If you are one of the lucky people who sweat only a little, our Drymax Socks are still a great choice. You will never find a better fitting sock with so many features, such as our vented toe, arch band, reinforced heel and our color size dot, etc.

In many cases yes. Decaying bacteria usually cause foot odor. Bacteria like to grow in damp, warm, dark areas. If you eliminate the moisture, you eliminate the environment bacteria like to grow in. However, foot odor is often times caused by shoe odor. To completely eliminate foot & shoe odors, it may take several products to do the job.

If you are one of the lucky people who sweat only a little, our Active Dry Socks are still a great choice. You will never find a better fitting sock with so many features, such as our vented toe, arch band, reinforced heel and our color size dot, etc.

Feet excrete as much as 8 ounces of moisture a day. This is due to the fact there are 250,000 sweat glands in both feet.

Our True Fit Sizing causes our socks to look relatively smaller. To achieve a more custom fit, we designed our individual sock sizes to include fewer shoe sizes than other sock manufacturers. For example, our Women's size Small is made for Women's shoe sizes 5-7. Our competitors' socks are typically made to include Women's shoe sizes 5 ½ -10 ½.

Socks are not the only cause of blisters, so no sock manufacturer should make the claim they can prevent 100% of all blisters. Blisters caused by socks usually develop because the socks do not fit right or they become wet. Moisture changes the slipperiness or stickiness (coefficient-of-friction) of the skin, sock, top of the insole and the inside lining of a shoe. Blisters form when the skin rubs, sticks or slides too much inside the sock.

Since all shoes are made differently, we could not count on the materials inside the shoes to prevent moisture from returning back to the skin. Moisture has no adhesion to our Drymax fibers, so it moves through the inner Drymax layer until it finds something (in this case, the outer cotton layer) to absorb it. We put a layer of cotton on the outside of the sock to attract & hold moisture away from the skin.

Fabric softener will coat the sock's fibers and not allow them to move as much moisture away from the foot as normal. To remove the fabric softener, simply launder the socks with detergent.

Waterproof/breathable materials have membranes with microscopic holes which are great at keeping water out, but they breathe and move moisture vapor out of the footwear at a much slower rate than nylon or nylon-mesh. This situation makes it very important to wear Drymax Socks because they actually move moisture away from the skin and truly keep your feet dry. Therefore, the Drymax Socks are the very best socks to wear with shoes or boots made with waterproof/breathable materials.

Foot wetness is a common problem and left untreated can lead to foot and shoe odor. Fortunately, it can be treated effectively with Odor-Eaters products. Using an Odor-Eaters Foot Powder or Insole will help absorb the wetness and keep your feet comfortable all day – plus stop foot and shoe odor before it has a chance to start!

Yes! Your feet get cold too even if you don’t notice it. Often your body will rob heat from the core to warm your extremities so keeping your hands and feet warm will make you feel warmer overall. In addition, the socks or boots installed on your drysuit were sized so you can wear thick insulation on your feet. If you do not wear insulation, the feet of your suit may seem too big. Layering is great alternative to buying a new base undergarment.

Because of the capabilities of Merino wool to control temperature regulation, the socks are an obvious choice for people who suffer with cold feet and for people who suffer from hot feet. Nerve damage (neuropathy) may be causing the nerves to send unusual signals and it may be that you experience sensations of very cold feet or burning feet, as a direct result of diabetes-related nerve damage.

There are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet, and they excrete as much as half a pint of moisture each day.

No. Non-elastic non-binding socks are a safe choice for diabetics. Restricting circulation is always a concern for diabetics, but doctors agree that uniform compression actually promotes blood flow. That's why SmartKnit socks are "corespun" with a special blend of Dupont Coolmax® and Lycra® yarns to create a "second skin" fit without pressure. SmartKnit socks won't slip, bunch, and create blisters and discomfort.

The detailed answer to this question has been superceded by the A Case for Bare Feet paper, specifically section 2: Discrimination. The paper is available on-line here

Your doctor or nurse will provide you with a regular repeat prescription for your Scholl compression stockings or socks and you will be able to replace them should they become damaged. You may, however, like to have a couple of extra pairs. For example, ladies might wish to have a black pair for evening wear or might prefer socks instead of below knee stockings to wear under trousers. Extra pairs of all Scholl compression stockings and socks can be bought from your local pharmacy.

That is part of the winning trifecta: water bottle, cellphone and towel. If you have all three your are an accomplished non practitioner. Towelling off between every pose because you are made of sugar and you might melt, drinking your way to hyponatremia and keeping an ear out for when the cell will vibrate in your handbag will assure your yogic progress. You should use a towel to wipe the space around your mat if you sweat profusely. Otherwise leave it at home, Linus.

Sweating is how your body dissipates heat and keeps its core temperature down when you are working out. Usually the more you train, the more easily you sweat, because your body knows it is going to get hot and starts working to cool itself off. There is also the possibility of some having more sweat glands than others have -- men sweat more than women do for this reason. Overall, when you find yourself sweating more easily, take it as a good sign you're really fit!

Dogs have the ability to sweat, but in places that are a little different from humans. Dogs sweat through their pads and feet. Their skin and armpit areas don't contain sweat glands like ours do. Their main method of ridding themselves from heat, however, is by panting, which is a very different mechanism than what we generally use. For these reasons, we must take great care to protect our dogs from heat stroke.

Eccrine sweat is produced via merocrine secretion in the coiled gland, and is composed of water, sodium, potassium lactate, urea, ammonia, serine, ornithine, citrulline, aspartic acid, heavy metals, organic compounds, and proteolytic enzymes. Eccrine sweat then passes through the acrosyringium and is deposited on the skin surface.” Goldsmith, L.A. “Biology of eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.” In I.M. Freedburg, A.Z. Eisen, K. Wolff, et al, eds.