How to clean heels from rough skin?

Rough heels and cracks are not only unaesthetic, but also serious discomfort - pain while walking, as well as the inability to pick up beautiful open shoes. To prevent this problem from escalating into serious consequences, it is necessary to remove the coarse layer. In addition to pedicure, there are simple, but very effective folk remedies that will help soften the skin, remove plaque. In this article, we will tell you how to clean your heels from rough skin.

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Why is the skin on the heels coarsening?

The problem of rough skin on the heels is acute for many people, the reasons may be different:

• low-quality, uncomfortable shoes;
• excess weight;
• frequent wearing heels;
• large loads on the legs;
• consequences of the lack of vitamins and minerals.

Important! The stratum corneum, cracks can be symptoms of diseases of the endocrine system, kidneys, fungus, as well as the consequence of various infections and hormonal changes in the body.

In fact, the coarse layer on the heels appears due to the loss of lipids and water through the skin, and for various reasons, the body is not able to compensate for the loss of these substances. Together with constant loads on the legs, the heel skin begins to coarsen, burst, and become covered with cracks. Therefore, it is very important to regularly remove the coarse cover, and moisturize the skin of the heels, soften with nourishing creams.

Important! Before starting treatment, it is advisable to consult a specialist who will help understand the cause of this problem.

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How to remove rough skin from the heels?

If dead skin areas occur on any part of the body, you should, first of all, change your diet. You need to eat properly and fully so that your body is provided with a sufficient amount of vitamins E, A and B.

In addition, it is desirable to use various means of folk cosmetology, thanks to which you can achieve good results in a short time.

It can be quite difficult to clean the heels of rough skin at home, but still, if desired, its condition can be significantly improved. To do this, every night, before you go to bed, take foot baths, and then clean the heels, lubricate them with a nourishing cream, which contains cosmetic oil.

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Recipes of folk remedies for removing coarse areas from the heels

Rough skin is not a modern problem; it always existed. Therefore, there are many simple procedures and recipes on how to eliminate such a skin defect on the legs.

Method 1

One of the simplest procedures is steaming the feet in a soda solution. For this:

1. It is necessary to pour the right amount of hot water into the bowl, dissolve baking soda in it, taking into account the ratio of 1 tbsp. l soda per liter of liquid.
2. In such a bath, you need to keep your feet for 15 minutes until the water cools down.
3. Then you should clean the dead skin with a pumice, brush or nail file.
4. After cleaning, grease your feet with nourishing cream, put on cotton socks and go to bed.

Method 2

A very good effect appears if you soar your legs in a decoction of medicinal plants such as elecampane, calendula, St. John's wort or sage:

1. In order to prepare such a bath, it is necessary to pour crushed dry grass in a ratio of 1 tbsp. spoon of raw materials per liter of water.
2. Then put it all on the stove, bring to a boil, boil for about 5 minutes.
3. After 15 minutes, lower the feet into the cooked broth, leave for 15 minutes.
4. As in the previous case, at the end of the procedure, the heels are cleaned with pumice and smeared with cream.

Method 3

Another very simple recipe for making a foot bath is to add a little sea salt and a couple drops of any essential oil to warm water. Take a bath for 15 minutes.

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Masks and compresses

To keep the skin of your feet always soft, you can make the following masks.

Recipe 1:

1. Rub the yolk of one egg with 1 tbsp. l lemon juice, add 1 tbsp. l any oil is better than olive, castor or tea tree.
2. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth, massage into the feet.
3. After half an hour, rinse off the mask with warm water, grease your feet with cream.

Recipe 2

If the stratum corneum is too thick, then in addition to regular procedures with softening and cleansing the skin of the heels, it is advisable to lubricate the feet with this composition at night:

1. Buy in a pharmacy a bottle of natural purified glycerin - it is not completely filled.
2. Add vinegar essence to the container, and then shake well.
3. Apply this mixture to the feet at night after applying the baths.

Recipe 3:

1. To soften the roughened skin, at night you can tie lemon slices to the heels, put on plastic bags and socks on top.
2. In the morning, remove the bandage, use a pumice stone to clean the heels.

Recipe 4

Night compresses with onions are also very effective:

1. Grind onions in a meat grinder, generously smear the heels with the resulting gruel.
2. From above you need to cover your feet with a gauze bandage, put on bags and socks.
3. In the morning, cleanse swollen skin, rinse your feet, and grease them with a nourishing cream.

Recipe 5

You can make lotions with apple cider vinegar - this tool helps not only remove the coarse layer, but also restore the acid-base balance of the skin:

1. Grease a cotton swab with vinegar and place it on your heels.
2. Next, you need to wrap the legs with cling film and put on socks.
3. Such lotions hold for 3-4 hours, and after they are removed, the feet are treated with pumice and smeared with cream.

Important! Using folk remedies for the treatment of heels, you must be guided by the rule "Do no harm!". Before starting the procedure, be sure to check if you are allergic to the components. And of course, if you systematically look after your heels, and the problem of rough skin does not go away, be sure to consult a doctor, because the reasons can be different, including internal diseases.

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Oil Heel Wraps

Another effective way to soften hardened feet is oil wrap:

1. At night, soak clean cotton socks with olive oil, corn, flax or sunflower oil.
2. Put them on your feet, wrap over cling film and put on one more socks.
3. In the morning, remove softened skin with a pumice stone or a nail file.
4. For a few minutes, lower your feet in the bath with any essential oil.
5. Dry your feet and apply a nourishing cream.

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A few words about nutrition

It will not be superfluous to say again that coarsened skin on the heels is a consequence of a lack of B and A vitamins in the body. These vitamins are found in large quantities in fresh vegetables, such as parsley, green onions and carrots.

The appearance of the stratum corneum is a normal biological process of the body, however, if the stand becomes large and too thick, it is already abnormal. And the reason is precisely the problem with metabolism.

Ideally, you need to consult a dietitian so that he helps to create an optimal daily diet for eating. It should contain a large number of proteins, fruits and vegetables, easily absorbed by the body.This will not completely eliminate the dead skin on the feet, but it will help reduce the manifestation of this problem and accelerate the healing process of cracks.

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We hope this article was useful to you and you were able to completely clean your heels from rough skin, and now you feel much more convenient and comfortable.