My feet stink.
And on the soles of my feet are thickening, hard areas of skin (more so than is normal):
on the heel,
on the area between where the toes join the foot and the arch and
on one of my little toe.
Basically, wherever my foot touches the ground (except my toes).
There is nothing between the toes, no itching or pussy/flacky bits so I do not think it is Athletes Foot.
Normally the areas are rough but relatively uniform, when "wet", ie; in trainers after a run there are little pock-marked craters.
Very bizarre.
Occasionally when the lumps are really big I soak my feet and attach them with a rough stone from the Body Shop.
Is it fungus?
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Just done a medline search
Vrap?
My oldest daughter had pitted keratolysis a few years ago. She used her feet as a biological weapon - she'd sit in the back of the car and dangle them over the shoulders of the sibling in front.
A course of erythromycin (penicillin doesn't work in this condition) sorted out the problem, and I still have the ode she wrote to the trainers I threw out.
Not painful at all, just when the lumps get big they can be uncomfortable when walking.
Not sure that the picture is very helpful so I may do some related surfing this morning to get a confirmation.
Ironic really that keeping my shoes on is bad for them because the smell often prevents me from taking the shoes off for "social" reasons!
My only query would be is it contagious, ie; does my girlfriend need to protect herself?
It's not contagious, DTs, and whether you keep your shoes on or take them off won't make any difference - it needs treating properly if you're going to have sweet feet again.
I tried all sorts of creams and ointments, the doctors kept trying new things as noting seemed to work. I changed doctor and he saw my feet and said he wasn't aware of a cure, but he has a chap who had a similar issue and he went to the pet store and purchased a bottle of Hibiscrub. I didn't go to the pet shop but did what everyone else does now and brought from Amazon. I soaked my feet in Hibiscrub diluted in water 3 times n the first week, and my pitted keratolysis was gone - just like that.
You can also use Hibiscrub as a kind of shower gel, so could just rub it in but its nice to soak your feet. Only 15-20 minutes in a shallow tray (of foot spa if you have one - just don't turn the air on as it does get very bubbly.
It has come back after i stopped for a few months when I couldn't get any during lockdown, but I would 100% recommend this as a cure to those foot problems that seem to affect a lot of us but yet no one seems to know how to really sure it.
Good luck - hope it works for you as well - pass it on!