Although rarely visible because it is socks or shoes, but the heel remained pretty subtle desires of women. The heel is cracked and dry not only disturb the appearance, this problem can also cause pain due to blisters and irritation.
The cause of cracked heels and dry skin is generally due to dry and harden around the ankle to the back of the heel. The skin on the heel is thicker than the back legs and soles. But due to continuous pressure (especially when wearing high heels), so hardened leather heel and embossed effects of cracks or cracking. Other causes are diabetes mellitus, too much exposure to dust, excessive weight, and fungal infections.
How to care so smooth heel:
- Regularly wash your feet before going to bed, because the best time for treatment of heel is before bed. Because feet will rest and no longer exposed to dust and other dirt.
- Soak feet, preferably water to soak the feet are warm water. Soaking time of about 10 minutes, then scrub with a slowly rotating direction using a pumice stone. This method will remove dead skin cells and keep skin soft and healthy heel.
- Furthermore, washing the feet with soap. Use gentle soap such as baby soap formula.
- After washing your feet, dry them properly using a clean towel. The feet are damp can cause germs comfortable in the heel crack gap.
- After the feet dry, apply a special foot cream that has been circulating in the market. As an alternative natural foot cream, you can use olive oil, coconut oil, or almond oil.
- Then, wear socks (not too thin), to keep moisture absorption while enhancing foot cream or oil that you use.
- Avoid wearing shoes that are too narrow because it is the cause of heel injury and getting cracked or badly cracked. If you have excess weight, avoid heeled shoes that are too high. Pressure excess weight can cause the skin to become cracked or broken heel. The solution, you can wear a heel cushioning to protect the heel from pressure high heels that are too loud.
- When at home, you should wear sandals or light footwear to prevent the entry of dust particles into the cracked heels and also to reduce the pressure from the floor which resulted in the increased severity of cracked heels. Sandals will put extra pressure on the heel soft so it will not damage the leather heel.