How painful are cracked heels is known to you like no one else! You can’t wear those stylish stilettos nor can you walk properly. With every step you take, your heels remind you of the pain they are going through.
To take proper care of feet means to give them the right nourishment through balanced diet. Oh yes! Lack of zinc, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, calcium and iron can give you sore heels too. It also means keeping your feet well moisturized and protected from extreme temperatures, dampness, too cold or hot air, dust and so on.
Here you don’t look after your heels and there you get those ugly fissures into them. Before taking all the preventive measures though, you need to repair your cracked heels! Take help from these time tested home remedies for cracked heels!
Glycerin-rosewater remedy for cracked heels
Glycerin is one of the best moisturizers that one can imagine. Mixed with rosewater, it can give you a smooth and soft heels without any cracks.
Get this:
- Glycerin- ¼ part
- Rosewater- ¾ part
- Lemon juice- from half a lemon
- Warm water – enough to soak your feet
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Pumice stone
Do this:
- Mix ¼ part of glycerin with ¾ parts of rosewater.
- Add the fresh lemon juice to this mixture.
- Take the warm water, add salt to it, mix and soak your feet in it.
- Let the feet be there for 15-20 minutes. If you wish, you can add some lime juice to this water so that your dead skin cells may loosen up quickly.
- Now rub feet with pumice stone to drop off dead skin cells.
- Pat dry and apply your glycerin mixture.
- Do this preferably at night before going to bed. Once your heels are cured, apply this glycerin lotion to your heels every day after having bath to prevent recurrence of cracked heels..
Oil massage to cure cracked heels
Oils are the best natural moisturizers, not only for your dry feet but also for your skin anywhere. You can either use any hydrogenated oil alone or mix them to get added benefits of their different components.
Get this:
- Almond oil; or
- Grape-seed oil; or
- Olive oil; or
- Sesame oil; or
- Coconut oil
- Warm water
- Socks
Do this:
- Use one or a mixture of these oils (for example- a mixture of almond, grapeseed and olive oil)
- Wash your feet with warm water at night before going to bed.
- Massage your heels with any of the oils or an oil mixture.
- Wear socks and go to sleep.
- Continue this till your cracked heels are cured!
Fruit mask for healing cracked heels
Fruits have many enzymes and other wonder components and that’s why they are so healthy! They can even make you get rid of your cracked heels. You just need to pick certain fruits like banana, pineapple, avocado, papaya etc. and mash them to massage your feet. Banana and papaya are the best options as you can mash them easily. Rub them alone or make this fruit mixture.
Get this:
- Banana- 1
- Avocado- half of it
- Coconut flesh- from half coconut
Do this:
- Mash banana and avocado.
- Add coconut flesh to this.
- Mix well to get a paste
- Apply the mashed fruits mask on your heals.
- Leave for 15 minutes
- Wash off with water.
- Do this everyday till your cracks are healed.
You can use papaya too instead of banana. In fact, if you don’t have much time or will to put so much of efforts, just mash banana or papaya and apply this to your heels. However, if you have wide fissures, you should try to make the mask with all the ingredients.
Milk-honey exfoliate for cracked heels
When you lack in taking proper care of your feet, you may get cracked heel. Therefore, it’s essential to follow a daily regime of cleansing and moisturizing your heels and a weekly regimen of exfoliating them. If you already have cracked heels, exfoliate them daily and moisturize them till they are cured. Here is a natural exfoliating mix made with honey and milk for you.
Get this:
- Milk – 2 cups
- Honey – 1 cup
Do this:
- Pour the honey and milk into a foot soaking basin and mix well. If you feel, you need more of them, get 2 more cups of milk and a cup of honey (one cup honey to two cups of milk- maintain the ratio)
- Soak your feet for 15-20 minutes in this mixture.
- After about 10 minutes of soaking, start massaging your heels that are still into the basin soaked in milk-honey mixture.
- Keep doing this for about 10 minutes.
- Now wash with lukewarm water.
Herbal neem- tulsi remedy for cracked heels
And now an Ayurvedic remedy for cracked heels which has been used since ages in India. The anti fungal and anti bacterial margosa leaves or neem leaves when mixed with the very skin friendly herb turmeric, can do wonders to give you soft and smooth heels. This remedy is particularly good for bleeding heels.
Get this:
- Margosa (Neem) leaves- handful of them
- Turmeric powder- 3 tsp
- Water
Do this:
- Crush the neem leaves adding a little water to get its paste.
- Add turmeric powder to neem leaves paste.
- Apply this paste to the cracks of heels.
- Leave it for half an hour.
- Wash off your feet with water.
- Pat dry with a soft cloth.
- As turmeric leaves stain, be careful when using this remedy.
Use this remedy once daily. However, if the conditions of your heels are really bad, do it twice a day.
Rice flour scrub for cracked heels
Make a natural exfoliating scrub for your cracked feet. This homemade scrub not only use rice powder for the natural grained scrub but also the very beneficial honey and apple cider vinegar.
Get this:
- Rice flour (fine yet coarse)- 3 tbsp
- Honey – 2 tsp
- Apple cider vinegar- 1-2 tbsp
- Olive oil or sweet almond oil (optional)- few drops
- Warm water- to soak feet
Do this:
- Soak your feet in warm water for 15-20 minutes.
- Rub gently with a towel or cloth to drop off the dead skin cells.
- Now take the rice flour and add honey and apple cider vinegar to it to make a thick paste.
- If using oil, add to the mixture and mix well.
- Now apply this coarse rice flour scrub to your heels and rub gently.
- Massage for about 10-15 minutes and then wash off with lukewarm water.
- Do it daily till your feet become cracks free.