Cracked heels treatment
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What Are Heel Fissures?
Home treatments not working? Here are some possible medical treatment options.
See a podiatrist
If you have diabetes (or other conditions that affect your foot circulation), you may want to see a podiatrist if you have very thick, dry skin on the bottom of your feet.
A podiatrist uses special tools to remove dead skin with a technique called debridement to prevent heel cracking.
Try prescription medications for infections
Your doctor can also help treat infections with prescription antifungal and antibacterial medications if over-the-counter treatments don’t work.
Prescription medications can help treat the infectious organisms that increase your risk of heel fissures and ideally help you soften your heel skin.
See your doctor immediately for sores
If your heel fissures have developed into sores, see your doctor as quickly as possible.
Your doctor can begin prescribing wound care treatments that aim to treat the area and ideally restore healthy skin.
These often take regular application and careful wound care measures at home t
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