9 best remedies for foot odor
The skin of an adult contains about 3 million sweat glands, and the favorite place for their localization is the face, forehead, armpits, inguinal folds, as well as the soles of the feet. On the skin of the soles, on each square centimeter, excretory ducts open more than 300 glands. In this case, the sweat glands on the feet are, perhaps, in the most disadvantageous position. If a person’s face and palms are outdoors and evaporate sweat in a timely manner, and the axillary and inguinal folds are covered with clothes that also prevent evaporation, then the feet, especially in winter, are in closed shoes for a long time.
These conditions do not contribute to the removal of sweat, but on the contrary, lead to the fact that sweat stagnates, decomposes, forming nitrogenous compounds rich in ammonia, which have an unpleasant smell and serve as a food source for many fungi and bacteria, among which there are pathogenic varieties. Excessive sweating of the skin of the feet may be associated with various diseases.
This symptom (hyperhidrosis) occurs with circulatory disorders, with disorders of the autonomic nervous system, with neurosis. Also, an unpleasant odor associated with sweat on the soles can be intensified with endocrine disorders (diabetes mellitus), with elementary non-compliance with the rules of hygiene. In some cases, the fault is poor-quality shoes, which can be cramped and contain a large number of artificial fabrics that do not miss the water. In some cases, the cause may be excessive physical stress.
In this rating of anti-sweating and unpleasant smell emanating from the legs, diseases and their causes will not be considered. Here we will talk about the various groups of cosmetic products, antiseptics, and other products that will help keep your feet clean and get rid of the unpleasant smell.
Rating of the best means of foot odor
| Nomination | a place | Name of product | price |
| The best combined products - ointments and powders from the smell of feet | 1 | Teymurov Pasta | 25 ₽ |
| 2 | Lassara Paste (Salicylic Zinc) | 35 ₽ | |
| 3 | Galmanin | 50 ₽ | |
| 4 | Five days (5D) | 122 ₽ | |
| Best deodorants, solutions, creams, foot odor gels | 1 | Dry Dry | 639 ₽ |
| 2 | ODOREX FOOT | 920 ₽ | |
| 3 | Scholl deodorant - antiperspirant for feet | 202 ₽ | |
| 4 | Formagel (formaldehyde) | 186 ₽ | |
| 5 | Formidron | 28 ₽ |
The best combined products - ointments and powders from the smell of feet
Open the review of the best remedies for foot odor, combined drugs that contain more than one component, can reliably protect the skin from excessive sweating, neutralize unpleasant odors, and also prevent the reproduction of pathogenic flora, various fungi and yeast.
Teymurov Pasta
Rating: 4.9
Perhaps, of all the drugs included in the rating, designed to combat foot odor, this remedy has the most complex composition. The main antiseptic ingredient is boric acid.Methenamine is added to it, which is an antiseptic, and eliminates the unpleasant odor emanating from the decay products of organic sweat substances eaten by bacteria. The drying agent in the composition of the Teimur paste is talc, which preserves the dry skin of the feet. Borax, or sodium tetraborate, along with an antiseptic effect, has a preservative effect, which allows the paste to not deteriorate. The paste also contains salicylic acid, which, in addition to the disinfectant and drying effect, also has keratolytic effects. This means that it exfoliates dead, cornified cells, which serve as excellent food for various bacteria and fungi. Additionally, the paste contains a strong antiseptic formaldehyde, drying zinc oxide and lead acetate, which has an antiseptic effect and prevents the growth of microorganisms.
Thus, the use of Teimurova paste for excessive sweating and foot odor allows you to build a "defense in depth", since each of the components in the composition of the tool is duplicated. The paste acts quickly and effectively, it should be applied to dry skin once or twice a day, and it has a potentiated effect. This means that on the first or second day of application there may be no effect, it develops only at the end of 4 days. The Teymurovo paste is produced by the local association Green Oak Grove, and one package weighing 50 g is inexpensive - only 53 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
As often happens, the lack is a continuation of dignity, and vice versa. This paste works after a few days, and therefore at the beginning of the effect may not be. But then a week after application, if you even accidentally missed applying the paste to the skin, the effect of the previous days will be preserved, and the feet will not smell even without applying the paste. A certain minus is the need to apply this paste on the skin of the feet, dried in a natural way, that is, the legs before applying the paste can not be wiped with a towel to avoid the appearance of microcracks, they must dry themselves.
Plus posts is the ability to use it in the armpits, on the hands, as well as in the groin. Minus - the skin must be healthy and intact, the paste can not be used for cracks on the heels, or if there is a callus on the skin, or other wounds. The average course of treatment with this paste for excessive sweating of the legs is up to 2 weeks. Those who think that you can use the paste all the time are mistaken. It consists of quite potent ingredients.
