Diabetic Foot: What’s the risk?
Diabetic foot: what’s the risk?
The NICE guidance (NG19) on diabetic foot care highlights the need for healthcare professionals to s...
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Advising Patients on the right footwear
Are your patients aware of the effect their shoe choices have?
Inappropriate footwear can have a significant impact on the foot heal...
Why Urea?
Understanding the role of urea in emollient selections
People with diabetes are often prone to dry skin on their feet due to a n...
Flexitol Case Study
Patient ProfileFifty-nine-year-old male with Type 2 diabetes and associated peripheral neuropathy, well-known to the podiatry service a...
Why do you get hard skin and how to treat it
As you spend yet more time dutifully filing your dry dead skin away, you may wonder why this happens to the body at all. Hard ski...
How do you get cracked heels and what can you do about them?
Cracked heels – also known as keratoderma – are a very common skin complaint but, don’t worry, they rarely cause any health problems. T...
How to keep dry skin at bay
Do you crave radiant, supple and plump skin but battle with fine lines, itchiness, roughness and dullness?
Dry skin affects millions...
How do calluses form and what are the best ways to treat it?
All day, our feet work hard, being rubbed, pressed or squeezed from contact with the floor and our footwear – even when we’re sitting d...