How To Treat Smelly Feet

E­verybody is familiar with this phenomenon. Most of us have a friend or friends or relative(s) who can clear out a room when they kick off their shoes. And even the sweetest smelling person can do a decent job stinking up a pair of shoes by running a few miles in them. So what's going on here? Why do your feet have a stronger odour than the rest of you does?

The main thing that feeds foot smell is sweat. With more than 250,000 sweat glands each, your feet are among the most perspiring parts of the body. Smelly feet seem to be the part of daily routine for many people. Some take it seriously and some just ignore it. To begin with what the doctors say about the treatment of chronic foot odor, you need to treat this problem more scientifically. They suggest the smelly feet victims to wash their feet on a daily basis using antibacterial soap. After washing, it is important to dry the feet completely.

• Drink a lot of water. 
• Spray your feet regularly with a usual antiperspirant and shower foot powder in your shoes. Before wearing your socks,do keep it in your mind that your feet should be dry.Sometimes people are lazy and they don’t bother to dry their feet especially between the toes.
• Don’t wear smelly shoes. Avoid wearing the same shoe daily, as they tend to become damp and wet with sweat. Try to dry your shoes regularly under the sun after you have used. Do have a habit of wearing sandals as they don’t cover the feet much and help to keep your feet fresh and dry. The sneaker wearers should interchange between two pairs to make it dry out for a while. While indoors, wash your feet and prefer going barefoot.
• Another treatment is to do without any intake of sugar and alcohol.  
• Wear well-ventilated shoes instead of very constrictive shoes, such as boots.
• Always wear socks, preferably made of cotton or other absorbent materials that absorb a lot of the sweat so the bacteria can't feed on it.

Best Home Remedy Tip to cure smelly feet:

• Soak your feet every day for a week in strong black tea for 30 minutes. Add two tea bags in a pint of water. Boil it for 10 minutes. Now add two quarts of cool water and soak your feet in the cool solution. An acid called as tannic acid present in the black tea kills bacteria and closes your pores. This easily keeps your feet dry for a long time preventing sweating.

Natural Remedies For Smelly Feet:
Here are some of the natural remedies which can be followed to get rid of smelly feet. They are:

• White Vinegar: It is very helpful in treating your smelly feet as it disinfects the feet by deodorizing it. Take some amount of white vinegar and dilute in a warm water solution. Now place your feet in this solution for few minutes. Make sure that you properly check your feet before soaking it in the solution of white vinegar as it stings the abrasions etc. present on the skin, as white vinegar could
  sting if there will be any abrasions, cuts etc. on the skin.
  
  Lemons: These carry acidic property which makes them antibacterial as well. In order to soak your feet in a lemon solution, dilute some drops of lemon in a water solution and soak your feet in the solution for few minutes. Take proper care of any cuts and abrasions present at it might cause burning sensation on your feet.
  
  Tea Tree Oil: Just rub some amount of tea tree oil on your foot and it will kill all the bacteria and funguses present on the foot. As it smells good so it will provide a soothing effect to your feet as well.
  
  If your foot odor is really bad and these solutions don't help much, then you should see a doctor. There are a number of prescription drugs that can treat serious foot odor, some by killing bacteria and some by reducing foot sweat.
  
  Tips from ShoeFetish by Ronke Adeshina