Dry, hard skin on the soles of the feet may be caused by localized friction, tinea pedis, or hereditary palmoplantar keratosis. The symptoms can be relieved by medication.
1. Localized friction: it may be due to long-term walking, friction stimulation of the skin and thus dry and hard skin. Patients can use petroleum jelly, vitamin E cream and other drugs in daily life, moisturize the skin, wear tolerant soft shoes and socks, so as to improve the symptoms.
2. Tinea pedis: mainly caused by various fungal infections, when scaly keratosis pilaris occurs, the phenomenon of rough, dry, thickened and flaky skin can appear. It is recommended that patients use topical terbinafine hydrochloride cream and take oral itraconazole and other antifungal medications if necessary to relieve symptoms.
3. Hereditary palmoplantar keratosis: mainly due to heredity, the patient’s skin lesions for the border clear yellowish hard keratinized plaques, can be accompanied by cracking, peeling phenomenon. Patients can use topical urea ointment, vitamin A cream and other drugs for treatment, serious patients can be combined with isotretinoin, avitamin A ester and other drugs for treatment to relieve symptoms.
Dry and hard skin on the soles of the feet can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, to avoid delaying the condition.