The appearance of cracked heels is a common and rather serious problem that causes a lot of inconvenience and pain while walking. 

Unfortunately, no one is immune from such troubles, therefore, the sooner treatment is started, the more successful the result will be. Healthy skin on the heels should have a smooth and soft surface, but more often it has defects in the form of calluses, cracks and corns. To combat them, it is necessary to use all kinds of remedies for cracked heels, which are offered in abundance today by both beauty parlors and traditional medicine.

 

 

Why does the skin on the heels crack?

There can be many reasons for the appearance of cracks, and the main ones are:

• the presence of dermatitis;
• uncomfortable shoes that cause swelling;
• lack of vitamins;
• metabolic disease;
• fungal diseases of the feet;
• too frequent peeling;
• excessive dryness of the skin;
• wearing synthetic socks.

The main danger of cracks is not even in their soreness and inconvenience, but in the fact that any infection can enter the body through them, since the heels are not protected by anything.

How to treat heel cracks?

Before you begin to treat cracked heels, it is worth finding out the presence of diseases that could provoke such a phenomenon. If they are, then simple care, even the most thorough one, will not help solve this issue, and if everything is in order with health, then you should try to change your diet and uncomfortable shoes first. There are many opinions about this advice from those who visit the forums. If there is no effect, you need to contact the specialists of the beauty salon.

 

 

When contacting professionals, it will be much easier to solve the problem: the beautician will process the heels and edges of the cracks in accordance with all the rules. This will require at least two sessions, in more advanced cases - more. But having visited the salon, you should not think that the problem is solved forever. Constant independent foot care is required, otherwise even the most effective treatment will not help.

If it is impossible or unwilling to go to a beauty parlor, you can always try to cure your heels on your own. There are a huge number of folk recipes with which you can quickly put your heels in order. Anyone who wants to learn the most effective means to solve a problem can visit the forum. It all depends on the condition of the legs and the neglect of the problem, but with great desire and perseverance, excellent results can be achieved.

Self-treatment of cracks

What home remedies help in the treatment? The easiest option for curing your heels on your own is to use ready-made pharmaceutical formulations. To do this, apply it before going to bed on the skin of the legs and wear cotton socks on top. In the morning, all the remnants of the product are washed off. A good prevention for heels is to use a healing cream with aloe or glycerin, which should be applied after a bath or shower.

 

 

You can also make foot baths, which work well against cracks. By visiting the health forums, everyone will find their own recipe for foot baths. We offer these options:

• Mineral soap - 0.5 teaspoon dissolved in hot water - 2 liters and add baking soda - 1 tablespoon. Soak your feet in the solution for 10 minutes, for the best effect, you need to rub your heels with a brush. The course of procedures is designed for 10 days, after which a break for a month is necessary.
• Pour cold and hot water into two different containers and alternately lower your legs into them. In cold water, you need to keep them for 10 seconds, in hot - 2 minutes. A contrast bath is good not only to heal cracks, but also as a means to strengthen blood vessels, relieve fatigue and increase blood circulation.
• A mixture of medicinal herbs in any composition: chamomile, St. John's wort, succession, calendula, sage brew, cool and use for baths. After completion, wipe the feet and lubricate the heels with cream. This recipe is good for treating small cracks.

 

 

Other folk recipes

By visiting forums and reading user reviews, you can quickly get the information you need about a particular tool. It is important that the treatment of folk remedies is good because it is absolutely safe and all recipes can be used indefinitely, with the exception of an allergic reaction to individual components of the formulations.

Oil compresses from olive or vegetable oil: soak socks with oil, put on feet and wrap with a film on top. After 4 hours, remove, wash off the oil with warm water. Compresses soften the feet well and fight against cracks. This is the easiest and fastest way to get help.

Lubricating the heels with glycerin mixed with water is the easiest way to soften the skin of the feet and visibly reduce the number of cracks.

You can also apply fir balm to the cracks, cover with gauze and fix with a bandage and leave the compress overnight. After steaming the feet and smearing the heels with honey, put a cabbage leaf on top, secure with a bandage. It is necessary to treat cracks with this recipe until complete healing.

Boil the potato peels with the addition of flaxseed to the state of gruel, dip your feet into it for 20 minutes. Rinse off the mixture, smear the cracks with foot cream.

 

 

A mask of the following components has a good effect against this problem: mix onions, camphor oil and lard into a homogeneous mass, put it on a film and wrap it around your heels. Such a tool is able to cure legs from cracks in just one session.

Cracks can be successfully treated with homemade creams, for example: 300 g cow's oil, marshmallow and cinquefoil roots - boil 25 grams each for an hour in a water bath. Ready anti-crack cream should be rubbed into the heels of the feet at night. Women writing reviews on the forum talk about the benefits of home-made creams and their own experience.

Tools for deep cracks

Sometimes the cracks are quite deep and very painful. To treat them effectively, it is necessary to use preparations containing petroleum jelly.

Steam the feet and apply petroleum jelly on them, seal with a plaster and leave overnight. The number of procedures depends on the result, they must be done until the heels are completely healed. Those women who visit the forum speak very positively about this recipe.

An effective method is in which paraffin, beeswax and salicylic acid are heated in equal proportions and applied to cracks in four layers. Each of the applied layers must first dry.

Fix the compress with a bandage and leave overnight, and in the morning rinse with a soda-soap bath and rub with a pumice stone. Deep cracks can be treated with this method until they disappear.

Lubricate the fabric with honey, attach it to the heels and secure with a bandage, leave the bandage overnight. In the morning, wash off the remaining honey and treat the surface of the feet with moisturizing oil. You can use adhesive tape to keep moisture on them for as long as possible. Deep cracks with the help of honey heal much faster.

The most difficult moment is the process of inflammation of cracks and the appearance of abscesses. In this case, you need to seek help from a doctor, since no folk remedies will help in this situation. People who themselves have gone through problems with cracks often turn to the forum, where they post photos before and after treatment, which show the positive result of all the efforts made.

After reviewing the above recipes and tips, as well as repeatedly visiting the forum, everyone can choose the most acceptable and optimal option for themselves, which will eliminate the problem of cracks and keep the heels smooth and tender for a long time.