Where I live the winds have really started howling lately! Being the high desert, it’s already dry here, but adding the winds has really created a challenge when it comes to keeping my various extremities from drying out. Luckily, Heel Vitality is NOT just for heels! I personally use it on my elbows, my hands, my toes, and my knees, [...]
About seven months ago I reported here in this blog about this amazing spa therapy in Hong Kong where little fish are used to clean all the dry skin off of feet. I thought it was an incredibly cool idea, but I recently read a report in the Mail Online (UK paper) that there is now some concern that this [...]
My wife is a cosmetologist. She cuts and styles hair for many people each day. This requires her to be on her feet all day long. She comes home at the end of a very long day and expresses how tired and worn out her feet are. It doesn’t help her that she has cracked and peeling feet. I feel [...]
I recently spent a few days at a trade show and conference where I had the dubious pleasure of walking for hours upon hours each day. By the end of the show my feel were swollen and sore, and I had a blister on each foot. And because at the end of each day I stumbled into my hotel room [...]
I was enjoying some Mexican food with an avocado today, and having nothing better to do … started thinking about the avocado. It seems to be one of those foods people either love or hate. This (to me) delicious fruit has the added bonus of being able to produce a rich and extremely deep penetrating oil that is rich in [...]
I had a weird childhood memory float up to the surface of my brain the other day. It was of myself and my mother shopping for shoes (for her) back in the ’60s. This was before the big chain shoe stores, back when personal service was the way of the world. Anyway, what I remembered was that my mom would [...]
Here’s another excellent WebMD report on dry winter skin: http://www.webmd.com/healthy-beauty/video/winterizing-your-skin. This one discusses not only the fact that winter can dry you, but goes on to talk about the way the dryness can itch like crazy, making it difficult to function at home and at work! Living where it’s dry anyway, but especially so in winter, I’m so glad I [...]
This WebMD video (http://www.webmd.com/healthy-beauty/video/dry-skin-emergencies) gives you a good idea of what can happen to your skin during the cold, dry winter months. The air is dry, you probably take more super-hot baths and showers, offices turn up the heat … it’s a recipe for dry skin. Thankfully, there is a solution. One that is easy to use, inexpensive to purchase, [...]
According to ePodiatry.com, “…Cracked heels are a common foot problem … often referred to as heel fissures. Cracked heels are commonly caused by dry skin (xerosis), and made more complicated if the skin around the rim of the heel is thick (callus). For most people this is a nuisance and a cosmetic problem but when the fissures or cracks are [...]
It’s very important to know the difference between heels/feet that are dry and cracked, and feet that have become infected or have a fungus problem. Both are uncomfortable, both are unsightly, and both can be fixed. But to know which treatment to use you do have to know which problem you have. Athlete’s foot can be tricky to diagnose because [...]
