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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 17, 2019 2:14:37 GMT
I did it last year and just did it again Sunday night. I read a tip to use one bootie for both feet, so I did that. It takes more time (one hour per foot) but then you get two uses out of the package. IIRC, I also soaked my feet daily in the shower (just plug the drain when the water is running), as that was suggested here or in the product reviews. I think my feet peeled for about a week. Best to do it now while you aren't wearing sandals yet (or at least we aren't yet in MN). We aren't yet in Pittsburgh either. We had flurries yesterday! I thought there was a thread about foot exfoliant once and someone mentioned it helped with their toenails as well. Thought I bookmarked it, but I guess I didn't. Was it you? I always think of that because I think my toenails need help too! So I guess I should remove nail polish on my toes first? That was probably me who said it helped with toenails. I was really surprised about that. Yes, I would remove polish.
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Post by maryland on Apr 17, 2019 2:28:01 GMT
I am sad and extremely jealous, reading everybody’s results. I bought my first package of Baby Foot from Amazon. Followed all the extra advice everyone gave in the reviews. Soaked beforehand, left booties on longer than the directions said, soaked my feet every day for a week afterward. Nothing. Really. . I thought maybe I got a counterfeit package or something, so I bought the second package at the plastic surgeon’s office, and did all the extra stuff again. There may have been a tiny bit of shedding on the tops of my feet, but all dead heel skin and calluses were perfectly intact. I guess I either have superpowers or brontosaurus feet. If you haven't tried it yet, find some Flexitol Heel Balm. Link is to Walgreens, it's cheaper at Amazon, and I got a smaller (2oz) size at WalMart to try it out for about $5. I was at the dermatologist in February and asked about my feet. I have a couple of good calluses but the heels were all weird, and I'd read somewhere a long time ago something about "maybe it's not dry skin, maybe it's a fungal infection," so I wanted to check in case I needed to be putting some Tinactin on it. But she said it was just dry skin and recommended that I find something with urea. Now, what she actually said was "40% urea, you can get it on Amazon." But all of the options were kind of pricey, and I'm tired of spending money on stuff my derm suggests that doesn't really work. I remembered the peas talking about Flexitol, and it turns out that it has 25% urea, so I thought, well, I will start with that because it's cheaper and see if it even kind of works, and then I'll get the 40% urea product if it's promising. (Derm explained that urea breaks down keratin, which is what all that dry skin build up is.) I followed the instructions on the flexitol for like three days (use it twice a day) and my heels were noticeably improved. Do I have the smooth skin of someone who successfully did a baby foot peel? Nooooo. But my heels at least look reasonably normal. If I stuck with it for longer than three days, they might even look better. LOL. (I don't like how it smells, and it's pretty thick, so even rubbed in, and even when I put fuzzy socks on it, it kind of transfers to my hands and carpet, and then I catch a whiff of it now and then.) But I might make sure I use it for a week or two before vacation, because I know I'll want to go sockless. Anyway, even with my not-very-dedicated use of it, it seemed to help, so for $5, I'd recommend trying it out. I have Flexitol too, it was recommended here. It does work pretty well, and I want to use it more regularly after I do the Baby Foot. I don't like the way it feels on my hands, so as soon as I put it on, I put on socks and go wash my hands. Thanks for the tip about the 40%! I didn't realize that's what dry skin build up was and how to get rid of it.
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Post by Katiepotatie on Apr 17, 2019 5:08:40 GMT
I’ve used Baby Foot twice in the past 4 months and Flexitol a few nights a week after the Baby Foot did its work. I didn’t get the huge layers of shedding with Baby Foot. But I would rub the feet in the shower after they’d soaked. And stuff definitely came off each time.
I now use a glove for the Flexitol. I couldn’t wash it off my hands well enough...there was always a trace of it left. If I accidentally brought my hand to my eye, it would irritate it.
Together, I’ve seen a big improvement. But my worst spot (4-5 small flaky layers on the ball of my foot, under my big toe) hasn’t improved as well as I’d hoped. My dream is for those “scales” to disappear.
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Post by alexa11 on Apr 17, 2019 5:12:37 GMT
Will this stuff get rid of those small cracks in my heels? They're not bad and I do use Flexitol and occasionally use the Ped Egg roller, but the cracks won't disappear.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 17, 2019 5:18:08 GMT
I think the people online that get the really amazing looking results also have feet that look like they haven't been taken care of for years. I think the more you take care of your feet, the less peeling you get.
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 17, 2019 13:52:55 GMT
DH wouldn’t let me be around him with bare feet while they peeled. He said he didn’t want to catch leprosy or grayscale or whatever zombie disease I had. I want to give them a try, but with my hot flashes I'm not sure I could sleep with socks on and I'm a bit nervous about the idea of waking up and finding a replica of my foot between my sheets. For me, the peeling has always been a process that takes days. It doesn’t all come off at once. And I’ve found a lot can be rubbed off when soaking your feet. I’ve never worn socks to bed after doing a foot peel, and I’ve done it several times so far. (But I’m also a person who will pull the loose skin off rather than waiting for it to fall off.) It really does help get rid of dry rough skin - at least for me.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Apr 17, 2019 14:02:52 GMT
After reading reviews and questions, I purchased another brand and have used it several times. My concern with the Baby Foot was the size of the booties - I wear a size 12 shoe and needed one with large enough booties to fit without tearing. Soak first. Then sit with your feet flat on the floor while wearing the booties - if you lie down and have your feet up, the solution will settle in the heels of the booties and won’t work on your whole foot. The directions on the brand I got said to soak for 10 minutes or so each day afterward. I try to do that and it seems to help. The first time I used it, it took almost a week for the peeling to start and I had been thinking it wasn’t going to work. So be patient. It does take about a week for the peeling process once it starts. I wear a 12 also, I had plenty of room in the Baby Foot booties.
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 17, 2019 14:14:07 GMT
After reading reviews and questions, I purchased another brand and have used it several times. My concern with the Baby Foot was the size of the booties - I wear a size 12 shoe and needed one with large enough booties to fit without tearing. Soak first. Then sit with your feet flat on the floor while wearing the booties - if you lie down and have your feet up, the solution will settle in the heels of the booties and won’t work on your whole foot. The directions on the brand I got said to soak for 10 minutes or so each day afterward. I try to do that and it seems to help. The first time I used it, it took almost a week for the peeling to start and I had been thinking it wasn’t going to work. So be patient. It does take about a week for the peeling process once it starts. I wear a 12 also, I had plenty of room in the Baby Foot booties. That’s good to know. Some of the reviews I read indicated issues with larger feet. i am happy with the brand I’ve been using, and they come in a box with two sets, so I’ll probably stick with those.
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