Athletes Foot getting worse

[JaneBanks]

I would go to a drugstore and buy an OTC Eczema lotion and see if that clears it up.

 

[cepmom]

try hydrocortisone cream, I have had similar problems with the dry skin and I use hydrocortisone which works well.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I'm having the exact same problem and it's been going on for 11 months! And I DID see a doctor and they told me to keep using the OTC cream. I feel stupid going again so I just keep using it. Some days it's worse than others, but seems to have almost NO correlation to the frequency/volume of the cream.

I had some mild improvement from putting Neosporin on the cracked parts, and it got generally better when I was able to switch to summer shoes (which was about a week ago, with the way Minnesota's winter was going).

My husband used to struggle with athlete's foot.

Finally one doctor said to dry feet THOROUGHLY after showering. Get up between every toe with the towel.

Let the feet sit dry for a couple of minutes and then rub in the cream. Lt it soak in for 5 minutes (at least) before putting on socks and/or shoes (o not walk around on a wet bathroom floor in the meantime.

He hasn't had any major issues since then.

 

[Rvillediser]

I am so relieved to see I am not the only female with this problem! Last summer iI had the same problem, saw a foot doctor (twice) and still had the peeling feet. Saw the dermatologist last Aug who gave me a different cream and it finally went away by the time Winter started. Skip ahead to this spring....it's back. Arghhhhhhh. So I am back to using the same cream again, not getting any worse, not getting any better.

 

[wvjules]

Seriously, you've tried OTC stuff and it's not working. Why don't you just go to the doctor and get it taken care of professionally? Chances are, if it's athelete's foot, they will either give you a prescription cream or an oral anti-fungal to take orally. I don't know why you don't just go?

 

[Callie]

Because I was trying to find a solution first, and I also am living away for the summer and don't have access to a doctor right away.

I'll try the cream mentioned here as well as the Vaseline! The bottom of my toe appears to have cleared up!