PODIATRIST DISCUSSES TREATMENT OF DRY SKIN CAUSED BY WALKING BAREFOOT

Padding around barefoot all day during the pandemic is a recipe for parched skin, says Johanna S. Youner, DPM, a podiatrist in private practice in New York City and owner of Park Avenue Podiatry. “People can’t be shoeless and sockless and expect their feet to stay moist,” she says.

Dr. Johanna Youner

 

Dr. Youner explained that the dead skin on our feet is glued together by compounds called desmosomes. The acids used in foot peels, such as salicylic acid, work alongside “safe and non-toxic botanical extracts” to break up those desmosomes. But for someone with more delicate, sensitive, or thinner skin, Youner says, irritation and even chemical burns could result.

 

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