Lassara Paste (Salicylic Zinc)
Rating: 4.8
No doubt many people know this paste under a different name, namely salicylic-zinc. It is very widely used in dermatology, has a drying effect, and also produces an antibacterial and antiseptic effect. In dermatology, it is used to apply to acne, with pustular skin lesions, and even in the presence of injuries such as ulcers and wounds. In addition to salicylic acid and zinc, the base substance is petrolatum, and it is indicated to soften the skin.
Paste Lassara very well helps get rid of the smell of the legs in the presence of cracks on the heels, and with excessive keratinization. It heals small wounds and ulcers, softens and removes dead skin cells of the epidermis, which serve as a source of nutrition for microorganisms, and at the expense of vaseline softens the skin. Apply Lassara paste, as in the previous case, once or twice a day. In some cases, the number of applications can be increased to 4.
Before you buy this paste, or its analogue - salicylic-zinc ointment, you need to ask if there is petroleum jelly in it or not. The fact is that salicylic-zinc ointment (and not Lassar's paste) does not contain vaseline, although the preparations are identical in terms of the composition of the active ingredients.
Therefore, if you decide to replace the paste with salicylic-zinc ointment, then you should know that it dries the skin strongly, and if you decide to apply it in the armpits or on the palms, then it is only suitable for oily and normal skin types, and for people with sensitive skin. dry skin is contraindicated. It produces pasta Lassara Tula pharmaceutical factory, and a package weighing 25 g costs only 26 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of this paste will be the possibility of applying in the presence of skin defects, and if you use a paste, and not just an ointment, it also softens and smoothes the skin. In addition, it can be used for pustular rashes, from which no one is immune. Paste is widely distributed in the pharmacy chain, has a low price, and this is also important.
Galmanin
Rating: 4.7
What happens if salicylic acid and zinc oxide are not released in a soft dosage form, but mixed in powders? Then get a great powder, which is sold in pharmacies called Galmanin. It can be purchased either in a small jar with holes, or in bags. A pack of 10 bags, each containing 2 g of the preparation, costs an average of 44 rubles and is made by Galmanin, the same Tula pharmaceutical factory.
Unlike Lassar paste, Galmanin can be used for people who have normal and even dry skin, because the powder acts in a thin layer, and, unlike an ointment or paste, does not envelop the skin. This leads to careful treatment of the sensitive epidermis. It is necessary to use Galmanin, sprinkling feet once or twice a day. The treatment course of getting rid of hyperhidrosis of the feet and foot odor lasts, on average, about 2 weeks.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of Galmanin will be a softer and more gentle effect on the skin, its cost is also low, and the difference between the price of the Lassar and Galmanin paste is unlikely to cause irritation to someone. But Galmanin has one indisputable advantage: he can fall asleep in cleanly washed socks, and in the evening she is recommended to put inside shoes, in which the person will walk down the street the next day. Therefore, in mild cases, when there is no too pronounced unpleasant odor, and the sweating of the feet is not very great, then it is quite possible to use Galmanin in exactly this way, without direct application to the feet.
Five days (5D)
Rating: 4.7
This tool is also available in bags. In one pack are 10 sachets weighing 1.5 g each. The composition includes, as in the previous cases, boric acid, salicylic acid and zinc oxide. But other ingredients that have a refreshing and antibacterial effect will be camphor, menthol with a cooling effect, and triclosan, which is often used in antibacterial soaps. As a result, the company - manufacturer Galenofarm received an excellent complex remedy that can be used not only to eliminate the unpleasant foot odor, but also protects the skin of the feet from abrasions, cracks and itching.
Treat the foot by pouring one sachet onto the skin of the foot with a uniform rubbing of its surface. It is necessary to rub feet in the morning before putting on socks or stockings. The second application is shoe processing. Naturally, only closed shoes can be processed, for example, winter boots with fur inside or closed demi-season shoes. To do this, one bag is poured into shoes, and it should be done before you leave the house.
In the event that a person plans to be in the shoe without removing it for an hour or two, then the tool can not be used. It is quite potent, and the manufacturer recommends pouring the product into the shoes for five days if the time spent on the street is at least 5 hours. Therefore, this tool will appeal to tourists, fishermen, military personnel.If you regularly process shoes during the week, then the lasting effect of freshness will remain in it up to 6 months.
