Wet feet soon blister and confined within footwear create offensive smells. Plantar Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating of the feet) is a huge and widespread problem, which is fortunately easily treated.

Wetness and chafing around the foot and between the toes will produce soft skin that easily becomes macerated. This in turns leads to secondary fungal and bacterial infections, such as “Athlete's Foot”. Whilst many “Athlete's Foot” treatments promise to deal with advanced foot infections they do little to treat one of the major root causes of the problem…..perspiration.

Foot infections invariably begin with the problem of wet skin that encourages fungal spores to infect and weaken the skin which is usually followed by a subsequent invasion of bacteria. Most foot products are aimed at attacking fungal growth, however, it is the bacterial infections that often cause most distress. Odaban's drying effect is such that it not only prevents fungal growth but also the secondary bacterial growth responsible for much unpleasant foot odour.