radarrouter0

Cracked skin around heels are a common painful and often unsightly problem. The fissures occur in the heel when the fat pad under the heel bone expands out sideways. This expansion stretches the skin around the edge of the heel and if the skin is dry and thick, it is highly likely to crack or split. This cracking of the dry hard skin, then pulls on the good skin below and can tear it. This becomes painful and can bleed. The mechanism is similar to squashing a tomato, in that when the pressure is