No body likes a stinking feet, giving off odor and most people
would say it is an obnoxious thing to have. Most of the times
people with bad foot odor would be extremely conscious about the
fact and they would be hesitant to take their shoes off in public.
Needless to say that being conscious of it has nothing to do with
it as they would still is unaware why they are having the odor in
the first place. Thankfully though there are several tips to ward
off this smell and get your confidence back to remove your shoes in
public.
Let’s look at the following 20 different ways to ward off this
smell and start baring your feet in public again:
1. Dry your feet in the air as often as you can. The primary
reason why you are having the problem of smell is that your feet
are getting wet due to sweating. When you dry them out properly,
sweat does not form and as such you have cleaner and less smelly
feet.
2. Moisture control socks are a great idea. Most of the times,
not matter how we love to take off our shoes and let them dry, we
can’t. Moisture control shoes are the ideal solution at that point.
They ensure that sweat does not make your feet smelly.
3. Warm salt water solutions are known to take the moisture out
of your skin. They will also keep your feet dry for hours and thus
preventing the bad odor. After taking a shower dip your feet in a
warm bucket of warm water stirred with salt. When done, gently wipe
your feet and then put your socks on.
4. Try washing your feet with vinegar as it also helps to keep
your feet dry. There is one warning however, vinegar is known to
have the same sort of smell, so ensure that you do this procedure
at the end of the day when you don’t have to leave for anywhere.
Wash your feet and then go to sleep wearing a pair of socks.
5. Have you ever tried green tea or black tea for washing your
feet? A great alternative to vinegar is black tea which works
wonderfully well. In case black tea is unavailable then try green
tea, it works as well.
6. Using a good foot scrub also you can reduce the odor that
your feet produce. Some people are not too keen on using vinegar,
salt water or tea; for them foot scrub is the ideal option. Foot
scrub can be prepared using lemon, ginger or radish. These home
based foot scrubs formulations have a great soothing effect on your
feet and ensure that they don’t smell. You can try doing this twice
every week.
7. Apart from drying and soaking your feet you will also need to
dry your shoes as well. There is absolutely no point in drying and
soaking your feet if you are going to again stick your feet in that
same sweaty pair of shoes. Dry them first in the air and then wear
them again.
8. There are plenty of shoes available in the market which
breathe, that means let go off the moisture rather than bottling
them up inside the shoe. Try wearing such shoes.
9. Try changing and rotating your shoes to allow one pair to get
dry before wearing them again.
10. Wearing socks is a good idea. Simply wearing shoes will
allow all the sweat to get bottled up inside the shoe and start to
stink. If possible wear open toed shoes which allow the feet and
the shoes to get dry. Some women prefer wearing nylons; it is a
good idea to wear socks over the nylon to avoid the sweat and the
smell.
