All decked up with accessories, wrapped with the beautiful ensemble, and sweet-smelling perfume – is all that one focus on while stepping out of the house.
However, one of the noticeable and important parts, along with face and hair, is our feet. While working in the house or office – walking all day long and the changing weather makes dry, cracked feet.
Now, this is one such issue that instantly falls upon your impression. Cracked heels – chipped and hard skin comes to notice quickly. One of the major reasons we ignore this issue is the thought process that one wears a shoe or footwear, which will certainly cover up the cracked heels. Well, it’s time to break the jinx with cracked heels treatment.
Surely we cover feet with footwear and shoes – however, comfortable your footwear be you will uncomfortable due to these cracked heels. The rough and harsh skin will certainly not make you feel good.
Therefore, there are many remedies and precautions that one can take to heal cracked heels and not let them persist in the future!
Remedies for Cracked Heels
Rice Flour:
We all know that to soften the skin and reduce the roughness, we need to scrub the dead skin cells properly. Rice flour is one of the best and choicest homemade scrubs as a cracked heel remedy. When you exfoliate your foot, it removes the dead skin and also reduces the dryness.
Follow the steps in order to exfoliate your cracked heels:
- Take a ½ bowl of ground rice flour.
- Add a teaspoon of honey and apple cider vinegar into it.
- Mix the ingredients well.
- If you have really rough and hard skin on the heels, do add a teaspoon of olive oil or coconut oil to the mixture.
- Firstly, soak your feet in warm water for about 10 minutes
- Now wipe the water gently using a towel and apply the exfoliating mask on the feet
- Scrub the heels and corners of your feet
- Wash it off with warm water and sprinkle rose water or toner once completely done
One can repeat this process once a week and then reduce it to once a month when the cracked heels are healed completely.
Sea Salt and Oatmeal Scrub:
Exfoliation is definitely one of the essential remedies that heal cracked heels. Therefore, one other scrub is the sea salt and oatmeal scrub. To make the scrub follow the following steps:
You will require:
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 100 ml of almond oil
- 100 gms sea salt
- 100 gms honey
- 100 gms rice powder
- 10 drops juniper oil
- 10 drops peppermint oil
Unlike the rice flour scrub, the sea salt and oatmeal scrub can be stored in an airtight jar and also has to be used daily. Using a loofah, scrub the exfoliator on your feet. This will remove the dirt and roughness of the skin and reduce the dead skin cells on the skin to make it smoother and softer.
Lemon, Salt, Glycerin, and Rosewater:
It is never wrong in going over with home remedies. In-home remedies sometimes “The more, the merrier” works. The things you will require are:
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons glycerine
- 2 teaspoons rosewater
- Warm water
- In a bucket, half-filled with lukewarm water add a teaspoon of raw salt, 8 to 10 drops of lemon juice, one teaspoon of glycerine and one teaspoon on rosewater.
- Scrub your feet nicely after soaking your leg in the warm water.
- Now wipe off and wash your feet
- Then pour a few drops of glycerine, rosewater, and lemon juice in a bowl. Apply it on your cracked heels and wear socks
- Leave it overnight
- Wash off with warm water and moisturize it.
Paraffin Wax:
It might sound shocking but apply paraffin wax on the cracked heels, but when the things go out of your hand, and the cracked heels cause immense pain and wear out of the skin, paraffin wax is the perfect crack heel remedy.
You need to melt the wax using a double boiler and add two tablespoons of coconut oil. There apply the wax using a brush on the infected area. Remember to et the wax cool down for a few minutes. You will require to apply four to five coats of paraffin wax.
After applying the layers of paraffin wax, cover the area with a plastic bag after slightly drying. Peel off the wax after 30 minutes of application. This treatment can be done twice a week. However, it is advised that people with poor blood circulation must not use this remedy.
Indian Lilac:
Popularly known as the “neem”, it is one of the remedies known to have clear and smooth skin. People often try out neem as a remedy for their face. However, a few know that it works great for the cracked heels as well.
It is one of the easiest ways to process the remedy. All you will require is to crush the leaves and make a paste. Then add a teaspoon of turmeric powder to it. Apply the paste on the cracked heels. Leave the paste for about 30 minutes. Wash the feet with a clean cloth.
Banana and Avocado Mask:
Banana and avocado is one recipe that makes the cracked heels and makes the heels smoother and softer in a few weeks. The banana is said to be a great remedy to smoothen the skin. The rough and hard skin and the dead skin cells are removed from the heels, and you get smoother heels.
Baking Soda:
Deodorizing properties of baking soda helps exfoliate the skin, keeps odour away and prevents infections of cracks.
- 4-5l warm water
- 2 tbsp baking soda
- soft scrub sponge/brush/pumice stone
- moisturizer
- lavender essential oil
- Add baking soda to the warm water and let it dissolve.
- Let your feet soak in the warm water for about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add lavender essential oil for nourishment
- Dry your feet with a cotton towel
- Massage your feet with regular moisturizer
- Cover it up with good quality socks.
Home Made Pedicure:
Either you have been born with a silver spoon, or you are an insane one to go to the beauty salon every week for pedicure and manicure. Because, honestly, it’s too expensive. However, since that should not stop you from taking perfect care of your feet, a homemade pedicure is the ideal option that brings better results than your beautician can fetch for you.
Five easy steps to follow for a homemade pedicure
1. BASIC CLEAN UP: Remove nail paint from your feet nails and wash it with clean water. Trip your nails to ensure you remove all the dirt that long and unattended nails have accumulated.
2. SOAKING: Bring yourself a bucket full of lukewarm water. Add some salt to the water, fresh lemon juice and other essential oils to the water. Relax and let your feet soaked for 30 minutes.
3. EXFOLIATION: Dry your feet with a soft cotton towel before starting exfoliation. Gently rub pumice stone or rough marble on your feet to eliminate all the dead skin cells. Do not rub hard. That May hurt the skin.
4. MOISTURIZATION: Clean your feet again with
5. DRESS UP: Let your feet dry naturally after moisturization. Once done, you can again use your favourite nail paint or experiment with some new colour on your feet nails. Make sure you don’t let nails grow too big.
Precautions
Prevention is always better than cure. But, we understand, it’s not always possible to pay the best of attention to our own self. Our heels are the usual victim of our regular negligence. You can always take few precautions to ensure you have silky smooth heels and cracks that remain far from your feet.
- Keep your feet always nourished with moisturizer
- Ensure complete dryness for your feet before you go to bed
- Regularly scrub your heels with pumice stone or Pebbles.
- Always manage a good pair of shoes for your feet
- Drink enough water to keep your feet hydrated from inside
Conclusion:
It’s always the shape of your heels that would tell how sincere you are towards health and taking care of yourself. Pretty faces can easily be masked, but usually feet we neglect, which tells the world about your class.
Cracked heels, most obviously, isn’t a preeminent health issue, but if attention is not paid, it can turn into a huge health issue and embarrassment that can cause pain at multiple levels. Besides, it may ultimately cause a kind of disability none would wish.
We have given you here simple yet effective solutions to keep your heels beautiful and healthy. Try them out and share your experience.
