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Originally Posted by Blind Eye
I assumed both ways could work for different individuals, and better for some than others. I just thought it was odd that one says to keep your feet moisturized and nice ans soft, while the other tells you to toughen them up and dry them out.
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You missed my point. WM's advice addresses someone trying to toughen up soft feet. The SORB recommendation is targeted to someone who already has good callouses. They don't say to have your feet be "nice and soft," they give advice to keep that leathery pad from coming off like an old scab.
So first you build callouses (WM). Then you have to maintain them (SORB). Over time, that thick pad of dead skin (that you spent so much effort to build) will dry out, harden, crack, and fall off your foot. The new skin underneath is as soft and tender as though you never started. So delay the hardening with lotion. Once parts have hardened, file down hard edges or cracks to prevent them from catching and tearing.