Looking after your Feet

We usually spend so much time looking after our face and hair that we forget about our feet. One may take out extra time for shampooing, conditioning hair and putting up lotion on the body but they don’t take out few minutes to scrub the feet. Thinking who will see their feet??? Right...wrong

What causes Foot Odor?

The reasons for foot odor are due to wearing shoes and sweaty feet. The human feet and hands has more sweat glands than any other part of the body. The feet has 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 tendons, muscles and ligaments.

The feet are trapped whole day in the socks and shoes and are not able to breathe and thus the bacteria work on them and causes smell. Than when an individual is on medication or there is hormonal changes in the body or is stressed than he will sweat more and it will lead to more smell.

How to prevent Foot Odor?

# Scrub the feet with the wash cloth as it helps in removing the dead tissues, bacteria and fungus.

# Change socks daily.

# Wear socks with closed shoes.

# Wash feet’s with lukewarm water and mild soap. Pat them dry and apply foot cream after bath in the morning and before retiring to bed at night.

# Wear thick soft cotton socks preferably white or pale coloured.

# Wear shoes of leather, canvas and avoid wearing plastic shoes as they don’t let feet breathe

# Don’t wear shoes for whole day.

# Avoid wearing nylon socks.

# Sprinkle non medicated baby powder or foot powder frequently on your feet.

# Avoid walking barefoot.

# Wear plastic slippers only when you have to go for shower or are at beach.

# Be regular in exercise. Walking is best form of it.

# Use pumice stone after bath to remove callusesdefine as skin is still humid. Don’t rub back and forth but in one direction only or you can injure your foot.

# Examine your feet daily to see if any blister, wound, infection etc. are formed.

# Get your feet examined from doctor once a year.

Taking out some time everyday and following some simple steps can keep your feet healthy and it will also save you from getting embarrassed due to smelly feet.

Home Remedies

* If you have got cracked heels than following simple tips will help

Melt paraffin wax and mix it with either mustard oil or butter oil (desi ghee) and apply it on the cracked heel daily at bed time. You will see the difference in few days.

Mash ripe banana and mix it with honey and apply on cracked feet. Wash after ten or twenty minutes.

* Massaging feet’s with the warm coconut oil at night will make feet soft and smooth.

* Foot Odor

Sprinkle baking soda in your shoes.

Soak your feet in lukewarm water with five tea bags for half an hour.