This tool is available in several varieties of the St. Petersburg company Galenopharm: footwear powder, foot cream, and a special deodorizing foot bath. At the same time, the powder will cost 120 rubles, and a package of 10 sachets of 25 g each for carrying 10 baths, which will relieve the feet from the unpleasant smell, costs 240 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
The prescription recipe is well balanced for five days, it disinfects, dries, refreshes at the same time and gives ease to the gait due to camphor and menthol. Contraindication to the application will be the presence of very dry and irritated skin, and in other cases - only individual intolerance. A big plus is the presence of several dosage forms that are convenient for a variety of applications, both at home and in beauty salons. Price category is low, and at the same time the drug, especially applied inside the shoe, can act for a long time. That is why this good, good-quality domestic drug for unpleasant foot odor and hyperhidrosis got into the rating.
Best deodorants, solutions, creams, foot odor gels
As you know, the cream is different from the paste, which is essentially an ointment-based drug in that it is very quickly absorbed into the skin, does not leave greasy marks. The cream applied to the feet, after a few minutes, is intensively absorbed, and you can safely wear socks. Teymur's paste requires a slightly longer time to soak, and Lassar's paste is even longer (due to Vaseline). In the case of deodorant is still easier. Being a liquid that intensively evaporates, you can wear shoes with the use of deodorants after a minute or even less. Several domestic and foreign preparations in the form of spray, cream and liquid entered the rating to combat the smell of feet.
Dry Dry
Rating: 4.9
The company Dry Drain produces a whole line of various products for unpleasant odors and intense perspiration. One of them is the solution packaged in 35 ml vials. It is produced by the Swedish company Lexima, and this solution is quite expensive: one package has an average retail price of about 800 rubles. Also, this tool is still available as a spray.
Why is this drug so expensive? It is proven by the manufacturer that the active components of this solution do not interfere with the function of the sweat glands, but simply redirect the sweat to other places, and it is removed where it can easily evaporate. This action is based on the formation of a special aluminum-protein complex, which creates a functional unit for the release of sweat and odor on the surface of the feet. Such a functional “plug” on the feet is completely harmless, it is not absorbed into the blood, and allows you to apply this drug only once or twice a week, while freshness and cleanliness is guaranteed every day. Apply the product to completely dry skin, after which you need to allow the solution to dry.
Advantages and disadvantages
Liquid from perspiration and unpleasant smell Dry Dry Classic has interesting properties. So, it should be applied in the evening before bedtime. After applying the foot can not be wetted. This is very convenient because a person who is going to work in the morning does not always have the opportunity to carefully care for his feet and rub an ointment or cream into them. It is also very important that the drug can be applied only once a week. As a result, the price, which seems so high, with such an economical application becomes quite acceptable. As the practice of cosmetologists shows, one small bottle can be enough for at least 3 months, and as a maximum - for the whole six months. In this case, the tool can be used as long as you wish, there are no restrictions on the duration of the course.The only thing that needs to be remembered is that Dry-Dry should not be applied on damaged or irritated skin.
ODOREX FOOT
Rating: 4.8
Odoreks foot spray has a unique refreshing and antiseptic effect. This is a high-quality Bulgarian medical cosmetics (cosmeceuticals), which contains such ingredients as metphenamine, glycerin, aluminum chloride, ethanol and perfume fragrance. Odorex foot acts for a long time, and already after one spraying within ten days after a single spraying significantly reduces symptoms such as foot moisture and unpleasant foot odor. It has an additional antiseptic effect. Odorex foot is intended only for the treatment of the skin of the feet, and is not used for shoes.
Before you first apply Odorex Foot Deodorant, you must thoroughly wash the feet with soap and dry them, and after spraying you do not need to rub the deodorant. Feet just need to dry well. This procedure should be done without haste, before bedtime. In the morning, you should rinse your feet with clean water, without soap, and this should be done for 3 consecutive days. After that, you can forget about this deodorant for a week or even two. After, on average, 10 days, the procedure is recommended to repeat.
Advantages and disadvantages
The cost of one bottle of 50 ml can be considered quite high - an average of 900 rubles. But it must be borne in mind that it is hypoallergenic, the only contraindication is an intolerance to aluminum salts or the presence of damaged skin of the feet. It should be borne in mind that after the initial threefold treatment, repeated application is not necessary at all three times in a row every day, as for the first time, but only once. Therefore, it is possible that you will apply this spray only three times a month. Therefore, this package may be enough for six months: significant savings.
Scholl deodorant - antiperspirant for feet
Rating: 4.7
This deodorant is representative of a high-quality line of British cosmetic products manufactured by Rekitt Benkizer. This deodorant contains in its composition the active ingredient - aluminum hydrochloride, perfume composition, cyclomethicone, propylene carbonate, and other gaseous and liquid substances under pressure, which are contained in high-quality deodorants.
