The importance of proactive daily foot care cannot be overestimated. After all, your feet support your body and your life – if your feet feel good, you feel good. Dry skin causes the skin to crack, tear or fissure (deep, severe cracking), opening the door to bacteria and fungal infection. Everyone with diabetes is at risk of developing skin-related foot problems. That's why daily foot care is critical to good health and comfort.

Diapedic® Foot Treatment will help your feet – and you – feel your very best. Use your sense of sight, smell and touch to help your feet stay as healthy as possible with these easy-to-follow foot care tips.

Foot Care Tips

Look at your feet. Inspect both feet closely every day. Breaks in the skin, any discoloration of tissue, rough spots, corns or calluses, changes in nail coloring or hardened skin surfaces could signal infections, reduced blood flow, small objects imbedded in the feet, or other issues that may need your attention.

Feel your skin. Feel for any unusual rough spots on feet or those areas that are difficult to see. Smell for any unusual odor, which could be the first sign of skin infection. With many diabetics experiencing a loss of sensation in their feet, your fingertips can often feel what your feet cannot.

Look at your legs. Inspect your ankles, shins and knees, looking for wounds, sores, blisters, swelling in the ankles (edema) and other signs of compromised skin or decreased blood flow that could signal infection or diabetic foot pain.

Don’t get cold feet. Touch your feet and notice if your skin is cold for hours at a time. You might be feeling the preliminary effects of diabetic nerve pain even before an official diabetes diagnosis. Keeping nerve pain under control at the onset can pay dividends to your long-term health and wellness.

Feel for your feet. Inspect shoes and socks for foreign objects as well as general wear and tear. Socks should always be clean, with no holes or threadbare areas allowing blisters to form. Shoes – especially running or athletic shoes – can lose their arch and ankle support over time. Alternate your shoes to extend shoe life and get rid of shoes which may have lost their support.