Ped Egg

I am a nail technician and I advise against it. You can take off way too much with it. Your skin makes those calluses for a reason, to protect your feet. IF you remove too much of them they will grow back and grow back even larger and faster.
I would advise you to get a foot file and lightly file them a couple times a week and invest in a good moisturizer, maybe one with some alpha hydroxy.
I also have a great home remedy...
take sea salt or sugar mix it with either olive oil or coconut oil until it is pasty and gritty. Massage that into your feet as you are getting out of the bath tub (the soaking helps loosen the dry skin) rinse with cool water and pat dry. Put on fluffy socks and let the oil soak in overnight.
Good Luck!

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I bought one of the ped eggs & the previous post is right, it made my feet worse! They are VERY dry & cracked and I have not been able to find really anything that helps. I'm considering going to a Podiatrist & seeing if there's anything I can get to help. I would not waste the money. I have found applying a ton of vaseline to them & then putting on fluffy, comfy socks overnight helps a little bit.

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Bag Balm...you can get it at Walgreens. It comes in a square green tin. Use it at night on your feet and put a pair of socks on. My friends daughter used to play volleyball and her feet were cracked and even would bleed. I told her about it and it worked so well that the whole team started using it.

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I agree with Amy. The key is salicylic acid. You can either use an acne clearing product like Stridex or I use Kerasal. You will not need to use the Ped Egg or any type of foot file if you use Kerasal. If you use it morning and night for a week you will see a huge improvement and then you can just use it once a day for maintenance.

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I have the same kind of heels you are talking about and it drives me crazy. I have not tried the ped egg but I went for a pedicure (I've gone several times) once and the lady was woderful . She actually took some kind of shaver and shaved off the dead dry skin then she filed or sanded them and put lotion on and they were like new again. Then I just had to keep up with filing them until I went again. It was GREAT. However I went to another place recently and they would not do that( I don't even know if they understood what I was saying) my heals were just as bad when I left then when I went in. Good Luck

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Skip the ped egg (I've tried it). Try this: at bedtime wipe each foot with one to two stridex pads, slather them with Vaseline, and put a pair of socks on for the night. I got this from an Oprah show and it REALLY works! The woman on the show said to do this for seven nights and cracked heels will be gone. I used to have very dry/cracked heels before doing this. I have never even done it for seven consecutive nights! I manage one to two nights per week and my feet look better than ever! Try it - it's cheap and works!

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Hi G.,

I've used the ped egg but wasn't all that impressed with it. My boyfriend had the worst dry cracked feet in the world and did some research online to find out some simple solutions that would work and save money. He started using vick's vapor rub on his feet and let me say, they are softer than mine now with little to no cracked skin. I believe he said he actually got this advice from Dr. Oz on the Oprah show. Either way, it's been very good to his feet. Try it and see if it works for you. Oh, you have to put socks on after you put the vapor rub on your feet. If you can't sleep in socks, then try it in the morning. Oh, and just as an fyi, for his nail fungus he uses bleach on his toes. I'm telling you he has the cutest kissable looking feet now! Outside of the bleach smell, maybe they actually would be kissable. LOL! Good luck.

T.

About me: I'm a 35 year old single mom of two girls 19 and 13.

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Hi G.,
dont waste your money. I also have dry heels and bought one. The first time i used it, there was hardly anything inside the shell. I thought maybe i was using it wrong, but then my son, who also has dry skin wanted to try it and it didnt work for him either.i still have rough heels but i use alot of lotion for the feet.i still have not found a solution. I hope you do. Good luck!
Sincerly,
B. morajka

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Put vaseline petroleum jelly all over your feet, including the toenails and cuticles. Put socks on to cover up the greasiness. I do this once or twice a week and my feet are soft all year long. My grandma did this 50 years ago and it is an excellent, inexpensive treatment. I've never had a pedicure, and my feet look great. This is the only treatment I use.

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I got one and it didn't work for me. I just bought a pumice stone to use in the shower and my feet are extra smooth now. I use the pumice stone then regular lotion and my feet now feel great!

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I haven't used the Ped Egg, but I found what works perfectly for my dry and callous-prone heels. I bought one of the orange buffing bricks from my salon where I get pedicures frequently. I use it every other day in the shower an I have no problem anymore at all. I love, love, love it. I had tried a lot of other things before that just didn't do the job.

