Smelly feet remedy?

[nygiantsfan]

1. Use Certain Dri roll-on on your feet before you put on your socks. It will keep your feet from sweating too much in your shoes.
2. Use clotrimizole cream (generic name for Lotrimin) on your feet in the morning and before bed, you can order from Amazon for cheap.
3. Switch shoes/sneakers often. You should try to use at least 3 pairs a week that you alternate. This will give your shoes time to dry out.
4. If the three things above don't do it then you should soak your feet in apple cider vinegar (1 part ACV/4 parts warm H2O) once a day.

Hope that helps.

 

[Ankle_Socks]

Also drink more water, avoid tight fitting shoes , get pedicures, if you already tried all the things said and what you have is a medical condition then seek medical advice from a professional

 

[1indykate]

Get some new shoes/slippers first of all and get rid of the socks if washing them doesn’t help. Keeping them will just cause bacteria/fungal to transfer over any time you use them.

If you find that washing your feet with anti bacterial soap doesn’t get rid of the smell, it might be fungal. You can actually use the shampoo Selsum Blue for this as it is anti fungal. I do this once in a while like every few days or after any gym activities/AMP visits/anytime I walk barefoot or socks only but it made a big difference. You can also use this on your body too and I’ll even use this on the goods to clear any yeast. A big gamechanger.

Nygiantsfan has the right idea too but Selsum Blue is cheaper than Lotrimin cream and easier to use and a bottle goes a long way.

 

[Halford]

Have you used the slippers?

 

[calr2112]

you guys are gross, no wonder the providers I visit like me, lol!

 

[calr2112]

you guys are gross, no wonder the providers I visit like me, lol!

Sorry, just busting your balls, I have plenty to be self conscious about myself and the providers are no where near perfect either, if they ain't complaining then go have fun!

 

[Doubleyellow]

I read all the good advice above and want to mention that if you are old enough, you would know that Dylan covered the answer to every topic and ailment ever to be raised on Subterranean Homesick Blues. Regarding this ailment, follow this advice.

"Look out, kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't tie no bows
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plainclothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows."

 

[TheChosenJuan]

GET PEDICURE

So I should get these more often then! I only go every fee months to a year

 

[TheChosenJuan]

I think there's some good grooming tips in this thread but here's a couple things you can buy that will kill the nasty foot smell. Sorry but these are way better than home remedies for the smell. You should try them if your feet sweat. If its bad now wait till summer!

Any foot odor spray like Odor Eaters or Dr Scholls. You can get these very easily from Amazon or at any pharmacy.

Kiwi Fresh Force Shoe spray. You can get this off Amazon.

I ended up buying Dr. Scholls!

 

[Earnest53]

Wool performance (like hiking) socks that wick the perspiration away. Try “Darn Tough” socks from Vermont.

 

[Paulie123]

Scrub feet with an antibacterial soap daily. Use a brush. use an antiperspirant on your feet. It’s not fungal it’s bacterial colonization of the sweat glands. Just like your underarm area.
Alot of other great recommendations here but these are the actual medical treatments. Look on Amazon for antiperspirant for hyperhydrosis. If all else fails, see a dermatologist.

 

[Dingdong998]

There are some really great tips here.
From foot odor spray, to anti-fungal stuff.
They both work well, I have done it before.

However, I highly recommend taking care of it from the source.
I'll give you my whole system.

- Clip toe nails every 2 weeks.
- get the tea tree body wash from Amazon
-get shower foot scrubber
(Make sure you hang this out in the sun once a month)
-get a Foot Pumice bar
-get foot odor spray (ditch this after 1-3 months)
- order new socks
- order a replica of your shoe
- Lysol spray the old shoe and hang it outside in the sun for a day.


If you go thru this process, you should be good after 1-4 weeks.
Ideally, you don't want to use the foot odor spray too much as that naturally dries out your feet and it just masks the problem.
You want to get to the core by washing your feet properly and killing the fungals at the root.
Then once you get rid of the old skin as well, your feet should be good as new.

I used to play sports a lot and went through years of research to cultivate this process lol.
I hope this helps. Happy hunting.

 

[Sobig]

Baking soda in your shoes when your not wearing them can absorb odor but it leaves white residue In them and on your socks. They sell little plastic balls that you can put in your shoe overnight that I've had sucess with for my work boots.

Best thing that works for me though is to have a new pair of shoes that you only wear after a shower and clean socks, and going out somewhere. This has worked for me of course even with limited wear you may have to get a new pair every 3 to 6 months. If you only visit providers once or twice a month though doing this method should have them last a year or so. The point is to be in them as little as you can maybe bring another pair of older shoes that once your done with your visit you go to your car and get out the new ones as soon as possible.

Visit a doctor sometimes it's something simple like diet ect. My doctor also told me in the summer or when it's nice in general wear open toed sandal with no socks as much as possible. Helps you not suffocate your feet which promotes bad odor from the glands that produce sweat in your feet. This helped a lot my feet dont sweat nearly as much in the colder months now that I primarily wear flip flops in the warmer months

Soak your feet in baking soda and use a roll on deodorant

 

[jfox987]

what are good socks? all my athletic socks are mostly cotton but I've noticed that all the ones in stores now are barely cotton if any. why is that?

 

[gzaad]

I had a sweaty feet that caused smelly feet problem. What worked for me was to rotate shoes daily, bringing an extra pair of socks to work and changing them during the day, and applying roll-on clinical antiperspirants to my feed in the morning. Clinical antiperspirant is available over-the-counter -- it's antiperspirants with a higher level of active ingredients.