Blisters?

[drwex]

Back in the days when rocks were soft my mom would always insist that blisters should be drained and then bandaged. Later, but still pre-Internet, I remember reading something saying this was a bad plan and if the skin did not break on its own it should be left. Now in the age of the Internet I can find all kinds of info saying both yea and nay.

What's the friend consensus? Also, how do you deal with a blister on the underside of a toe? It's sufficiently large that the typical protective pads I could get at CVS wouldn't surround it.

Comments

[psybelle.livejournal.com]

If it was my toe and it hurt to walk on the blister, I'd drain it on the theory that less pressure should mean less pain.

I've never had a blister get infected, but feet seems like the most likely place for that to happen - if you're going to drain it wash everything thoroughly first and put a sealing bandaid over it if you can (and antibiotic ointment and an absorbent bandaid if sealing it up isn't possible).