What causes thick skin on feet and how to treat it?

Everyone's foot skin is relatively thick. Compared with the skin on other parts of the body, thick foot skin can increase the wear resistance of the feet. However, overly thick foot skin can bring some risks to health, because thick foot skin is prone to symptoms of athlete's foot, and once you have athlete's foot, it is difficult to get rid of it. Let's take a look at the causes of thick foot skin and how to deal with it? I hope everyone can understand.

Cause: Thick skin on feet is mostly caused by long-term fatigue of feet. Excessive friction of feet can also cause thick skin on feet.

The easiest way is to soak your feet in warm water with sea salt for a few minutes, then gently massage the soles of your feet and between your toes with your hands. Warm water stimulates the nerves and opens the pores on the soles of your feet. At this time, you can close your eyes lazily and think about nothing, which can relax the soles of your feet to the maximum extent. Finally, wipe dry and apply foot care oil. If you want to have a good sleep, you might as well massage the soles of your feet more often, because there are many acupoints on the soles of your feet, which can help improve your sleep quality.

There are several common methods to deal with calluses and dead skin on the soles of the feet:

1. Sea salt method: Rub your feet with dead sea salt to remove dead skin. In the summer, your feet become rough from being rubbed by sandals, and this is the perfect way to deal with it. Sea salt can clear pores, deep clean, and has an anti-inflammatory effect on red acne on the feet.

2. Pumice stone method: After taking a bath, soften the dead skin and calluses on the soles of your feet, and then polish them with pumice stone. Be patient and never pick them with your hands or scrape them with a blade, otherwise it will stimulate the growth of the stratum corneum on the soles of your feet.

3. File method: According to the beautician of a fashionable nail salon, a file can remove thick calluses, but be careful to remove the calluses layer by layer. Using too much force can easily hurt the skin, causing bleeding and infection. If you cannot file all the calluses in one go, file again next time.

Good quality Dead Sea salt is like small rock candies, crystal clear, with no visible color or impurities. If you can't buy Dead Sea salt, you can use table salt or bath salt instead. Just add a little lotion when scrubbing, the effect will be similar. After grinding off the dead skin and calluses, don't forget the last step - apply moisturizing oil on your feet.