How To Stop Sweaty Feet - Easy Methods For You To Follow
Are your socks too wet from all the sweating in the world
? Are you tired of the stink they generate? Your feet sweat and stink too much and you want to do something about it. Fair enough- here's what you need to know.
Each of your foot has around 250,000 sweat glands which mean that you end up sweating half a pint of moisture every day. But you could sweat way more if you have something called hyperhidrosis and this could cause, scaling, fungi formation and other problems.
In case you are wondering what to do with excess sweating in your feet:
* Try and wash your feet everyday with some find of antibacterial soap. Also, importantly, dry it thoroughly. Use a hair dryer if you have to. Take special care to dry the area between your toes because these are the portions that don't get cleaned regularly.
* Try changing your shoes. Go for something that is more open and helps to keep it airy around your feet.
* Try synthetic socks instead of cotton ones. Socks of this variety like Adidas' Clima Cool socks help absorb the moisture from the feet and do not retain it.
* You could use a foot powder too, something like Lamisil AT. This powder also as an antifungal element, tolfnaftate that helps stop fungal formations in your feet and athlete's foot too. There are other powders like Dr. Scholl's Deodorant Foot Powder with Zinoxol (zinc oxide and baking soda) which are specifically made to counter excessive foot sweating.
Try and avoid cornstarch because though it is effective, a paste of it might be retained under your feet. Mycil Athletes Foot Powder is yet another powder that helps stop or reduce foot sweating. There are in fact these powders that are specifically designed to control foot sweating and foot odors. You could put some in your shoes before you go out in them on a daily basis.
* There are antiperspirant sprays for the foot too if you want. You could very well use the regular underarm spay that you have. But it has too little aluminum chloride. Try something like Gold Bond Maximum Strength Foot Spray.
In case it is too much of a problem:
If it persists in spite of you trying all the tricks up your sleeve then you would have to go to a doctor. You could have over active sweat gland for some reason which these processes might not help controlling. In such cases only a physician can help you out. In fact he/she might ask you to undergo a thoracic surgery procedure or an excessive perspiration treatment. The treatments he prescribes will be based on the age and health status.