Collectively, Scholl is able to deal with unpleasant odor and excessive sweating, and has a fungicidal effect. It is applied to the skin of the feet daily, and its effect lasts up to 24 hours. As a result, the feeling of freshness of the feet leads to comfort, and allows you to get rid of the development of fungal diseases. One 150 ml bottle is sold in pharmacies at a retail price of 265 rubles. This drug is convenient and in demand.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of this aerosol is a high quality, pleasant smell, ease of use: what could be simpler than daily application of the product to the feet, like any ordinary antiperspirant deodorant. At the same time its cost is rather low. But on the other hand, there are no such advantages as for more expensive sprays that can protect after a single application for 10 days or even longer - this aerosol does not.
Formagel (formaldehyde)
Rating: 4.7
Formagel - this name speaks for itself. This is a local remedy to combat unpleasant odor and sweating of the feet, the active and only substance of which is formic aldehyde, or formaldehyde (methane). This substance is actively used in medicine as an antiseptic, is a preservative and sealant of biological tissues. It is thanks to the accumulation of formaldehyde in the blood of a person in the morning after a feast experiencing the painful symptoms of a hangover.
But in this case, formaldehyde allows you to effectively deal with the sweating of the skin of the feet, since it simultaneously has an antiseptic effect and inhibits the secretion of sweat glands.The drug is a transparent, colorless gel with a light characteristic odor of formaldehyde, which, perhaps, can not be called pleasant. After water procedures and douche, apply this gel on skin areas with increased perspiration, in this case on the feet and interdigital spaces, but certainly after drying the skin.
The gel is applied for 30-40 minutes, if we are talking about the rough skin of the sole and in the zone of interdigital folds. After that, the gel is washed off, and after the first application, the effect of reducing sweating and reducing odor lasts, on average, up to 10 days. In the case of pronounced unpleasant symptoms of sweating and smell, this treatment can be carried out 2 or 3 days in a row. One pack of a gel weighing 15 grams costs, on average, 230 rubles, and it is produced by the domestic pharmaceutical company Retinoids.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of Formagel is a long-term action, which can be compared with the best imported analogues, for example, with Dry-Dry or Odorex aerosols. But at the same time, Formagel must not only be applied to the skin, but also wait 40 minutes, and then rinse, but this is not always convenient. In addition, the gel is devoid of perfume composition and smells of formalin, but this smell does not appeal to everyone.
Gel has contraindications. It can not be used in case of hypersensitivity of the skin and in the presence of inflammatory symptoms, it is not used for cracks on the heels. In some cases, it can cause excessive dryness of the skin, which will have to cope with an additional way. The cost of this gel is very high, and it can not be called justified. After all, formaldehyde is a large-tonnage product of the chemical industry, and a pharmaceutical factory can purchase raw materials no more than 20 rubles per kilogram.
Formidron
Rating: 4.6
What happens if you deprive the formgel gel base? That's right, you get only formalin solution, which is sold in dark glass bottles of 50-100 ml. As a result, the drug Formidron is obtained. More precisely, not a drug, but simply a chemical product, which is produced by the Tver pharmaceutical factory at a very affordable price, unlike Formagel. One vial of Formidron with a volume of 50 ml costs 20 rubles, and a volume of 100 ml - 25 rubles. Perhaps this is the cheapest remedy for foot odor and excessive sweating. Applied Formidron very simply, with increased perspiration, you just need to wipe the sole and interdigital spaces once a day before going to bed.
Advantages and disadvantages
The undoubted advantage of Formidron is the real price, because the pharmaceutical factory does not make up the composition, but simply dilutes the purified formalin and packs it in vials. But at the same time the formalin solution acts, of course, rougher. It may cause local reactions - allergic rash, redness, burning or itching of the skin, or other reactions of hypersensitivity and individual incompatibility. It is contraindicated for dry and damaged skin, for inflammatory formations, as well as for cracks in the heels. Despite its low prices, Formidron is still more dangerous than Formagel. Still, it is liquid formaldehyde and it can inadvertently splash, get into the eyes, or on the mucous membranes, and the gel in this sense, of course, is safer.
In conclusion, you should give some important tips. To minimize sweating and unpleasant smell of the feet, it is necessary to wash them twice a day and wipe dry. It is necessary to remove excess dead skin with pumice, shoes, it is desirable to have natural, easy-breathing materials, as well as insoles and socks. It is recommended to use deodorant for shoes, put dry powders in the shoes, which were given in the rating (Galmanin, Five days). Clean socks should be worn daily.
In the same case, if nothing helps, sweating is extremely abundant and associated with various diseases, then a radical method of treating hyperhidrosis is the injection of botulinum toxin. It blocks not only the neuromuscular transmission, but also stops the action of the sweat glands.But this remedy is radical, and is used only for medical reasons.
Attention! This rating is subjective, is not advertising and does not serve as a guide to the purchase. Before buying, you should consult with a specialist.