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good news for you.....they really ONLY work on rough dry skin!! I bought a generic version at Menard's (only $3 vs $10).....and yes it is a "cheese grater" for my feet, but the thing is fantastic! the only skin it attacked was the dead dry stuff, is easy to use and my feet have never felt better. I will still go for the occational pedicure since they do such a nice job on my cuticles but it will cut down on how often I spend the big bucks on my feet! there is one "downside" if you want to call it that, the dry bits of skin do NOT stay contained in the thing, some will spill out through the openings of the "grater", but it is easy enough to be in a place where cleanup is simple (I do this over a bath towel on the floor)

I waited one year to buy one. I do like how it takes away my dry skin. M feet are awful. They crack and bleed. You use the egg on clean dry feet. It really worked for me. I cannot afford and beauty care even hair cuts for myself or child.

I also use Lamisilk Protect both night and day therapy. Specially in the winter. If you use the night cream make sure you do not have to get up right away. You might fall because your feet are slippery. I also have used Med MD.

Hope they work good luck.

Hi G.,

My husband has used the ped egg and it worked really well. His feet are smooth and soft. I think you should be fine to use that because when you get it done at the salon you don't know if the itmes are cleaned properly and they use a file which is basically what the ped egg is and does.

Good luck!!!!

C.

I have one, I can not stand for people to touch my feet, so my mom thought this was the next best thing for me.... I love it! I try to work on them once a week, but you also really need to put either vasoline or eucerin on your feet and put on socks at bed to keep in moisture. If you wear flip flops or sandals with a poor sole, this adds to the cracked heals.....

Yes, they work...just use them regularly and your feet will feel better. It says to use on dry skin but I use mine sometimes after I shower and then put lots of lotion on. That seems to work well.

Good luck!
T.

My husband has feet that the skin gets so thick it cracks and bleeds. His feet are HORRIBLE! I try to weekly scrub his feet with our PedEgg and then massage them with lotion. When I am on top of things and do it religiously every week his feet stay soft and smooth, like I never thought they could. Just make sure you utilize the "sand paper" that comes with it after you use the egg.

I know you got a lot of responses and I didn't have time to check all of them, but I didn't see any that spoke of horribly dry feet like you described. Just thought you should know that, yes it would be a good investment for your "VERY dry heals". :)

I purchased it a while ago - my feet are extremely callused and it works pretty good. You would have to use this everyday for a while to get smooth feet if your feet are very dry and callused like mine. What I was doing was using the ped-egg every night and then putting a heavy moisturizing cream on and it worked great. I am now 7 months pregnant and it's too hard to do this because of the growing belly, but I did see results if I kept at it. Definitely worth a few bucks and a little time.

I have rough, dry heals that often crack and I got one of the ped eggs and love it. It gently wears down the dead skin and then I use a thick body butter cream on my heals after to help soften them.
H. this helps!!

I haven't used one but have heard very mixed reviews. Here's my solution.

This sounds completely crazy but it works great ... SOS pads. After a bath, wet an SOS pad and use it on your feet. You'll be amazed. You do get the blue soap on your feet but it washes right out. Your feet feel great ... and is CHEAP.

HATED IT!!!!!! It grabbed an edge of a crack and ripped it open!! BE CAUTIOUS if you do choose to use it. I am going to try some of the other suggestions you have received that don't have blades attacking my feet.

Hi G.,

I have a Ped Egg, and it works pretty good. My heels were moderately dry and slightly cracked, so I don't know how well it works on skin in any other condition.
The blade will begin to dull after about 15 uses.
I am looking into ordering another product to try. Go to www.theheelstick.com to check it out.

PED EGG is great! Just don't take off to much skin. It does work contrary to what some may say. Use a moisturizing sea salt in the shower with a file and then apply a thick moisturizing lotion to your feet. It helps if you do it at night. If you still have sticky feet from the lotion put socks on when you go to bed...and remove the next day.

I have a ped egg. Love it!! My husband got it for me. I have dry cracked heals as well and it has been very nice keeping the drying and cracking at bay!!! Don't really need pedicures anymore.

Love the ped egg I use it every other week. Works like a charm I have very dry and rough heels now very smooth. Hope that helps

N.

It works really great, especially when you get out of the tub. It does hep remove that tough skin we acquire from time to time. It is a great investment.

C.