What to do if your shoes rub
It often happens that shoes rub the skin of your feet. Moreover, calluses can appear both from new shoes and from those that were purchased a long time ago, but have not been worn for a long time. However, knowing some secrets will help you avoid this trouble.
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What to do if your shoes rub
First, let's find out the reason why shoes leave calluses on the skin of the feet. There may be several of them:
- The shoe size is incorrect. This case is included in the list of the most common causes of chafing.
- Material from which it is made shoes, very rude.
- Wrong choice of model. Everyone's feet are different and it may happen that the model is designed for a completely different foot shape.
- My legs are too swollen. In the store, this is usually not noticeable, but during the day the legs gradually swell and by evening the size of the legs increases slightly.
If for one of these reasons your shoes begin to rub, then you need to solve the problem immediately. You can stretch your shoes a little using regular newspapers. Tear them into pieces and moisten the paper pulp with water. Now push the wet newspapers into your shoes and wait for them to dry naturally. After such manipulation, the product will stretch a little, but there is a significant risk of ruining its shape.
Another stretching option is to use alcohol or beer. Rub the inside of your shoes with it, put it on and walk around the apartment until it is completely dry. The product should stretch. Do not use alcohol on the outside of your shoes to avoid ruining the color and texture. Castor oil can be used in the same way.
If new shoes or shoes rub the skin in the heel area, then a hammer will help. Wrap the impact aid in a cloth and tap it on the back of the shoe. The blows will soften it and stop rubbing. Treating backdrops with regular pharmaceutical glycerin helps with this problem. To do this, first steam the backs of your shoes with a towel soaked in hot water. You need to put it inside your shoes and wait until it cools down.
If you start to rub something that was already worn once shoes, then most likely the leather from which it is made has dried out. A regular baby cream will help here. Lubricate the product in the evening, then by morning the skin will gain elasticity and there will be no more calluses.
What to do to prevent shoes from rubbing
In order not to suffer from the treatment of calluses, the problem must be prevented. That is, before you put on a new pair of shoes, take some precautions. Special inserts made of silicone or gel will help prevent chafing. They are placed in shoes under the heels, in the heel area and other places where chafing is possible. These pads reduce pressure on the skin and calluses do not appear.
A special stretching foam helps prevent chafing and at the same time stretches the shoes. This product must be applied to problem areas and walked around the apartment in shoes. Stretching will be more effective if you first warm up the shoes from the inside with a hairdryer, and only then spray them with a stretcher.
Treating the skin of the feet with a special agent that reduces friction significantly reduces friction. Such products are usually produced in the form of absorbent powder or solid sticks.
How to treat calluses
If you still haven’t taken care of your legs and blisters appear on your skin, do not rip them off under any circumstances. This will only make the condition worse. The wound from the blister takes a very long time to heal and is unbearably painful. In addition, puncturing a blister can cause an infection.
It is best to disinfect the area of the blister and cover it with a band-aid to relieve pressure on the damaged skin. To speed up the healing of damaged skin, use a special patch for this purpose, for example, the Compid patch. Before applying the patch, wash your feet with soap and dry your skin well with a towel.
If the bubble does burst, do not tear off the piece of skin covering it. It protects the injured area from infection entering the wound. Gently squeeze out the liquid contained in the bubble, disinfect the area and lubricate it with an antibiotic ointment. After this, cover the damaged area with a band-aid. At night, remove the bandage to allow the wound to “breathe.” This will make healing much faster.
