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Has Dead Skin Under Feet. How To Treat This?

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Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2013
Question: my dad is 70 he has dead skin under his feet. whats the best way to treat it. And can he remove the dead skin using blades
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Answered by Dr. R.G. Joshi (12 days later)
Brief Answer:
No blade .Emoolient and whitefild will help.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for writing to health care magic.

Peeling of skin seems to be due to old age.

Skin barrier function is disturbed in old age leading to loss of water from skin leading to exfoliation.

Do not try to remove it with blade.

It can cause injury and secondary infections.

Soaking feet in warm water at night will help.

Applying a plenty amount of emollient is required in such cases.

Emoderm cream or emolene cream are two brands of emollient which are easily available.

A keratolytic agent like whitfeild ointment can be mixed with it.

Whitfield ointment contain salicylic acid and benzoic acid which helps in removing thick skin.

As the problem is age related it would be important to continue emollient for long time.

I hope this will solve your problem.In case of any concerns I will be happy to help you.

Take care.


Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. R.G. Joshi (1 hour later)
Dr.is these a brand of medication ( Whitfield ointment contain salicylic acid and benzoic acid) can you please suggest which can be obtain from pharmacy easily. TQ
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Answered by Dr. R.G. Joshi (36 hours later)
Brief Answer:
whitfeild ointment available on counters.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for follow up.

Whitfeilds ointement is i available on counters in the same name.

It will not need any prescription.

Mix it with emoderm or emolene cream for better results.

Hope this will solve your query.Take care.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Has Dead Skin Under Feet. How To Treat This?

Brief Answer:
No blade .Emoolient and whitefild will help.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for writing to health care magic.

Peeling of skin seems to be due to old age.

Skin barrier function is disturbed in old age leading to loss of water from skin leading to exfoliation.

Do not try to remove it with blade.

It can cause injury and secondary infections.

Soaking feet in warm water at night will help.

Applying a plenty amount of emollient is required in such cases.

Emoderm cream or emolene cream are two brands of emollient which are easily available.

A keratolytic agent like whitfeild ointment can be mixed with it.

Whitfield ointment contain salicylic acid and benzoic acid which helps in removing thick skin.

As the problem is age related it would be important to continue emollient for long time.

I hope this will solve your problem.In case of any concerns I will be happy to help you.

Take care.