear them with petroleum jelly (Aquaphor might work better but I’ve never used it), put on a pair of socks, and hit the hay. If I do it every single night eventually it begins to help.

Pretty feet by Marykay. Also ped egg really works well on my feet
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go crazy with a ped egg first and rub your heels to get some blood flowing, once you’ve done this gently rub in some witch hazel treatment mixed with a mint oil and an exfoliator of your choice, home remedies are always best

I don’t have the problem but my daughters do. Olive oil works for them and is so cheap compared to creams, or coconut oil. @augustlan I’m 56 and have soft heels. Too bad it’s not an erotic thing.

Vermont’s Original Bag Balm in the square green tin. It’s medicated lanolin and I’ve used it on my feet and also my dog’s feet. A week every night with socks over has worked to make it easier to slough off the cracked skin and sooth the cuts or sore parts. Tile floors dry the hell out of barefeet so I try to wear slippers or flip flops at home but they’ll dry my feet in just a few days otherwise.

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Try some natural home remedies:-

Here is a compilation of the best known remedies to treat cracked heels:

-Apply any shortening or hydrogenated vegetable oil after washing the feet clean on dry and cracked areas of the feet. After applying a thick coat of shortening on the feet, wear a pair of thick socks. Leaving this application overnight can surely provide positive results in few days.

-Apply the pulp of a ripe banana on the dry or cracked area of the heel. Leave it on for 10 minutes and rinse it clean.

-Soak the feet in lemon juice for about 10minutes. Follow this therapy on a weekly basis until one finds a change.

-A daily regime of cleaning and moisturizing is a good cure for dry or cracked heels. At the end of the day soak the feet in warm soapy water for about 15 minutes. Rinse feet and pat dry. Make a healing mixture comprising of: one teaspoon Vaseline and the juice of one lemon. Rub this mixture onto the cracked heels and other required areas of the feet till it is thoroughly absorbed. This can be done daily until visible results are obtained.

-A regular application of a mixture of glycerin and rosewater is known to soothe and cure cracked heels.

-Another result oriented solution is to melt paraffin wax and mix it well with little mustard oil. Apply on the dry or cracked area of the heels. Rinse it off in the morning. A continuous application for 10 to15 days can achieve desirable results.

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Whenever I wear sneakers without socks my feet sweat a lot and afterwards they are less cracked.

Also, get a foot tub and soak your feet every night.

I invested in a foot bath; and it was well worth it. Use warm tap water and a little mild soap, then give them a good scrub afterwards. Pat dry, apply a lotion and put on your cotton socks. Voilà!

If you have a beauty salon near you, my wife swears by a product called Pretty Feet. its in a mid-size purple tube and she uses it every night. its not expensive, but the ingredients seem to really help make her feet a lot smoother. i can atest to this as we play footsie in bed many nights. (she usually wins).