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Can chapped heels feet be cured?

Chapped heels feet are a phenomenon that relates more to medical problems than cosmetic ones. Therefore, approaches to the treatment of chapped heels feet lie in the treatment of a number of diseases of the body, which can be accompanied by cracking of the skin on the heels.

The causes of chapped heels feet are directly related to the condition of the body's skin. Skin cells change their structure and biophysical characteristics due to metabolic disorders, blood supply, as a result of which skin trophism suffers, and dystrophic changes in the structure of the skin begin. An important role in the processes of increased keratinization is played by disturbances in the work of the urinary system, the endocrine system, the digestive system, and the cardiovascular system.

Insufficient intake of certain vitamins (vitamin A, vitamin E, group B) into the body leads to disruption of the regeneration processes of the skin, an excess of vitamin A can cause excessive peeling of the skin, impaired absorption of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract, which are structural elements of epidermal cells, destroys or modifies the usual the structure of skin cells, hormonal disorders cause disruptions in metabolic processes, which leads to an acceleration of the processes of death of skin cells.

Violation of the water - salt balance in the body leads to drying out of the skin, a violation of such skin characteristics as elasticity and firmness, which also contributes to increased keratinization and cracking of the skin on the heels.

Pathogenic microflora of fungal or bacterial nature plays an important role in the condition of the skin on the heels and contributes to the disruption of reparative processes.

Diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, angiopathy, iron deficiency anemia, hypovitaminosis, hypervitaminosis, dermatitis and other skin diseases, kidney and liver diseases maintain a painful condition of the skin on the heels, and cracks on the skin of the heels that do not heal for a long time.

In order to cure chapped heels feet, it is necessary to start by examining the body for the detection of the above diseases or any other abnormalities in the state of health. And only after the treatment of the identified disease is started, it makes sense to apply cosmetic procedures to eliminate increased dryness of the heels and activate the healing processes of the skin on the heels with the help of creams and ointments.

The basis of cosmetic procedures for eliminating cracked skin on the heels are baths with the addition of components that contribute to accelerated healing of the skin on the heels. For these purposes, use infusions of herbs of a series, chamomile, St. John's wort. You should not add oak bark infusions, salt and other leather-tanning agents to the baths, since the purpose of the therapeutic bath is to steam and soften the skin, and not give it additional rigidity. After the bath, the skin of the heels is necessarily lubricated with a layer of fat cream. Sea buckthorn oil has a good healing effect, which is used in the form of applications on the affected skin. In addition to a greasy cream, it is necessary to regularly lubricate the skin of the heels with moisturizers (add moisture to the skin) and glycerin (soften the skin).

It is not recommended to rub chapped heels feet with a pumice stone or hard brushes - this will cause additional trauma to the skin, and in case of an infection, it can spread it to other, uninfected, areas of the skin.

To successfully treat chapped heels feet, you need to choose shoes that are the least damaging to your foot. For this, soft natural sports shoes without a heel with a springy sole are suitable. Open-heeled shoes are not recommended as they create additional conditions for infection of the wounded skin on the heels.