You don't want anyone to see your dry, cracked heels.

Solutions for winter skin problems, from dry hands to cracked heels.

Painful, cracked heels are a common skin condition, especially in winter.

The result: Everything from chapped lips and itchy skin to cracked heels.

Watson said the cracked heel he sustained a few weeks ago while trying to jump a fence did not bother him.

You don't need pedicures to have healthy feet, but adding some moisture to dry, cracked heels would be a good start.

But he arrived with a cracked heel, and his troubles and questionable choices began to mount.

The nut oil is used topically as an antifungal and for healing cracked heels.

Not bad for a horse who at times disdained workouts and who suffered a cracked heel five months ago.

Then give extra attention to dry elbows and cracked heels with minty Heel It, $14.

He looked much less impressive than he had in summer, appearing underweight and suffering from a cracked heel.

The unraveling of the race seemed complete this week when Unbridled's Song was removed to rest his cracked heel.

After his run at Ascot Mahmoud had problems with a cracked heel which kept him off the racecourse until the autumn.

Two cracked heels.

Keep feet healthy by marinating cracked heels in petroleum jelly, covering them with plastic wrap, and putting on a pair of socks overnight.

Reporter Al Wolf noted that Ocean Wave had a cracked heel prior to competing.

Sore feet Years of punishing your feet in ill-fitting shoes can cause painful bunions, cracked heels, and calluses.

Unbridled's Song worked seven furlongs yesterday in 1:24, and seems recovered from his bouts with a cracked heel, a lung infection and ulcers.

After all that, Unbridled's Song was found to be suffering from another cracked heel, a lung infection and ulcers, which are not uncommon in race horses.

As a 3-year-old, Unbridled's Song developed a cracked heel and was declared both in and out of the Kentucky Derby.

Another section showed the damage done to the human body in athletics such as Laird Hamilton's cracked heel and Torry Holt's crooked middle finger.

Soothe cracked heels (which can lead to infections, if not treated) with True Blue Spa's Heel of Approval ($15; Bath and BodyWorks).

They can be soothed with Tripod Labs' Advanced Moisturizing Formula ($11.95 for 5.75 ounces; Tripodlabs.com), an herbal lotion to soften calluses and mend cracked heels.

He developed a cracked heel, was declared both in and out of the Kentucky Derby, had a switch in horse shoes several times and finally raced wearing a pair of egg-bar shoes that protected his heel but slowed his pace.

Unbridled's Song, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall and was widely ranked as the fastest colt in the country this spring, ran fifth in the Derby on a cracked heel and now is being treated for assorted other injuries.