How to soften rough skin? Video
Graceful heels are the same business card of a caring woman, as well as her face. But sometimes there are situations when the skin condition on them leaves much to be desired, and then the question arises of how to soften the rough skin of the feet.
How to soften rough foot skin
If, for some reason, the skin on the heels has become coarse, simply applying a cream on them will no longer change the situation and they will have to be softened more actinically. In order to get rid of corns, you first need to steam the skin. To do this, you can use a bath with the addition of sea salt at the rate of 50 g of product per liter of water.
However, a more effective recipe in which the following components are added to warm water:
- 1 teaspoon of ammonia
- 1 tablespoon liquid soap
- 1 tablespoon of soda
- 1 tablespoon glycerin
In this mixture, it is necessary to soak the feet for at least 10 minutes, then treat them with a pumice stone, do a light massage, and apply a fat cream to the skin. You can also soften it with ordinary vegetable oil, the effect of which is no less good.
It is most convenient to carry out such a procedure before bedtime, then in the morning it will remain to wash off the remnants of the cream or oil and enjoy the softness of the skin
It is much easier to prevent skin hardening by paying a little more attention to your heels. This is especially important in the summer, when open shoes make the skin feel more aggressive from the environment than it does in winter.
Therefore, to prevent potential problems, you should start by regularly washing your feet with cool water, grating or pumice, using scrubs and applying cream.
As a cleansing scrub, thickened coffee, ground apricot pits are suitable, but with the same success you can use ready-made store products, when using which blood circulation is activated and the condition of the skin improves
Folk remedies for rough skin
You can remove corns with the help of laundry soap, which must be applied to the steamed skin in the evening, fix it and wash it off only in the morning. You need to repeat the procedure until the calluses soften. Often, their appearance is accompanied by cracks in the skin, the dryness of which causes not only discomfort, but also painful sensations.
There are a variety of home remedies for cracking. After steaming and processing the heels, a compress of aloe leaves is applied to the damaged dry skin, which is left overnight. A green apple has healing properties for a similar problem, which must be boiled in milk for 5 minutes, cooled and applied to the cracks. Such masks and compresses are more convenient to do at night.