I just spent a week down in Miami but had to come home a day early because I developed bad blisters on each big toe. And it was in the same place on each toe, the inside towards the other toes. I don't think it was the roughness of the sand that did it even though it's been many years since I've been on a beach. I think it was trying to wear flip flops on the beach instead of sandals. I think it was that strap running between my big toe and the second toe and trying to hold them on my feet as I was walking in the sand. Has anyone else experienced feet problems on the beach?
Why not go barefoot? I guess the flipflop strap in combination with sand may cause bad friction there. Other ideas would be sandflies or sandfleas or contact with tentacles of a mean sort of jellyfish.
it is most probably an issue from the flip flops. toss them ! or if you notice that it is a cluster of tiny blisters under the skin , that may be Dyshidrosis.
Because the sand was too hot to walk on for more than just a few seconds. Luckily I didn't step on anything in the ocean. The last day I was there I wore my sandals instead but by then the damage was done. The blister on my right toe had busted and I ended up getting sand in under the skin flap. I looked at it and it looked almost black so I left the beach and went back to the room and did a little minor surgery on it and the other one to cut off the skin and dig as much sand as I could out of them. It wasn't pretty.
i never got blisters going barefoot but shoes used to give me plenty. over time your feet are going to build up and stand most stuff
They also fit in back pocket, so when encountering shoe nazis it's easy to just pull 'em out and put 'em on for the time being.
Not if the sand is thick. I've walked on thick sand that your feet sink into and are mostly covered - it's like the entire foot is being baked/scorched. Unbearable.
The worst blister I ever got was from roller skates back when roller rinks were a thing. I felt the hot spot but and ignored and it wasn't till hours later the full damage presented itself. I think was 14 YO. I barefoot regularly in Florida and the only time surfaces get to hot is if there is zero wind. Usually docks and decks. Somewhere way back I made a thread and did experiments during summer using IR thermometer cant remember the numbers but again it was only on still days with zero wind to remove heat from surfaces that they got to hot for me. I went barefooting in palm springs Ca @ 117 degrees F. That was intense. You had to plan your path walk the curb, seek out light surfaces
