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I have the worst problem with new shoes. My boyfriend always remarks that no matter what, my feet are always covered in shoebite. I wanna know, how do you wear shoes that don't accomodate socks and bandaids while avoiding shoebite? I just wore my new Melissa shoes today and the rubber caused shoebite at the point past the arch that juts out a little, and always always always I have shoebite above my heels. It sucks and is painful, and I want to wear heels with my dress for this graduation I will be attending this Thursday. Please discuss!

Can you get a shoe tree with little adjustable bumps and stretch the shoes before wearing them? It looks like you can get shoe trees with variously adjustable bits, and I remember seeing them with holes in various places and sort of little bumps on pegs that you could put in to stretch the shoe in particular places. Like this:

http://www.colonialmedical.com/shoe-str ... P-757.html

...and then maybe if you need to stretch the shoe in places where there aren't holes, you could pack in a wadded-up rag or something?

Alternately, you could use something like moleskin: http://www.drugstore.com/dr-scholls-mol ... 8/qxp14287

Your shoes might also just be a little too small.

i have always had problems with really, really bad blisters and it just doesn't get better. I try to use peds, those really minimal socks, over the worst areas, and there are some shoes i always need to wear them with- they never get comfortable with bare feet. I also try to wear a new shoe for only an hour or so at a time to try to get used to them.

Oh no! Torque, I hope things change for you soon. I was kinda hoping they'd be able to change for me, too! I read about using baby powder (tried it), using peds (tried it), using band-aids (tried it with some success, but they slide off; ugh sweaty feet). I just read that using coconut oil or petroleum jelly might help. I guess it's worth giving shot but who has the time for that to sit inside a new shoe if you only buy stuff when you urgently need it? I guess that question answers itself.

This happens with nearly every shoe from the time I was 13 until now. TMI:My feet sweat to the high heavens, probably because I don't have as good sweat function elsewhere on my body and of course the feet just normally sweat alot since they're all closed off and stuff. I need a remedy, my feet are covered in scars, and I just want to wear sandals!

Yup, this is me too unfortunately. I try not to buy shoes that feel in any way uncomfortable in the store, wear them in very slowly, and wear socks or at least peds whenever possible, especially the first few times.

If you do need to wear shoes that gave you a blister, try Compeed band aids. They form a thick second skin over your (open) blister, numb the pain, speed up the healing process and buffer the area from additional damage. They come in all kinds of sizes, from heal size to toe size. They are quite expensive, but you usually only need one bandage per blister, because they stay on until the blister is healed and then fall off/peel away automatically. I've worn them on hiking trips and they save my life.

i really do take extra precautions that other people think i'm nuts for. Even if they're tight shoes, i buy them to wear stockings with. When I break them in i wear two pairs of socks or stockings and socks. Usually this helps- when i bought new running shoes this year i wore my regular running socks with a pair of very thin trouser socks underneath for a few weeks, and only the tiniest of redness in the beginning. But if I don't do that, forget it.

I've tried petroleum jelly, i think it immediately melted. It's really ridiculous. I get blisters from my flip-flops.

[the worst was in japan when i was asked to participate in a festival carrying a portable shrine and they gave me little toe shoes to wear. I didnt think about it too much, put them on, drank heavily as one tends to do when carrying an 800kg shrine on a hot summer night, and the next morning awoke from my stupor to realize ALL of the skin had come off the balls of my feet, tops of my toes and heels. That one involved a hospital visit and wearing tevas to work for a few weeks. ugh, hadn't thought of that in a while....]

back to you, my dear- start wearing those heels with maybe some knee highs for a little bit at a time today!

I agree about Compeed. Put them on right away when you notice some rubbing. I don't know what colour your skin is, but for us pale people they're not too glaring to wear with strappy sandals (although far from invisible).

This is a really big problem for me too. I CANNOT wear faux leather shoes at all, or my feel will basically die from blisters. I've started buying second hand leather shoes, and just getting new soles + a new inner sole - it seems to be a lot better, because the leather is softer and more strechy.. But cheap plastic shoes - no way in hell.
I'm also mostly avoiding heels by now - I used to love love love wearing heels, but I just.. can't anymore. My feet will have their vengeance the next day when my feel are swollen from blisters all over, or raw from scrabings.. Ballerinas are much better (but still need a 2 week breaking in period).
Sneakers like New Balance are definitely way better, but I am a dress shoes kind of person, not a sporty footwear kind of person.

Actually, I love the way dressy, new shoes look, but I have just decided that good quality second hand leather shoes are worth the extra care (and money that the care costs) because otherwise my feet and knees hurt like hell. New shoes be damned!

Also, compeed (or any similar but cheaper brand) - YES. When the damage is done or you're breaking in new shoes, it's the only thing that works. Or those little latex thingys to make sure that she pressure points are not rubbed directly.

I keep this in my bag whenever I'm wearing blister-causing shoes, and it works very well:

http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-detail/ ... uId=408458

Similarly, I use Body Glide, which helps and is vegan. I should really get a mini one for my purse.

Instead of bandaids, try duct tape. It makes it so slidy and seems to hold up well on the sweat! As long as you don't have hairy hobbit feet anyway, and don't already have a blister.

I really should do this. And remember to use the Body Glide when I wear my short running shorts. Yikes.

It doesn't work for shoes that really dig in, but if it's just rubbing it works pretty well. (And yes, there's nothing worse then getting into the shower after a run and realizing all the places you should have Body Glided!)