*Very* stinky feet, PLEASE help!?

Question

My boyfriend's feet are outrageously smelly... They smell like vomit even after they have just been washed and dried! His mom says it has been a problem his whole life... His socks get crusty even after just one wear!! He cant keep a pair of shoes that smell decent and I know it is incredibly embarrassing for him. He has tried just about everything! Are there any home remedies that *really* work or any medicine?? They don't itch so its not athletes foot!

Answer 1

use Arm & Hammer deoderant on his feet.
or sprinkle his feet, socks and shoes with Gold Bond powder.
if not, you can ask a doctor.

Answer 2

The main thing that feeds foot smell is sweat. With more than 250,000 sweat glands each, your feet are among the most perspiring parts of the body. In one day, each foot can produce more than a pint of sweat! Sweat is basically just salt and water, though, so it doesn't have a distinctive smell of its own. The smell is actually caused by bacteria on our skin that eats the sweat and excretes waste that has a strong odor. It's perfectly normal to have bacteria on your skin, and it doesn't ordinarily produce a noticeable smell, but sweat attracts bacteria and gives them a whole lot to feed on. Of course we sweat all over -- our hands have a comparable number of sweat glands, for example -- and most of the rest of our body doesn't particularly stink (the armpits being a notable exception. See How Sweat Works for details.) So what's different about our feet? The answer is our socks and shoes. The sweat our feet excrete can't easily escape into the air like the sweat our hands excretes -- it all collects on our skin and in our socks. The bacteria love this dark, damp feast and have a sort of feeding frenzy. When you take off your shoes, the smell that hits you is all the bacteria excretion that's collected on your feet and in your socks and shoes.

The main reason some people's feet (or more precisely, some people's socks and shoes) smell worse than other people's is that some people sweat more than other people. This is just one of the many variable physiological qualities of human beings. This is also why sometimes your feet smell much worse than at other times -- it all has to do with how much you sweat.

So, since foot odor is caused by bacteria digesting sweat, there are two main ways to reduce the stink. You can:

* decrease the amount of bacteria on your feet
* decrease the amount of sweat that collects on your feet and in your shoes

Reducing the level of bacteria is really a matter of cleanliness. To control the bacteria population on you feet, you should:

* wash your feet with strong anti-bacterial soap
* wear clean socks
* don't wear the same shoes everyday - give a pair of shoes 24 hours or more to air out before wearing them again

To reduce the amount of sweat that collects in your shoes, you should:

* wear well-ventilated shoes instead of very constrictive shoes, such as boots
* always wear socks, preferably made of cotton or other absorbent materials that absorb a lot of the sweat so the bacteria can't feed on it
* change your socks a few times a day
* buy some absorbent Odor-Eater type shoe inserts
* apply an antiperspirant to your feet

If your foot odor is really bad and these solutions don't help much, then you should see a doctor. There are a number of prescription drugs that can treat serious foot odor, some by killing bacteria and some by reducing foot sweat.

Answer 3

Well first have him soak his feet with feet wash(dont for get to add alittle alcohol in it,it kills the smell) put baby powder is all of his shoes and socks before he wear.and sit them out side or in a garage some were you cant smell it then after he soaked his feet get him some sandles cuz his feet is trapped in those shoes

Answer 4

Now I have fought Athelete's Foot all my life. The drug companies are making alot of money on those tubes of cream. Working in a health lab, I found that Bleach was used to kill fungus for water treatment filters. Athelete's foot is a fungus, I discovered if you splash on some bleach on your infected areas before taking a shower or bath, you have relief. Be carefull not to spill on any colored towels or rugs. Best to do it before going to bed. Continue and it goes away. The cost - under $2 a gallon versus over $10 for a few grams. Bleach is not harmfull in small and diluted amounts.

Answer 5

1st, get 4 pair of shoes. NEVER wear the same pair of shoes days in a row. and as soon as he takes the shoes off, spray them with Lysol.
2, wash his feet with vodka. the cheaper the better.
3, wear shoes as little as possible. flip flops or sandals are best
4, make an effort to tan his feet
5, worst case scenario, he can use botox to keep them from sweating so much.

Answer 6

ok im only 14 but i have the same problem tell him to wash his feet twice each time he showers buy shoes that "breathe"
if you can you kno the ones where air can go out but water cant get in? and if you cant find those in his size get
my choice the"odor eaters" its an sole cushin that absorbs sweat and kills odors.... you can laso try geting deodorizing body spray and spray it on his feet once a day eventually the smell should go away... find one choice and see if it works.....

Answer 7

Have him change his socks every few hours.
Put deodorant on his feet.
Tell him to soak his feet in Epsom salts.
Squeeze lemon juice on it, I don't know why it works, but it does.

Answer 8

Believe it or not, If he will soak his feet every night in a strong tea mixture, this WILL cure it. It worked for me when I was a teenager.

Answer 9

I use baby powder in my husbands shoes. at night he also soaks them for 45 minutes in johnsons baby wash. It works for him.

Answer 10

lol nasty i got your solution your boyfriends feet perspire alot
use "baby powder" in his socks or shoes trust me it will work and no more stinkies lol