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Home Remedies For Blisters PDF Print E-mail
Self-Care Measures
The first thing to do for a blister, if it is due to burns is to put pour or soak the injured part in ice-water.How to avoid blisters on your feet? Before wearing your shoes you can apply Vaseline or petroleum jelly all over your feet to avoid any friction.
You can wear silk under socks to prevent blisters and save yourself from the agonizing pain.

Rub baby powder on your feet. This prevents blisters from appearing on your feet.

Home Remedies for Blisters
You can provide a cool compress to the blister by soaking a towel in a mixture of salt and ice-cold water.

Apply 10 percent tannic acid to the required areas of the skin, twice daily. Continue this for two to three weeks to make your skin stronger and healthier.

Sweating causes further inflammation of the blisters. To get your feet dry, soak them in a mixture of epsom salt and warm water. Do this by the end of the day for five minutes and later soak it dry for best results.

You can treat broken blisters by applying few drops of Listerine to disinfect the wound as it is a wonderful antiseptic.

You can apply aloe vera gel or juice, vitamin E oil or zinc ointment on the blisters to alleviate pain.

Garlic oil also helps in disinfecting the infected blisters.

Dab blisters with witch hazel at least four times a day. This would relieve pain and also help in drying process of the blister due to the presence of astringent tannins.
 
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