What to do if it rubs your shoes
It so often happens that the shoes rub the skin of the feet. Moreover, calluses can appear both from new shoes, and from the one that was bought a long time ago, but has 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 it rubs your shoes
First, let's find out the reason why shoes leave calluses on the skin of your feet. There may be several of them:
- The shoe size is incorrect. This case is one of the most common causes of chafing.
- Material from which it is made footwear very rude.
- Wrong choice of model. Everyone's legs are different and it may happen that the model is designed for a completely different foot shape.
- The legs are too swollen. In the store, this is usually not noticeable, but during the day the legs gradually swell and by the evening the size of the legs increases slightly.
If, for one of these reasons, the shoes began to rub, then you need to immediately solve the problem. You can stretch your shoes a little with ordinary newspapers. Tear them into pieces and dampen the paper pulp with water. Now stuff wet newspapers into your shoes and let it dry naturally. After such manipulation, the product will stretch a little, but there is a significant risk of spoiling its shape.
Another stretch 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 rub alcohol on the outside of the shoe to avoid ruining the color and texture. Castor oil can be applied in the same way.
If new shoes or the boots rub the leather in the heel area, a hammer will help here. Wrap a cloth around the striker and tap it on the back of your shoe. From the blows, it will soften and stop rubbing. Treatment of backdrops with ordinary pharmacy glycerin helps a lot from this problem. To do this, first steam the shoe backs with a towel soaked in hot water. It is necessary to shove it inside the shoe and wait for it to cool.
If you began to rub the already worn once footwear, then most likely the leather from which it is made has dried out. The usual baby cream will help here. Lubricate the product with it in the evening, then by the morning the skin will gain elasticity and there will be no more calluses.
What to do to prevent your shoes from chafing
In order not to suffer with the treatment of corns, the problem must be prevented. That is, before putting on a new pair of shoes, take some measures. Special inserts made of silicone or gel will help prevent chafing. They are put into 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.
It helps well from chafing and at the same time stretches the shoes with a special foam for stretching. This tool must be applied to problem areas and walk 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 sprinkle with a stretcher.
Significantly reduces friction by treating the skin of the feet with a special friction-reducing agent Such products are usually available in the form of absorbent powder or hard sticks.
How to treat calluses
If you still have not saved your legs and blisters have swollen on the skin, in no case do not rip them off. This will only worsen the condition. The blister wound heals for a very long time and hurts unbearably. In addition, piercing the blister can lead to infection.
Your best bet is to disinfect the area of the blister and cover it with a patch to relieve pressure on the damaged skin. To speed up the healing of the damaged skin area, use a special plaster for this purpose, for example, the Compid plaster. Before applying the patch, wash your feet with soap and dry your skin well with a towel.
If the bubble does burst, do not peel off the piece of skin covering it. It protects the injured site from infection entering the wound. Gently squeeze out the liquid contained in the bladder, disinfect the area and lubricate with an antibiotic ointment. After that, cover the damaged area with a plaster. Remove the bandage at night so that the wound "breathes". So the healing will be much faster.
