Healing Cracked Heels
Author: Sharon Hopkins

According to statistics, an average person walks around 6500 km
in his lifetime. So you can imagine how much stress your feet go
through in one lifetime. Cracked heels are due to years of
neglect; hence do not expect positive results in two days.

- Common cause for Cracked Heels

• Standing for long periods of time
• Being overweight
• Open backed shoes
• Medical condition which causes drying of the skin, prevalent
in diabetes
• Skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema

Common Treatment for Cracked Heels

• Clean and moisturize your feet daily. Before going to bed,
soak your feet in warm, soapy water for 15 minutes, wash and
dab it dry. Take one teaspoon Vaseline, add lemon juice
extracted from one lemon. Rub this mixture on your feet mainly
the cracked areas. Let the skin absorb this mixture. Do this
daily to get maximum benefits.

• Mixture of glycerin and rosewater applied on daily basis
helps heal the cracked feet.

• Exfoliating and scrubbing your feet is very important. The
accumulation of dead skin can worsen the problem. Use of pumice
stone or a loofah to remove the dead skin is recommended.

• Apply oil based moisturizer on your feet, twice daily if
possible.

• Pamper your feet by giving it a pedicure either at home or at
a parlor. If you are too lazy to go to the parlor wash your feet
in sea salt water and scrub it. Apply hand and body cream on
your feet.

• In 100 gms of coconut oil add 3 teaspoon camphor and 3
tablespoon paraffin wax melted. Apply this daily on your
cracked heels before going to bed. After washing it in the
morning apply hand and body cream.

• Exfoliation with the help of strawberry. Crush 6-8
strawberries; mix two tablespoons of olive or almond oil and
one teaspoon of sea salt. Apply this paste on your feet and use
vigorous movements to improve blood circulation. Leave it for
10-15 minutes; rinse using with warm water then cold water. You
could do the same thing using almonds instead of strawberries.
Other scrubs can be prepared by grinding corncobs and walnut
sheet (very useful for tough skin and hardened heels). The
juices and oil from the different fruits and nuts helps to
nourish your feet.

Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all
precautionary measures while following instructions on the home
remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if
you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader
and not with the site or the writer.


About The Author: Sharon Hopkins handles many websites relating
to natural home remedies such as
http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com, which has lot of
information on home based natural cures and remedies. Taking
care of your feet is very important, by using simple home
remedies we can treat cracked heel problem.