Pertinent medical history included dry skin with winter exacerbation and painful hyperkeratosis of the heels present for many years. The patient applied a topical multivesicular cream formulation ...

It took about nine days for the skin peeling to stop entirely ... then slip them on and kick your heels up (literally) for 60 to 90 minutes while the exfoliating ingredients do their job.

Amir Mukhtar/Getty Images Taking care of dry, cracked heels may ... rip the peeling chunks yourself. Doing so, Dr. Rastogi says, could risk injuring the healthy, sensitive skin underneath, leading ...