Recommendations for foot cream

[MarkGeordie]

Can anyone recommend any foot cream?

My feet feel dry and hard.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Any good moisturiser will do. The best I ever found was cow udder cream which was recommended by a forum member elsewhere many years ago.

 

[Felinia]

I was advised to get E45 cream, available in any chemist. I have nice smooth feet now!

 

[rebrascora]

I cannot recommend Margaret Dabbs Foot Hygiene Cream highly enough. I have tried every cream available over the period of my life (55yrs)including Flexitol and Udder Cream, Okeiffe's, the Norwiegen one I can't remember the name of. Flexitol which used to be prescribed on the NHS was the best solution until I found Margaret Dabbs but my feet are the best they have ever been since I started using this a few years ago and by a long chalk. I used to have horrendous keens and be hobbling with the pain of them but not any more even at this time of year and I work outdoors and wear wellies a lot of the time.
There are a range of Margaret Dabbs products so make sure you find the correct one if you decide to try it. It comes in a 100ml or 150ml tub with a little spatula to scrape some off as it is a solid grease. It smells like an expensive spa treatment, not perfumed but infused with essential oils like tea tree but also contains emu oil and salicylic acid which helps fight/prevent fungal problems like athletes foot and fungal nail infections.
It may appear expensive at £15-£25 for a pot off ebay depending upon which size, but you only use a very small amount and one pot usually lasts me a whole year. Feet do need to be kept rasped every so often to remove dead/dry skin from building up but this stuff keeps the new skin beautifully soft and supple. If it was twice the price I would still buy it. If you read the reviews, most people who have tried it will also rave about it.
I am low income but it is a product that makes my life so much more comfortable and pain free, I would not be without it.... I often use it on my hands too at this time of year and they are so much better than they used to be as well.

 

[Kaylz]

Vaseline Aloe Vera body lotion works great for my feet and only £2 a big bottle from Savers

 

[silentsquirrel]

I may be tempting fate here, but I still get Flexitol on prescription - I keep expecting it to be added to the list of stuff you have to buy yourself, but not yet! Perhaps 'the list' varies among CCGs.
It is very effective.

 

[rebrascora]

I have always bought it over the counter in the past but when I was showing the DSN my Margaret Dabbs (she was very impressed), I thought she mentioned that they were no longer prescribing Flexitol which I didn't know was available on prescription.... I was prescribed steroid creams throughout my childhood and teens and only realised as an adult that they were doing more harm than good and have managed my skin myself since then with friends and family buying me whatever was new on the market to try. I find that the Flexitol turns my skin yellow and seems to encourage it to grow faster so I was constantly having to rasp my feet to keep the skin from getting too thick and cracking. I know that rasping is an integral part of managing the skin on my feet but it just seemed to be accelerated with Flexitol and it seemed to make me more prone to athletes foot.

 

[silentsquirrel]

I have always bought it over the counter in the past but when I was showing the DSN my Margaret Dabbs (she was very impressed), I thought she mentioned that they were no longer prescribing Flexitol which I didn't know was available on prescription.... I was prescribed steroid creams throughout my childhood and teens and only realised as an adult that they were doing more harm than good and have managed my skin myself since then with friends and family buying me whatever was new on the market to try. I find that the Flexitol turns my skin yellow and seems to encourage it to grow faster so I was constantly having to rasp my feet to keep the skin from getting too thick and cracking. I know that rasping is an integral part of managing the skin on my feet but it just seemed to be accelerated with Flexitol and it seemed to make me more prone to athletes foot.

Thinking about it, the box is labelled 'Prescription Pack'. I find it really good on the soles and heels (not noticed they are yellow!), but a bit fierce for the tops and lower legs, they get any cheap moisturiser handy!
The Bodyshop do a very good foot file, much kinder than the metal files.

 

[Pine Marten]

I may be tempting fate here, but I still get Flexitol on prescription - I keep expecting it to be added to the list of stuff you have to buy yourself, but not yet! Perhaps 'the list' varies among CCGs.
It is very effective.

Yes, I get it on prescription too, so I might keep a lookout for Margaret Dabbs or similar just in case! And I've not noticed yellow feet either 😱