"Like a baby": rough heels - how to get rid of

Rough skin on the heels is very common. If nothing is done about this problem, then over time, the heels become ugly and unkempt. Plus, rough heels can even lead to health problems.

Why does the skin get rough

There are actually not so many reasons why the skin of the heels becomes rough and cracked on it.

Here are the most basic ones:

• Poor quality shoes. Often, in pursuit of savings, people buy shoes made from low-quality synthetic materials. First of all, the feet, and in particular the heels, suffer from this. The skin of the heels quickly becomes dry, corns appear on it, and eventually cracks. In this case, you need to give up uncomfortable shoes. Choose shoes by size so that your foot is not pinched. It is best to give preference to shoes made from natural materials.
• Too much time passes "on my feet". In this case, the person has a large load on the feet. First, this leads to coarsening of the skin, and then to deformation of the feet. Advice for such people - to avoid negative consequences, knead your feet more often, do special gymnastics.
• Health problems. As they say, all internal problems must come out. Rough skin on the heels may indicate digestive or thyroid problems. Therefore, it is worth checking your health.

How to make your heels soft

Regular grooming is important for smooth and soft heels. This is not difficult. For starters, do not use too much coarse pumice stone, and even more so do not cut off the hardened layer of skin with a razor. This can damage your skin and cause infection. You should not rub the steamed skin of the heels with a pumice stone - this will damage the healthy layer of the skin, and the dryness will only worsen.

To quickly smooth the skin of the heels, take this recipe into service:

• Lubricate dry and clean heels with any cream. It is best to take an emollient.
• Wait until the cream is completely absorbed into the skin.
• Now take a heel grater and dampen it a little with water.
• Rub the skin on your heels with quick, light strokes. You will immediately notice how dry keratinized skin falls off.
• Continue the process, if the file is dry, wet it again.
• After buffing the leather, wash your heels and spread the cream again.
• Now put on your natural socks and rest your feet.

The best time to do this is before bed. Do not take off your socks at night, then in the morning you will admire the soft heels of a child.

Softening foot baths

Once a week, do your legs baths... This makes the skin on the heels soft and beautiful. Such baths are not difficult to make on your own using simple tools that can be found in every apartment.

Before pedicure to soften the skin, you can make a bath with laundry soap. Shave some laundry soap and dissolve in hot water. Add a little ammonia to the bath and stir. To get rid of the unpleasant smell of ammonia, you can add some aromatic oils to the water. You can keep your feet in such a bath for about 20 minutes.

Baths with medicinal herbs work very well on the skin of the feet. They tone the skin and relieve inflammation. For the bath, brew the herbs of chamomile, calendula and nettle, oak bark. After this procedure, you need to lubricate the legs with cream and put on cotton socks.

To soften the skin of the feet, it is good to do a bath with oatmeal... Mix two glasses of oatmeal broth with a large spoonful of pine needles broth and keep your feet in such a bath for half an hour. After completing the procedure, wipe your feet dry and lubricate with cream.