I have suffered from athletes foot almost all my life. I am now 41 years old. However I am confused as to what my condition actually is as I have a conflicting symptoms. My feet do not get hot, sweaty or smelly and the skin is never moist. I do not suffer from split skin between the toes either, although when I was much younger I did. The main symtoms that I have are extremely dry, cracked and flaky skin around the heels, ball of the foot and along the underside of the toes. I regularly remove alot of the dead skin using a pumey stone but then the skin becomes incredibly dry and cracks which is very painful. But if I apply any sort of moisteriser I find this encourages the skin to "bubble" and peel and flake off. I seem to have been in a never-ending cycle for the last 30 years! I also suffer from bunions. I have been to various GP's over the years but nothing that I have tried has ever helped. I find that when I use any sort of athletes foot treatment (spray or powder) all this seems to do is make the skin even dryer and more flaky. Help please!

hey,
i just read one of the comments and i have majour itchyness between my toes alot and it happens and the worst of times!
and like i spose i have the symtons of athletes foot sorta just wondering can i controll it without goin to the doctors for creams and stuff?

I've had this quite a few times, but its really easy to get rid of. It can be VERY irritating, up to a point where you rub the skin so much, that flakes of it come off, and it bleeds and pusses in places. It also gets very blistered, but when i went to mydoctor to get checked out, she gave me a special kind of cream. Its called Bteadine ointment, and it really eases the itchyness. She also told me to always wear cotton fabric socks until it goes. It works really well and i highly recomend it.

i have this problem not bad but have it, and to my past experience of having this for nearly 10 year, by washing my feet and letting them air dry, a bit of talcon powder, clean socks as often as possible try not to wear soaks at all in the house or in bed this problem can be keept at bay. drying in between the toes will splipt the skin and make the matter worse, try not to scratch the areas as this can spread the Athlete's Foot.

when i have wore my trainers for a while and i take them off i have white soft skin on the bottom of my feet what is it plus my feet smell

since i was born i ve had this skn condition when my hands and feet peel my hands dont peel anymore but my feet do and i know its not athletes foot so would you be able to tell me what it is?
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I suffer from athletes foot, I've tried all sorts of creams and powders but they haven't worked. I tried tea tree oil on my feet and after a couple of days the itching started to calm down. Its not a cure I still have it but it makes it easier to live with, Until I can find a cream that works for me.

Im 28 and have had this for years I found a spray on powder called MYCIL its in a blue and yellow can its very very good u can pick it up in most good chemists, ie boots or somthing like that.

Hi ya, I have had this disorder for a couple of years now, the flesh under my foot peelin off, i dont have the atheletic foot and it doesnt smell either, it just that its very very had and been rough,and when you run your hand under my foot it kinda pricks u like a needle.
pls help me

this may sound like a stupit qeustion but my dad always told me that i could get this because i dont take my socks of like a change them every day but a seem to never let my feet breathe i even wear socks to bed so could that cause me to have athletes foot