Karen wrote: > > My feet began peeling after a week kayaking in Baja; soles of my feet > and toe pads, not between toes and not inflamed or sore like athlete's > foot; peeling, like a sunburn, but a thicker layer of skin. Started > about a week after getting home. Don't know if it was related to the > salt water.... Mine do the same. Also hands. I assume it is some sort of readaptaion to nonsalty conditions. I suspect that lots of immersion time in salt water generates a calloused skin, and it sloughs off later. Pretty ugly, alright. Martha Stewart would not like it. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 04 1999 - 14:54:44 PDT
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