Tips for peeling feet?

[pegkerr]

In other earth-shaking news, the bottoms of my feet, now that I'm in sandals for the summer, are peeling horribly. I tried a pumice stone on the rough patches and slathering Vaseline on them at night; but they are not in the least impressed by my efforts.

How do you keep your feet from flaking away?

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[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

I used to have a big problem with heel cracks, where if I ignored them they could continue to crack to the point of bleeding and causing pain with every step. Now I soak my feet in warm water once a week, and then while they're still wet file the edges of my heels with a big old metal file from the hardware store (I'm so hardcore pumice stones just break on me). If I get lax and any cracks still turn up, then right before bed I put lotion on them and then a piece of duct tape to cover -- lots cheaper than bandages, keeps the lotion in the cracks and off the bed and the floor, etc., and is kind of amusing.

Cracked feet may be a vitamin deficiency

[(Anonymous)]

I've had this problem too and NOTHING seemed to help. It's often much worse in the summer. One of my alternative healers (heelers. he he he) told me that it could be a result of a vitamin B12 deficiency. She suggested a B12 only supplement and omega 3/6/9. This seems to help whenever the flare ups occur. (I'm having one right now!) She also said too much folic acid can keep some people's bodies from absorbing b12 (I was taking a supplement with 1250% of the USRDA). You might want to work with an alternative healer or nutritional doctor on this problem. There is hope!