The resplendence of stepping out in a glossy new pair of kicking last about as long as it convey for that first miserable bleb to form on your poor , unfortunate human foot . Maybe your feet swell up throughout the day , and the shoes you in the beginning thought were perfectly snug are now waging a chafing war against your lower extremity . Or peradventure your feet are slightly mismatch , and your left metrical unit is just a tad too big to fit well in its shoe .
Whatever the reason you find yourself limping all the means home , shape to sky your to - drop dead - for young shoes into the back of your press for infinity , you should know that there ’s an gentle location for your plight — and it only requires items you likely already have at domicile .
You ’ll involve a hairdryer , one veritable brace of socks , and one duad of the thickest socks you’re able to find . ( If you do n’t own any superfluous - thick socks , two pairs of regular socks should do the joke ) . Don your multiple couplet of air sock , and then , as Lifehackersays , “ shove your feet into those shoes . ” If your feet feel almost unbearably slosh , you ’re doing it right .
After that , turn your whisker dryer on its hottest setting and pass it over the tightest persona of your shoes . Once you feel the skid loosen up , switch off the drier , walk around while your shoes cool off down , and then take them off . Try them on again without the superfluous air sock to see if they ’re sufficiently stretch out — if not , restate the outgrowth .
Image consultant and mode expert Aaron Marino march the trick in the YouTube picture below , and he also advert an authoritative bit of advice : The dryer ’s heat could melt certain fibers , so do n’t try this hack if your shoes are made from charge plate or any other synthetical material .
And , after you ’re done tearing up the dance floor in your new painless pair of boots , kvetch back with thislistof incredible ( and possibly painful ) horseshoe styles from story .
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