I have very dry skin. I have even since high school. A few years ago it went from ridiculously dry to seriously, painfully dry – which I later learned was a symptom of my diabetes. Now that my blood sugar is back under control, the dry has mostly subsided to manageable levels.
My heels proved troublesome though, staying pretty consistently dry. Last winter they started cracking and nothing I tried seemed to help. And I tried it all. Large grained exfoliators and small grained ones…oils…lotions with fruit acids…pumice stones…lotions with coconut…about five different kinds of shea butter…files…every product I came across. Back in June I went in and got a pedicure, and the little tiny Vietnamese woman who did it told me very seriously to ditch all the fancy stuff and give plain old normal Vaseline a try.
Every night since then I’ve been rubbing Vaseline on my heels, and it has beat out every single expensive lotion and potion. After about a month or so, the cracks started to fade, and then the disappeared complete. Here we are, headed into winter and the rest of my skin is getting drier, but my heels are pristine.
Bonus tip: I’ve also started using this stuff on my very dry arms, and it is awesome. I only need to use it about once a week, and it makes a huge difference.
