Do bare feet pick up more dirt than shoes?

Yeah my feet can get all black in stores, then after awhile walking on concrete or older asphalt will usually take off most of the black.

LOL I love going BF into Lowe's! My feet get super black in there, but then I can walk out to the garden center and shuffle through a couple of puddles and they'll be all clean again.

 

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Just a matter of 'watch where you are stepping'
meThinks

 

Mmm, neither were mine to begin with, but after a while they callous over and its all good!

 

Yes because dirt gets into the pores whereas shoe soles have no such pores to trap more dirt.

 

I find my bare soles to be blackened easier then the soles on my shoes, so you might call that picking up more dirt.
The dirt on my feet act as a protecting layer, so i think, so i'm more than happy when my soles are black

 

I keep hearing about how bad this problem is, but I don't see any evidence of it. I take my daily shower in the morning. When I change my light colored sheets, I don't see a dark area near the bottom. When I put on flats to go out to dinner in the evening, most of them have light colored linings inside. There is a visible footprint in each one, but it's a light to medium shade of gray.

 

When I was younger my soles used to get very dirty. However as I've aged and my feet have weathered it seems that the thicker skin on my soles resists the dirt much more than it used to. Now my soles look 'used' rather than blackened.

With regards bed sheets, a quick wipe before bed always seems to sort that, besides my dog crawls into bed with me so I suppose the odd mark doesnt show alongside the other dirt, lol

Shayla x

 

Every person is different in how their skin (soles) adapt to the environment to which they are exposed. It depends on your definition of "dirt". I never considered mud, garden or natural occuring soil to be counted as "dirty". Only man-made dirt such as at chalk festivals, stadium/store floors, city streets, etc.


Some soles never seem to get totally black whereas others do. These remind me of a bbw I met at a Dead show in the NJ Meadowlands. Her feet were filthy black all over and hard as rocks.


Cecilia has nice dirty, decorated feet tops and soles.


From Lake Worth, FL Street Painting Festival.

 

I agree, BG, and thanks for posting those pics. I'm a great fan of the lovely Spanish barefooter Cecilia, and find her an inspiration. Just wish I could keep my feet as f*cked as that!