My feet stink.

[Munjibunga]

My feet smell like French toast. Seriously, my feet smell great, and I love to get women to smell my shoes. One time I got the company's cleaning lady to smell my steel-toe work boots after I had been in the field all day. She vouched for the fact that they smelled like new boots (they were at least five years old). Another time, at a female colleague's wedding, I got her and one of her bridesmaids to smell my loafers, and they too will now swear that my feet smell like French toast. My daughter's godmother also has smelled my shoes, and she will swear to god that my feet smell good.

I would suggest getting some fungicide spray or powder and use that for a couple weeks. Spray inside your shoes, too. Desenex powder is good for this. That should kill all the odoriferous critters. I did that once when I was in the Marines, and haven't had to do it since. Now my feet smell like French toast.

 

[JimmyM]

It could also be your diet.

this is a great point. having a healthy diet does result in stinking less imho.

 

[Kipaste]

One more vote for removing dead skin. I haven't tried dipping my feet into any interesting acids, but just scraping away all the dead stuff once every two weeks. Soak your feet for 15-30 minutes and scrape of everything you can. Worked for me.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

Gold Bond Foot Powder.

+1! Put that in your shoes and use Tinactin spray on your feets. I wear leather boat shoes all the time and they can get really funky when they get wet or damp. Gold Bond foot powder and Tinactin spray kill the funk dead

 

[R. Laevinus]

Pity you like your kicks colourful and expensive, 'cause I find combat boots work wonders.

Real garrisons have no padding, no insulation, and only a minimal pad - which means there isn't a lot of habitat for bacteria. I haven't had a problem with foot odour since I took up the 24/7 wearing of combats a few years back. Just swap out your socks on a fairly regular basis - two days each pair works for me - and you'd be fine.

 

[Thunderscreech]

Now, scientists call this BROMADROSIS, but us regular folks, who might wear tennis shoes or an occasional python boot, know this exquisite little inconvenience by the name of...

 

[fenderhutz]

Odor Eaters have Charcoal in the insoles and kill or absorb most of that funk.

 

[macaroni tony]

As mentioned, gold bond, tinactin, and odor eaters work wonders.

Febreze doesn't work for foot issues. It smells similar to caking on deodorant before going out with three days worth of funk on your pits.

If it has gotten into the shoes (where you can smell it just a little bit in the shoes, and then it's horrendous after wearing them for a day) then you may have to change out the insoles. Happened to me in high school, and I think it may be happening again

And good point about drinking water; I never thought about that. I'll have to keep it in mind for myself

 

[Musiclogic]

Just in case th OP or anyone else wondered. Foot odor has little to do with the outside of the foot. Washing, exfoliating, powders and deodorants usually do not work. The most common cause of foot odor is a lack of ZInc in the diet, and a standard supplement of 50+ mg daily or every other day will greatly reduce to completely eliminate foot odor. I learned this after blowing out my ankle in a college baseball game, the doctor that did my surgery explained it to me, I have gone over 20 years now without foot odor by spending $5 every few months on Zinc supplements

 

[macaroni tony]

Just in case th OP or anyone else wondered. Foot odor has little to do with the outside of the foot. Washing, exfoliating, powders and deodorants usually do not work. The most common cause of foot odor is a lack of ZInc in the diet, and a standard supplement of 50+ mg daily or every other day will greatly reduce to completely eliminate foot odor. I learned this after blowing out my ankle in a college baseball game, the doctor that did my surgery explained it to me, I have gone over 20 years now without foot odor by spending $5 every few months on Zinc supplements

Wow

 

[Gard]

Now, scientists call this BROMADROSIS, but us regular folks, who might wear tennis shoes or an occasional python boot, know this exquisite little inconvenience by the name of...

Dangit, you beat me to it...

 

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[lousybassplayer]

Two thoughts. My buddy had some SERIOUS foot funk and eventually went to a pediatrist who said he had a fungus. Gave him some cream and it went away in a week. Apparently there are some kinds of foot fungi that don't show the symptoms normally associated with athlete's foot. Also, put your shoes in the freezer over night (in a bag or something). This will kill fungus. I do it with my jungle boots at least once a week as they do have a habit of getting full of funky-ness in the field where hygiene is sometimes less than perfect. Once it's in there it's really hard to get rid of.

Edit: And mega plus one to Gold bond on the junk! I know it sounds bad, but man, it's refreshing.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Avoid tennis shoes like the plague.

 

[Chebass88]

Dangit, you beat me to it...

Beat me too! First thing that popped into my head.

Scientists call this disease "Bromhidrosis"
But us regular folks, who might wear tennis shoes, or the occasional python BOOT, know this exquisite little disease as STINK FOOT!!!!

The crux of the biscuit, is the apostrophe.

 

[username n/a]

Wool socks, wear them.