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Anyone have any remedies or suggestions for preventing and treating blisters? I am so tired of feet blisters. My whole life I’ve always been really prone to getting blisters and it’s driving me crazy right now. Even old, broken in sneakers give me a new blister every time. New sneakers–forget it, I can expect several horrible ones the minute I step on the treadmill for any length of time.

I wear high quality shoes and am professionally fitted, so I don’t think that’s the problem.

I keep buying those band-aid brand anti-blister pack things and they DO work, but there’s only a few in the package and they’re like 5.00/box–contrary to advertisement, they don’t stay on, either.

Short of wrapping my feet with ace bandages every time I work out, any other suggestions?
 
Can you use medical tape instead of the blister block things? That is what I did for marching band.
 
This probably isn’t a great idea, but maybe if you’re not walking on the treadmill too fast, you could go barefoot? Sorry, that’s the best I can come up with. Well, also, maybe you could do shorter, more frequent stints on the treadmill with bare feet around the house in between? I hope you figure out a plan soon, that must be so frustrating!
 
I’m similar… (only my problem is I can’t find good shoes that FIT… I have very small feet!)

I’ve found that moleskin helps a lot… as soon as I get a blister I put some on… stick it right to your skin…

TRY THIS… at your local pharmacy…

Good luck… I sympathize!
 
Princess_Abby said:
Anyone have any remedies or suggestions for preventing and treating blisters? I am so tired of feet blisters. My whole life I’ve always been really prone to getting blisters and it’s driving me crazy right now. Even old, broken in sneakers give me a new blister every time. New sneakers–forget it, I can expect several horrible ones the minute I step on the treadmill for any length of time.

I wear high quality shoes and am professionally fitted, so I don’t think that’s the problem.

I keep buying those band-aid brand anti-blister pack things and they DO work, but there’s only a few in the package and they’re like 5.00/box–contrary to advertisement, they don’t stay on, either.

Short of wrapping my feet with ace bandages every time I work out, any other suggestions?
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Princess Abby - hikers wear two pairs of socks in order to prevent blisters. Try a thin pair close to your feet and your regular pair on top of them. What this allows is for the sock to rub against the other sock on your foot instead of on your foot.

The other thing is to look into shoes that are made on a woman’s last (the form that is used to shape the shoe). Many of our shoes are made on a man’s last only shorter and narrower. The problem is a woman’s foot is wider in the fore foot and narrower in the heal compared to a man’s foot making the heal cup too big and thus a lot of slippage occurs and, blisters form ;).

Two brands that are made on a woman’s last are Ryka (only made for women) and Merrill (ask if the shoe you are looking at is one of them because not all of them are yet.) There may be other brands but I only know of these two - my oldest is currently working in a shoe store and has learned more about this there.
 
Make sure you are wearing good cotton athletic socks. (I think cotton is best…the pregnancy hormones make me real forgetful…) I walked from San Diego CA to Sacramento one summer for a pro-life mission and I got these really nice cotton/super supportive socks from…I think Dick’s Sporting Goods. I only had a few blisters all summer…despite walking over 800 miles in 2 months 🙂

Also, incidentally, I did ballet for the 1st 20 years of my life, and we used to use moleskin to prevent blisters when we were en pointe…and also…well I don’t know if this is actually good for you but…we were all underweight and not eating properly and torturing our feet anyways so I guess one more health hazard was nothing to us, but we’d pop our blisters and either put that “New Skin” liquid on the fresh skin, or hydrogen peroxid…hurt like hell but toughens your feet up…got less blisters…although like I said…it may not be the HEALTHIEST thing to do. :rolleyes:
 
Dry feet don’t blister, if your feet blister that means you sweat alot and the area is very moist and your feet are sensitive. Try two pairs of socks the first a thin layer that holds tight to the foot, and the second thicker for cushioning, as well as change your socks when they get wet and use a lot of foot powder, as well as well broken in shoes, that’s about the best advice I can give.
 
yup, if you wear sock liners with socks it really does help. Get a synthetic sock liner and a natural sock, so that the natural sock draws the moisture out through the sock liner (synthetics don’t absorb moisture well) away from your foot. We bought a bunch on ebay for snow skiing. Worked great, and our feet stayed warmer since they weren’t damp.

It also gives basically a “path of least resistance” so that when something rubs, it is the sock against the sock liner (provided the sock liner fits nice and snug) rather than one layer of skin being rubbed and forced away from another.
 
Do other people in your family have the same problem? Do you ever get the blisters on the palms of your hands? If so, you might have epidermolysis bullosa, Weber-Cokcagne subtype. My DH and several members of his family have it.

Unfortunately, there’s not a lot that can be done about it. 😦 It is genetic, so if you have it, there’s a 50% chance that your children will.

Summer Marie
 
Hey everyone, thanks for your ideas. I bought some new socks and will be doubling up. I also will try wrapping my feet in athletic tape–that’s something I hadn’t thought of, though the roll is just as expensive as a pack of those special bandaids. Oh well.

Summer–no, I never get blisters on my hands. Just my heels, toes, etc from running/walking on the treadmill or any surface.
 
Please don’t laugh to hear this from a man. A lot of us Army men do this when on road marches. Many more do this in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wear tight fitting pantyhose then a good pair of wool socks. Don’t worry about the wool, the ones made for hiking or running do not over heat your feet thereby making you sweat to much.

Just my 2c,
 
Moleskin works really well for me, especially if it’s a constant problem. Athletic tape would be a good second (just remember to pre-wrap first, you do NOT want to rip it right off your skin!!!)
 
I have solomon men’s light hiking boots and where typical hanes socks, they work really well, other shoes cause me to blister. I think that part of it is the firm sole and the support that a light hiking shoe/boot puts on the foot, while sneakers don’t
 
Princess, if your blisters are recurring it may suggest that your skin is thinning and not able to regenerate as fast as it needs to. If you are a postmenoposal woman, this is even more likely.

You should consult your family physician who will refer you to a podiatrist. A podiatrist will perform the appropriate exams to determine your condition.

A biotin supplement is sometimes helpful for skin regeneration, but again, I suggest you consult a competent physician. Persistent skin lesions can invite infection and should be addressed asap.
 
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Princess, if your blisters are recurring it may suggest that your skin is thinning and not able to regenerate as fast as it needs to. If you are a postmenoposal woman, this is even more likely.

You should consult your family physician who will refer you to a podiatrist. A podiatrist will perform the appropriate exams to determine your condition.

A biotin supplement is sometimes helpful for skin regeneration, but again, I suggest you consult a competent physician. Persistent skin lesions can invite infection and should be addressed asap.
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Hmm. I’m not postmenopausal, I’m only 26. But I STILL have the same blisters scabbed over from last Tuesday when I originally posted this thread. It’s taken them an extremely long time to heal and still not done yet. It’s kind of worrying me, they look different this time. Hmmmmmmm…
 
It’s a chronic condition and should be looked at by a doctor. You might need orthotics to rebalance your feet to avoid the blisters. See your doctor.
 
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