PODIATRIST DISCUSSES BLISTERS

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According to Jacqueline Sutera, DPM, a Manhattan podiatrist, there are two top causes of blisters on feet: friction and rubbing. “Blisters are fluid build-ups under the most superficial layers of skin and can form in areas of motion, such as joints,” she says. “They also typically form near bony prominences, which make contact with the shoe while running or walking. That friction causes the layers of the skin to pull apart and form a little bubble, which in turn, fills with fluid.”

 

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Dr. Jacqueline Sutera

 

Dr. Sutera says excessive moisture, like sweating, can also encourage new blisters to form. And if you’re wearing shoes that are new, too tight, or too big, you may experience blisters on your feet, too.

 

Source: Tehrene Firman, Well + Good [12/22/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News


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