Extra dry feet may be related to bad habits, athlete’s foot, palmoplantar keratosis, dry skin and other conditions. The cause of the condition should be clarified and dealt with through life improvement and medication.
1. Bad habits: If patients use hotter water to scald their feet for a long time, or overuse chemicals to clean the skin, it will cause the skin to become dry and peeling. You need to adjust your habits, avoid scalding the skin with hot water that is too hot, and try to use water to wash your feet.
2. Tinea pedis: If the patient belongs to the keratosis pilaris type of tinea pedis, the skin will be dry and cracked and peeling. You can apply econazole nitrate cream, terbinafine hydrochloride cream and other medications, and take itraconazole capsules orally if necessary.
3. Palmoplantar keratosis: patients will appear diffuse dryness, skin keratinization and cracking phenomenon, can apply urea ointment, retinoic acid cream and so on to improve.
4. Dry skin: If the patient’s own skin is dry, it can also lead to dry feet. Need to pay attention to moisturizing, after bathing, you can apply lotion on the feet.
Appearance of feet especially dry, it is recommended to seek medical attention in a timely manner to clarify the cause, and by the doctor’s guidance standardized treatment.