No, don’t get alarmed by the topic of this entry. I am not been abused, at least not by another human being. My hands and feets have been “abused” by the washing detergent. I have the roughest hands and feets which I have never had before in my life. My heels crack and peel so badly and my hands have turned so dry and rough.. The soles look so awful and so dirty despite scrubbing them with body scrub every day). Well meaning friends have recommended all types of washing detergent which claim to be gentle to the hands and feet, I have tried a few and yet to see any good results.

I was thinking hard on how to heal my cracked heels and rough hands. My tai-tai friend recommends me to go for regular hand and feet spa, but I have no time at all. Out of the blue, I remembered a couple of years ago, Big J’s feets were peeling badly after swimming. Then, my sister recommended to soak his feet with dead sea salt and amazingly, he recovered within days.

Aha.. the thought gave me an idea to come out with a home remedy. I did a bit of google search on cracked heels and came out my own remedies. First I would scrap away all those dry, flaky skin on my feet. I would use a very moisturising shower gel and scrap using the pumice stone. After that, I scrub them gently with a body scrub. Then I soak them in a warm dead sea salt water for about 20 minutes. After that, I apply a 100% Petroleum Jelly all over my feet and put my socks on. I do this before I sleep. I would use the pumice stone twice a week, soak in a warm dead sea salt water every alternate day and appy the 100% Petroleum Jelly every night. It’s the same remedy for my hand, except that I do not scrap it with the pumice stone. Believe it or not, I see immediate result! I do not endorse any brands. I am using the pumice stone from Guardian,  Johnson 5.5pH Nourishing Body Wash, Secret Garden Body Scrub, Cosway Dead Sea Salt and Vaseline 100% Petroleum Jelly. They really work wonder on my hands and feets. I can now enjoy “abusing” my hands and feets with any types of washing detergent. Haha….