4 Reasons the Emollient Seems Not to Absorb Into the Soles
Somebody in a thread once said their feet just do not seem to absorb it. Half the replies agreed. Two things are going on.
Somebody in a thread once said their feet just do not seem to absorb it. Half the replies agreed.
Two things are going on, and neither is the emollient failing.
If it does not suit you, reply inside fourteen nights and we refund you without asking for it back.
1. The sole is the thickest skin on the body
Emollient sits on top of it rather than sinking straight in.
The outer layer of skin on the soles is many times thicker than on the arm or face, because it carries body weight all day. Soles also have no oil glands at all. So the skin there dries easily, and anything put on it is taken up slowly, over hours, not minutes.
2. While it sits there, cotton blots it up
A cotton sock does exactly what kitchen roll does.
Cotton fibres wick. They draw liquid in and spread it along the knit. So during the slow hours when the emollient should be sitting on the sole, the sock is taking it away.
3. So the cream is not failing. It is not arriving.
It looks like the skin will not absorb it. What is actually happening is that the sock absorbs it first.
That is why stronger or thicker products seem to help for a while and then stop. The product changed. The cotton over it did not.
If it does not suit you, reply inside fourteen nights and we refund you without asking for it back.
4. A dry layer that does not absorb
The Day Sock has a bonded inner face. Your own emollient stays against the skin. Every material is listed on the page before you buy.
Silicone does not wick. With nothing to take the emollient away, the thick skin of the sole gets the hours it needs.
Before you buy
- Not over a prescription steroid unless your doctor has said so. Occlusion increases how much is absorbed.
- Not on broken, weeping or infected skin.
- Not between the toes. Those spaces stay dry.
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