What is a good way to treat blisters from new shoes?

Question

Please don't tell me some silly answer like not to wear the new shoes again because that is not the problem. The shoes just need breaking in and I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a good treatment for blisters.

Answer 1

Actually it is the shoes. Breaking them in actually stretches the shoes that don't fit properly, so that they do eventually fit and you'll stop getting blisters.

You should relieve the pressure and drain the blister by gently piercing with a needle. Cover with a bandaid to cushion the area while you continue to wear the shoes.

If you want the blister to heal faster, then removing some of the dead skin and exposing your blister to the air (going bare foot around the house) will help your blister heal more quickly.

Answer 2

You are probably going to be stuck with the bilster for several days. Generally speaking, you should never "pop" a blister. The bilster is your skin reacting to some irritation and trying to protect itself. If you pop the bilster, you will take away that protection and it is possible for an ulceration to develop, not to mention infection now that you have a large open wound on your foot. Try and protect the area...wear shoes that don't rub there and change your socks frequently. Try the Dr. Scholl's bilster pads to place around the area to cushion and protect the blister. Or, you can purchase moleskin or molefoam (also from Dr. Scholls) and cut a donut out of it with the inner hole the size of the bilster and apply it. The moleskin is soft on one side and adhesive on the other--it keeps the shoe away from the bilster and reduces friction. Molefoam is similar, only thicker and padded. If the bilster pops on its own, wash the area with soap and water, drain it completely, and apply neosporin---but keep using the bilster pads or moleskin. Also, make sure that you use these for a day or two after the area is healed, so that you don't redamage it immediately. If you plan on doing something that you believe may cause a bilster in the future (such as hiking, or walking in a pair of shoes that you like but know will cause a bilster) you may want to apply tape to high friction areas, such as the heel and the ball of the foot. In the military we would completely wrap the feet of those plagued with blisters in duct tape before long marches, if nothing else was working for those poor souls. You might consider taping the areas for a week or so, until you get your new shoes broke it.

The best way that I have found to break in shoes is just to wear them frequently, as often as I could. Make sure that you wear good socks and change them frequently. In the military, with new leather boots, so people would boil them in water. They would take them out, drain the water out of them, and then put them on while they were still hot (but had cooled down enough not to cause burns). Then they would walk around in them for the next couple of hours or so. I have never done this, but my friends swore by it and stated that after doing that the boots wore as comfortable as boots that were a year old.

Answer 3

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What is a good way to treat blisters from new shoes?
Please don't tell me some silly answer like not to wear the new shoes again because that is not the problem. The shoes just need breaking in and I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a good treatment for blisters.

Answer 4

You should get some Zinc Oxide tape! You get it from the Chemist and its a small roll of white tape. As soon as you feel a blister forming you cut a small piece off and stick it on that area and it will prevent any further damage. You can still use it on a full blister like yours; the Zinc Oxide keeps the area completely dry and heals the blister. My partner introduced me to this when he persuaded me to take up climbing and it's fantastic. Another tip for breaking in shoes is to boil the kettle and then hold down the switch so it continues to boil. Hold the shoe over the steam for a few minutes and then really work the material (best on leather) stretching it out with your hands until it has completely cooled down. Repeat as many times as you need to.

Answer 5

Band-aid used to make a product called blister block. It's like a gel type padded bandaid. Wrap your blisters gently. If they've burst, let them get some air first. Then use neosporin w/ pain, a bandage. Might try putting pantyhose on, that sometimes helps the foot slide better in the shoes, and would give you a small buffer.

Answer 6

My grandad was in the army and when he got blisters, he sterilised a needle which was threaded with cotton and then thread the cotton through the blister and left it for about 10 minutes, the liquid soaks into the cotton and you can then pull it out, it sounds gross, but it really works, I have a real thing about new shoes and so I always have blisters and this is the best way I have found to deal with them, hope this helps x

Answer 7

If the blister is just forming, then a small strip of adhesive tape will prevent further friction and the resulting blister. Another suggestion is to paint the area with tincture of benzoin which will toughen the skin a bit...but don't put adhesive tape ove painted areas...it will burn the skin.

Answer 8

If the blisters are on your toes, a very good protection while the shoes are being broken in is to use those soft "toe tubes". You can buy them at any drugstore and cut them to the right length for each toe that needs protection

Answer 9

get some blister cream put it on and then cover it with a band aid

Answer 10

put some neosporin on the blisters and put bandaids on them. try not to wear the shoes for very long periods in the beginning.