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Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:43 am  |
Wasn't sure whether to put this in the lounge section or not. It is skin related but it's skin on the feet. 
Over the past few weeks my boyfriend has noticed that he's got excessively dry skin on the soles of his feet. They've always been a little dry but nothing to really worry about. At the moment he looks like he's some sort of animal trying to shed it's skin! 
He's been putting E45 cream on them every morning and night but it doesn't seem to be helping.
His feet aren't itchy, they aren't red or sore, there is no cracking of the skin. It is just excessive peeling. He just sits around in the evenings picking at it (which I'm sure isn't helping but he won't listen  ).
Anybody got any idea what it could be?
I thought maybe athlete's foot but there is no itchiness and so I wasn't sure. His toenails are fine, can't see any signs of fungal infection.
He's tried using a pumice stone on them but that hasn't made any improvement. |
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Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:16 am |
hey toe..I thik your boyfrind should go to a dermatologist, it could be some infection...or for some cornea a pumice.But i think you really should look if its an infection,sounds like...
good luck!!I think he is the only guy who SHOULD leave his socks in bed on...javascript:emoticon(' ')
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Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:01 pm |
unichem chemists sell big tubs of a salicylic acid emollient creme, my friend uses it for her feet (and her clients to help prevent bed sores ) It is dead cheap and lasts forever. Slathering it on his feet at night and making him wear bed socks (nice one sweety  ) may help |
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Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:45 pm |
| try clotrimazol from the drugstore..it should help...I had similar condition few years ago...but he should see a dermatologist to be sure |
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Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:51 am |
I have eczema, the one that only affects hands and feet....I do tend to pick at the one bad foot  not pleasent. One thing that helps are those foot files, don't know what else to call it but when the foot is dry you basically give it a sanding. QVC had a nifty looking one when you applied the cream then scraped the gunk off your feet  |
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Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:58 am |
| Toe - I had something similar a while back and my Dr said that it looked like tinea. I didn't even suspect that because it wasn't itchy. Anyhow, she told me to just apply an OTC tinea ointment and it went away. |
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