The skin keeps splitting at the base of my little toe?

Question

is it just athlete's foot? I don't have any other symptoms just the skin splitting every few months

Answer 1

It seems that  you are not properly drying your feet. Dry well and use something like an Aloe Vera based cream to help heal.

Athletes foot is a fungus with symptoms of redness and peeling initially.Or why not just ask a pharmacist at you local Boots to check it out , I personally found them really helpful.

Answer 2

I have this problem and have had it since I was a kid, so over 40 years.  It only occurs when I swim alot and almost always when I've been in the ocean.  I've always been able to heal it in a couple of days by using foot powder, even rubbing it into the split.  My mother taught me about the powder when I was a kid.  She even suggested wearing a sock at night with powder too. I've just returned from a vacation at the beach and had my little toe and the one next to it split yet again.  So instead of walking around in sandals, I used foot powder and sneakers, and within two days it disappeared.