how can i get rid of blisters on my feet after ice-skating?

Question

i have a P.E. physical test tomorrow and they hurt, can I make them go away somehow?

Answer 1

OMG i have been in exactly the same situation. i went ice skating and got really bad blisters the size of 50 pence pieces and then the next day i was getting assesed on my swimming in P.E. i did it but was in loads of pain because the blisters were stinging with the chlorine and they got infected. what i found REALLY helped was these blister pads by scholl. they kinda are clear and act as a skin for the blisters and take the pressure off them but they do turn white after absorbing stuff from blisters and fall off. i think you get five in a pack. i would bring the whole pack and change them through out the day. any good chemist should sell them. also put loads of moisturisure on your blisters tonight before you go to bed.

Answer 2

Unfortunately you can't make blisters go away overnight. I am a frequent blister sufferer and can sympathise with your feet!

Prevention is best, if at all possible. Compeed is an excellent way of preventing blisters. An alternative is to put a layer of Palmers Cocoa butter (available from Boots) onto your skin under your socks. It's important to keep your feet dry, and if they are going to get wet, you can wear water proof gortex socks, made by Sealskinz. These are expensive, costing £20 and are available in different thicknesses.

Once you have blisters they are impossible to get rid of quickly, however I have found that it's best to puncture them with a clean needle (to let the fluid out) then apply some antiseptic cream. Do this before bed and wear socks to keep the cream in place. (This is what I did last night because I walked 10 miles yesterday! Today my blisters are not too bad, and I may well go out for a walk or run later!). It would be worth putting compeed pads on to protect the blisters during your test. This will pad and help to relieve pain.

I'm afraid that surgical spirit / salt will not help over this short time period.

Good luck in your PE Test tomorrow.

Answer 3

get mole-skin and place it over the blister, it will not make all the pain go away but will act as a second skin to help reduce the pain. I have found it best to go ahead and pop the blister (even though you really shouldn't due to possibility of infection) then put the moleskin on ( the instructions will tell you to cut a hole the size of the blister and not to put it directly on the blister) i don't cut the hole i place the mole skin directly on the blister like a band-aid . I am a wildland firefighter and my first year I had blisters all over my feet and this is how I dealt with them.

Answer 4

You wont be able to get rid of them in a short ammount of time as the skin needs time to heal. The best thing you can do is soothe the blisters by relaxing your feet in a bowl of warm water for 15-20 mins whilst watching tv. Then gently pat your feet dry and give them 30 mins to dry naturally. Once they are dry, get some anticeptic cream such as savalon and smear a blodge of the cream over the blisters and put your feet up to relax. Let the savalon soak in and let the remaining time do it's work.

When it comes to doing PE, make sure you take plenty of spare plasters and make sure you put a large padded plaster over the area - strap it into place with surgical tape to secure it.
Good luck.

Answer 5

You cannot get rid of them but suggest that you buy some lint and plaster a small pad over the blisters and this will ease though not get rid of the discomfort. Before going skating again check that the boots are the correct size and wash your feet in a handful of methylated spirit for each foot. This will harden them.

Answer 6

I used to get this problem a lot. I found compeed an excellent immediate repair and prevention plaster. If the blister has burst, and is painful, these plasters will remove the pain while it heals.

Other remedies suggested such as rubbing white spirit, or alcohol over the area I have not found to work so quickly.

I don't know any other plaster which is quite as effective.

Answer 7

It's prevention rather than cure really. If you are prone to blisters you need to rub you feet daily with surgical spirit until the skin becomes less soft. All you can do at the moment though, is to bathe them with dettol or something like that and put a good quality plaster on them.

Answer 8

Tomorrow would be asking a bit much, other than bathing in salt water and putting plenty of padding on it - depending on what part of the feet they are.

For the future, get your boots and socks checked out and if they are not a good fit, get them changed. I know it is expensive, but if you want to carry on skating .......

To prepare and harden your feet for the future you could wash them in salt water and every day apply surgical spirit on them especially where it is likely to be rubbed. This is what I used to do to my horse who came back into work and therefore would get girth galls (similar to blisters) and when I was driving him, I would put surgical spirit on his collar points, and we never had a problem.

Hope this helps. Good luck with the exam, whenever it is.

Answer 9

Well there is no overnight magical cure for blisters on the feet but you can help to heal them quickly with 'surgical spirit'. Any pharmacy should stock it just ask the pharmacist it isn't expensive. Just put a little of the spirit on cotton wool and dab the blisters, don't worry it won't sting.

Answer 10

bath your feet in some salt & vinegar, dry well leave your feet free. for a little while then rub a little olive oil on the blister and cover with a plaster . Change the plaster as often as possible and your feet will feel better by tomorrow