Gross, right? That is what my heel looked like after a walk/run a few weeks back.
Half way through, I remembered Band-Aid had just sent me some of their Friction Block. Why didn’t I use it, I thought as I hobbled the last half a mile home.
BAND-AID Friction Block Sticks glides on similar to deodorant. My 3 year old daughter thought it was deodorant and wanted to use some. It goes on clear and smooth with no mess and it really makes you wonder if you even put it on. From there, it is suppose to reduce friction caused by wearing uncomfortable shoes.
I have no scientific proof but when I took my next walk/run two weeks later I was blister free. Yes, it was two weeks before my heeled recovered from the previous walk/run. It may not work for everyone or for every shoe type but it worked for me and saved me several weeks of recovering from a blisted heel.
It should be noted that you are not suppose to use them on any open blisters you already have! So use them before. It runs $6.99 online but watch for a sale and use a coupon to get the best deal!
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i have a pair of sandles that are so adorable but hurt my feet so much.
Oh I think we all have at least one pair of shoes that are so adorable but hurt our feet!! I know I do and yet I continue to wear them.
I have a beautiful pair of black open toe shoes I was wanting to wear for my nephew’s wedding this past weekend and after 20 minutes of helping the my sister in law get ready, I had my shoes off and a blister on my heal. I had to wear my old stand by black sandels.
I’ve got to try this! I get blisters so easily (have very fair, thin skin). I even get blisters from socks! This is definitely worth a try!
I have the best black wedge flip-flop-like sandals that I wear to work, but the straps are made of a ruched leather instead of rubber. Every time I wear them I get lines of blisters on the tops of my feet from the rubbing. I keep meaning to try this to see if it will work!
very cool idea…. would like to try it on myself and my daughter…
What an amazing idea!! I wonder why no one thought of this product earlier? I can’t wait to try it!! I’ll be able to wear my strappy heels ALL THE TIME!! Yay! : )
Yow! I wore a pair of Birkies last year before my knee replacement (how old am I?!?) & now they don’t fit the same! This sounds like a winner.
It’s weird that this ideas is totally new, but it makes me wonder why no one ever thought of it before! It’s definitely worth a try.
These would be perfect for the shoes I just got. They only cost me $10 from Plato’s Closet and they are so cute. One problem though they are REALLY high, high heels. They remind of a pair of high heels that the pin up girls would wear in the 40′s and 50′s. Man, they are cute and so were the pain and blisters! This giveaway would be great to try with these shoes!
Neat. Interesting that you said you can barely tell it is on, I was thinking it would be more like the ‘second skin’ for wounds that they use with IVs and such. Thanks!
Well , where do I start between me and the kids (5) , and there shoes hurting there feet when we first get there new shoes. This will be a wonderful product to use for that. Can’t wait to use the new band aids.
We like there brand band aids for everything size and for water activities . What a wonderful product.
I was telling a friend tonight about these band aids and they can’t wait to go out and get them. I like the new products every company is coming out with.
I have a pair of bright red shoes that go with several outfits, but they always give blisters.
This looks like a product I’d like to try! A lot of times when we go to the beach, I some how end up with sand in my shoes (wonder how that happens…) & that’s an instant recipe for a nasty blister!
I love this stuff! I stumbled across it at my drugstore and bought it immediately not for my feet (but I will be using it for my feet in the future), but for my legs. I was going through a heart treatment called EECP (it’s a counter-pulsation on your legs) that requires me to wear tight leggings and have blood pressure cuffs all the way up my legs for an hour a session. The squeezing of the cuffs after an hour caused a lot of blisters on the back of my legs after the 1st day. I had to have 34 more hours of treatment and knew my skin would never survive it so I gave this stuff a try. It worked like a miracle! I never got another blister. I’m so sold on it I’ve told my Mom,sisters and girlfriends about it and will be getting a separate stick of it for my husband who sometimes gets blisters from certain shoes and I don’t want to share my stick with him because I may never see it again!
Now that I’m finished with my counter-pulsation treatments and have a nice new pedicure, I’m FINALLY ready to wear some of my favorite summer sandals and I have a lot of favorites! there are only 2 pair that don’t hurt or rub somewhere and I’m quite bored with with wearing the same ones all the time. So far I’ve tried this stick with 2 pair of new sandals that I was on the fence about keeping because of rubbing and it worked like a dream! This does create a problem though: how will I hold myself back from buying more shoes if they don’t rub my feet anymore?!
My daughter frequently gets blisters as her shoes aren’t always the correct fit, either too big, or getting too small, so this would be great for her to try.
I also get blisters when I wear some of my high heeled shoes.
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Oh that is really a cool product. I know most sandals hurt the first couple times you wear them, great idea! My daughters have shoes this would be great for as well.
This product sounds really great! I’ve tried inserts in heels and different types of “comfort tape”, but nothing ever works. This is cheaper than anything else I’ve tried in the past. I think I’ll have to give it a try! Thanks!
A picture is worth 1000 words! If this product works, it would be great for my oldest daughter who constantly rubbing blisters on her feet.
Wow, this sounds great! I have some black heels that I LOVE but I just don’t wear them that much because I end up with blisters. I bet this stuff would help! Thanks for the great review.