John Myers
Spring is here! The winter boots stay in the closet, instead sneakers, loafers, and ballerinas are back in fashion. But the lighter shoes are often narrower than the cozy snow boots. The result: foot pain, calluses, calluses. We tell you how you can prevent this.
Farewell to hibernation: care for feet properly for spring
In winter, the feet are well packed in thick socks and softly lined snow boots. It is often not noticeable when calluses or dry skin areas form on the feet. Only when the temperatures rise again and the weather allows for lighter shoes again will beautiful, soft feet come into focus again.
You can start with the right foot care in winter and prevent dry skin on your feet, calluses or calluses from developing in the first place. For normal skin, a nourishing foot balm or foot foam with ingredients such as avocado and almond oil, shea butter or aloe vera is sufficient. If the skin on your feet is particularly dry, we recommend a rich foot cream that provides an extra portion of moisture, for example with urea, panthenol, and vitamin B3.
Tip: Massage in the foot care products in the morning after showering – then the day starts with a small wellness treatment. For a particularly intensive care effect, apply foot cream before going to bed and pull cotton socks over it – this allows the ingredients to take effect overnight.
Help cornea! How the feet become soft and tender again
You didn’t take it very seriously with foot care in winter and are now annoyed about calluses, calluses and cracks on your feet? Don’t worry: With the right tools and a little patience, your feet will become soft and tender again – and ready for spring.
That’s how it’s done:
1. Pour warm (not hot) water into a bowl, add a nourishing foot bath with ingredients such as wheat protein and moisturizing lipids and immerse your feet in it. Let the skin on your feet soak for 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Gently rub off calluses with a pumice stone without applying pressure. Danger! If you have particularly hard skin on your feet or very painful calluses and cracks, it is better to go to medical foot care. Otherwise injuries may occur.
3. Dry feet thoroughly and apply lotion. Special callus reducing creams not only provide the feet with moisture, but also prevent the formation of new calluses with fruit acid, for example. For very dry and cracked feet, a cracked ointment is also an option, which has a particularly high urea content, for example.
Sweaty feet in sneakers? It doesn’t have to be
Slipping back into those featherweight sneakers and trainers in spring feels wonderful. But the momentum and good mood evaporate when your feet sweat in the sports shoes and stink as soon as you take your shoes off. It is best to make sure that your sneakers are made of breathable material – such as cotton or leather – or have fine holes that let air into your feet. Ideally, foot sweat does not develop in the first place.
Foot deodorants and shoe deodorants can also have a supportive effect to avoid sweaty, smelly feet. Tip: If the sneakers and sneakers already smell extremely unpleasant, the only thing that helps is to wash them. Some sports shoes can even be machine washed – take a quick look at the care instructions. Avoid perspiration and take care of your feet at the same time? Try using baby powder. This has the additional advantage that the shoes chafe less.
Avoid blisters and corns on your feet
Speaking of which: chafing and pinching shoes can lead to blisters and corns. If your feet are well protected in winter by softly padded snow boots and thick socks, it is not uncommon in spring to come home with blisters on your feet after a long walk in ballerinas, cloth shoes and the like. Especially if you were barefoot in your shoes or if your short sneaker socks slipped, pressure points do the rest.
It is, therefore, best to wear light cotton socks that protrude over the edge of the shoe and sit well. Alternatively, you can put band-aids on your heel or toe, which are typically prone to blisters, before putting your shoes on. If it’s too late, blister plasters can provide relief.
There are special corn plasters against corns. These help preventively, but also against light corns. However, if the corneal cone is already quite deep, the only thing that helps is going to the podiatrist for medical foot care. The risk of injury is simply too great if you try to lend a hand yourself.
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