Comments on: Battle of the Band-Aids

By: tierneymarie

tierneymarie — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:26:00 +0000

It's called Friction Block and I carry it around in my purse at all times. It's AMAZING.

By: Hannah Johnson

Hannah Johnson — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:09:00 +0000

I'm horribly allergic to the glue in most bandages so I can't use them. Wondering if "Help: I have a blister" would help or if the adhesive is the same.

By: ROKderm

ROKderm — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:39:00 +0000

Hahaha, funny yet oh so relevant this post! I feel your pain, girl! I have horrible moody feet that never seem to be satisfied with my choice of foot attire, and so I always end up stuffing toilet paper into my shoe to help me, you know, walk.

By: Lola

Lola — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:41:00 +0000

Baby powdering the feet before you put your shoe on helps everything to slide around nicely and not rub. At least it does in general day-to-day life - I'm not sure a bit of powder would stand up to the heat and rigour of fashion week.

By: Lola

Lola — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:38:00 +0000

Compeed are indeed the best (actually they would be better if you could buy them in bulk - why only the option to pay £5 for a pack of 5? that's a week's supply!). I like to kid myself that anyone (female, at least) that sees me in violently strappy shoes sporting a couple of these bad boys is not going to judge me too harshly. After all, no one can genuinely do a whole day in stilettos without any pain, blisters and missing skin right?

By: joannanyc

joannanyc — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:12:00 +0000

Yeah, I agree, the ones that you can't remove until the wound has healed are kind of scary. What if they just came off and took your skin with them? Ouch! And the Rowley ones are adorable but do not stick (my finger is wearing the 4th one of the day and it's not like I've been doing anything). I agree with those commenters who have suggested putting moleskin over a bandaid (sorry, "adhesive bandage"). You can also put moleskin inside the shoe.

By: Paola

Paola — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 01:31:00 +0000

Ha ha ha, I found this post super funny and informative. I have wide feet, so yeah, I suffer from your current ailment ALOT!

By: kk

kk — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Try hydrocolloidal bandages! Or silver colloidal bandages!

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:56:00 +0000

Moleskin is The BEST!! I can't count how many times it has saved my poor (4 inch heeled) feet!

My advice is to apply a band-aid first and a strip of moleskin on top. Then you can keep wearing your heels pain-free!

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:41:00 +0000

All kinds of sores need to be kept moist - letting them dry out slows down healing and increases the risk of scarring. An ideal situation for any kind of broken skin is actually the one created by a blister. The new skin is created in a wet and sterile environment, and never gets a scab (Scabs are only good for stopping bleeding and keeping out dirt, not for healing - quite the opposite. We can keep out the dirt in other ways... like band aids.) The better thing to do is use either blister band aids, which create that kind of moist environment, or on other sores, use a wound salve and keep it in place with a band aid/plaster/thing, reapplying the salve every couple of hours.