Flipper feet

Post by **rex** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:38 pm

Anyone got somes tips on getting rid of cuts on your feet from fins
mine keep coming back

Post by **RobOne** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:06 pm

being a man normally helps.

hang in there your skin should tuffin up after a few weeks.
fins socks or most importantly the right size fin helps

Post by **rex** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:08 pm

i've had em for two years

Post by **GAV!N** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:26 pm

get new fins, i always go cuts until i got churchills, otherwise use fin socks, they usually help

Post by **stoive** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:36 pm

i seem to get them in summer only for some reason. maybe water temp

Post by **Revolution** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:51 pm

I believe a ratehr shit house band wrote a song about what you need to develop.

Dont be a pussy, pick your scabs until you get scar tissue

Post by **Raker** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:51 pm

i had like holes in the sides of my feet from my old fins

Post by **Nicko** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:05 pm

I've said this in another thread, but seriously mate spend the money and buy some T2's. They're the only fins that have never given me blisters/ulcers/cuts etc. They're made from silicone, not rubber so they don't wear on the feet. Worth the extra money they cost.

I know of others who use rubber fins and don't have any problems, but personally I tried Redleys, Blades, Churchills and even Tech Fins (T2's rubber cousin) and they all gave me grief.

That or some fin socks are the only real answer.

Post by **Revolution** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:08 pm

Stealth for the win. I have the black ones (dunno if there is any diff to the new colourful ones accept a couple of bucks) and they are perfect, i never need socks and get no irritations

Post by **lezza** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:31 pm

i wear ocean-earth fin sox, they're great in winter keep your toes warm and also make ur flippers super comfortable, a great buy if u ask me

Post by **petewizo** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:43 pm

I've got classy scars about 1cm thick across the top of both feet where the top of fins used to rub.

tape em up before you surf and they will slowly heal

Post by **Floyd** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:12 pm

make full use of flat weeks, i had a hole on the top of my foot bout a cm deep and its still scabbed over since the holidays ova a month ago

Post by **g_u_m_b_y** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:29 pm

Floyd wrote:make full use of flat weeks, i had a hole on the top of my foot bout a cm deep and its still scabbed over since the holidays ova a month ago

That hole was tiny.

mind you povi tells me otherwise

Post by **Nick-W** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:21 am

Blades will make a mess of your feet. Wore them for years as a young kid, now i have some pretty nice scars on the insides and outside of my ankles.

try a strapping of leuko sport tape. Water resistant, adheres like a trooper and wont rub to peices.

cover the area and enjoy your sessions. Prevention is definately best, but if you get them, just man up, its only a slight sting

Post by **willie** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:22 am

Revolution wrote:Stealth for the win.

no way, they destroyed me

Post by **bonusbeats** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:21 am

i put disinfectant on mine, twice daily. but that only seems to stop them getting worse. once they start it seems only a break of a couple of weeks heals them.

Post by **Hairy_Joseph** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:46 pm

Nick-W wrote: try a strapping of leuko sport tape. Water resistant, adheres like a trooper and wont rub to peices.

you like troopers.

Post by **Jamoe** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:19 pm

stop bodyboarding! I have one on the top of my foot that is turning four in a few months. just wont heal, I knock it everytime I take off. gets all seedy after a couple of days surfing. Apparently you have to get them cut out and get some stitches and stay out of the water if you want to get rid of them.

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