# A guy asks help in cosmetics--no it's not that weird. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 8, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042 "2003-11-08T05:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042/21 "2003-11-10T06:07:59Z")
Just pumice the hell out of them after a good soak. I come from a family of cracked heel mutants. Pumicing doesn’t entirely kill it but it keeps it at a minimum. Im a girl and I’m not having a pedicure, why would a bloke! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042/22 "2003-11-10T14:53:49Z")
To keep your feet drier all day and help with the healing get some Cool Max socks. They really work, my feet stay so dry I can’t slide my toes across each other. They have them for a reasonable price at Wal-mart. ---
**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042/23 "2003-11-11T00:14:32Z")
I use emory cloth to remove excess calluses. Its much more macho than pumice (you get it at a hardware store), and probably works better since its flexible. As for moisturizing, Bag Balm works for me. And you get _that_ at the farm supply store. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042/24 "2003-11-11T00:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalashnikov \* > \*\*I use emory cloth to remove excess calluses. Its much more macho than pumice (you get it at a hardware store), and probably works better since its flexible. > > As for moisturizing, Bag Balm works for me. And you get _that_ at the farm supply store. \*\* Actually, after reading a few of the previous posts as well as yours, I don’t need pumice. I know I’ve got some 220-grit sandpaper around here somewhere. . . [sub]the steel wool is in the closet if I need that, too. . .[/sub] I’ve got tomorrow off, so I may start tonight by soaking 'em and then sanding 'em down. I’ll let you know how it works. But I tell ya, when someone said “fungus”, my ears perked up real quick. . . :eek: Tripler Fungus belongs on my pizza. Right next to the onions and peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042/25 "2003-11-15T17:05:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by choosybeggar \* > \*\*Gonna have to disagree, **Chronos.** I’m not saying that someone with cracked feet can’t have fungus. I’m saying that the fungi are not causitive. In my original post I was shooting from the hip, but after reading yours, I consulted Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in general medicine. The sort of cracking described is simply not a recognized manifestationt of tinea pedis. > > When you had this, did treatment with only anti-fungals reverse the disease? \*\* I would agree that the fungus isn’t causitive, but is going to prevent healing. I’ve had several guy friends that were going to greater and greater lengths (like Tripler) to heal their skin. They were starting to consider all kinds of expensive and girly treatments, but a quick treatment with an antifungal for a week allowed their own body to the the healing, no moisturizers needed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-asks-help-in-cosmetics-no-its-not-that-weird/212042.md?page=1)