A friend gave me a pair of these, as I tend to have relentless dry skin and my feet eventually have many open cracks that take a lot of time to manage. NOT ANYMORE! I put on my new love my struts, and my feet totally relaxed. After I checked my feet after approximately twenty minutes, I could NOT BELIEVE how soft my feet had become. SERIOUSLY. So, that day, I bought six pairs, and my life is now so much more comfortable