I've recently started to get blisters on the tips of my toes. I have treated them since with compeed, but when I went to the pharmacy today to ask their opinion it was suggested that I use surgical spirit on my feet, which apparently helps prevent blisters.
Has anyone ever done this before, and if so did it help?
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i find vasaline the best thing I put it on any problem areas before long runs, it does help. Are you sure your shoes are the right size this can sometimes be the problem, but I know lots of people who get blisters on the tips of their toes who do have the right shoes. I get them on the sides of the ball of my foot. It seems some people are just prone to getting blisters and others are not.
Hope this helps.
Get the right shoes and socks and blisters should stop being a problem (** there are exceptions to this rule like any rule)
Don't know if it works for running. Wishing I'd tried it cos I've got blisters like you wouldn't believe at the moment (I think I'm one of those exceptions that good shoes and socks don't work for). I used to use it on my hands for windsurfing holidays and it did seem to work. I would start applying it about 6 weeks before, and of course I wasn't windsurfing daily during those 6 weeks so no chance of blisters while waiting for it to work. On holiday my hands would be slightly sore when other people's would be absolutely raw. So it does work on hands, don't know about feet.
It actually makes your skin quite leathery rather than hard like callouses so your skin stays supple, just stronger. And I've seen a grown man almost pass out from the pain when he tried to treat his blisters with surgical spirit so if you are looking for 'blah' statements I'd try your own post first.
Maybe that's the answer - teach those blisters a painful lesson so they don't dare come back!
I'm also seeing a way that my husband could enjoy being involved in my running...