Do you struggle with smelly feet? Don’t worry ‒ you’re not the only one. It’s natural for your feet to sweat a lot. In a way, this is healthy, as it helps regulate body temperature. It’s just unfortunate that feet are trapped inside socks and shoes, where the sweat can’t evaporate ‒ giving you smelly feet!

What can help combat smelly feet?

The first thing you might think of is probably breathable shoes. This is a good place to start, but the breathable shoes will need to be used with breathable socks to achieve the best possible breathability for the feet. And who wants to keep using home remedies for bad-smelling shoes, such as putting tea bags in them overnight, if socks can help combat the issue?

Breathable socks

The material and texture of the socks contribute to whether your feet start to smell or not. You should therefore look for breathable socks made with technologies that really provide breathability for the feet.

Bamboo socks, woollen socks or woollen stockings are also a good choice. Wool and bamboo have properties, meaning the socks don’t start to smell as easily. In fact, wool and bamboo are often used with materials such as cotton and polyester in breathable socks.

Does it matter how you wash your socks?

Washing your socks at 60 degrees kills the bacteria that contributes to smelly feet. However, woollen socks cannot always withstand such high temperatures, so you can instead wash these with the disinfectant Rodalon.

You can see our selection of socks to remedy smelly feet in shoes here.

• Breathable socks for women and men
• Woollen socks and stockings
• Bamboo socks

Help to combat bad-smelling shoes

Shoes that smell like sweaty feet are almost unbearable to wear. Luckily, your feet are at the opposite end of your nose! In addition to having two pairs of shoes to rotate between, so one pair can dry completely before you wear them again, there are several other things you can do – such as placing a pair of 2GO Refresh fragrance bags in your shoes.

Another tip is to sprinkle your feet with talcum powder or foot powder before putting on socks. This helps keep them dry.

We hope you find these tips useful and wish you the best of luck in getting rid of foot odor.