What to do if your feet are dry and cracked with hard skin

The common causes of dry, cracked and crusty feet include localized dryness, contact dermatitis, tinea pedis and chronic eczema. Different treatments should be given according to different causes, such as general treatment and medication. 1. Local dryness: this situation occurs in the fall and winter seasons, the feet, especially the heel is easy to dry crack hard skin. You can apply petroleum jelly or body lotion and other moisturizing skin care products after washing your feet with warm water. 2. Contact dermatitis: such as frequent barefoot contact with certain chemical agents to the feet of the skin keratin thickening, loss of elasticity, followed by dryness, cracking and other phenomena. Should avoid contact with these stimulating factors, and strengthen the foot skin care such as applying moisturizing cream, in order to make it gradually improve. 3. Tinea pedis: caused by fungal infection, can be used locally antifungal drugs such as ketoconazole cream, terbinafine cream, etc., and at the same time, change to wear cotton socks, so that the feet are well ventilated. 4. Chronic eczema: If there is no fungal infection, the symptoms are considered chronic eczema of the feet. Glucocorticoid-containing topical creams such as compound dexamethasone cream and mometasone furoate cream can be used for treatment. Dry cracked feet with hard skin, in addition to daily warm water foot soak, should also be clear cause of the use of medication under the guidance of a doctor to promote the local thickening of the stratum corneum loosening, shedding, is conducive to alleviate the symptoms, need to pay attention to do not blindly use their own medication.