3 Things To Do If You Soak Your Feet

The feet of diabetics are at high risk of infection and circulation related problems. Soaking your feet sure can feel good, and common sense would seem to tell you that it's a good thing to do. But it's often not as good an idea as it might seem.

Prolonged soaking opens small cracks in your skin where germs can get in. That's how infections get started. Soaking also removes your natural skin oils. Repeatedly wetting and drying your feet can worsen dry skin problems

1. Don't soak your feet for an extended period of time. It's probably enough to keep your feet in a container of water while you wash them.

2. Don't use hot water. The hotter the water, the more it will dry your feet.

3. Use a foot lotion after drying. You need to replenish any oils that the soaking removed.