Are you getting really stinky smelly feet, yuck, gross, and are you for example blaming it on your new shoes?
Because you can’t figure out what’s going on?
Perhaps in despair you’ve ordered one of those UV disinfecting wands for your shoes.
Well, if it happens to be the case that you recently moved, ask yourself if you used to have the habit of treating your feet to a nice warm salt footbath every once in a while. Have you lost that habit?
If so, reinstate it. Problem solved, I bet.
(You may need to replace your socks, too. Washing at 60 degrees may make the problem worse. Washing at 90 or 95 degrees is better, but most socks can’t handle that. See links below.)
Look after your feet. They’ll thank you in so many ways.

How you can tell that this image is AI-generated? Nobody ever places a footbath at height. You place it on the floor. This AI clearly doesn’t know that. It thinks it’s like doing the dishes.
Let me know if you disagree.
The science of dirty laundry
Most people wash at 30 or 40 degrees Celsius these days,but that’s rarely enough to get rid of bacteria.
Some bacteria really thrive at 60 degrees C. Stinky feet bacteria are examples of those, if memory serves me right. So you have to get close to boiling to get rid of that “Cheetos to the power of 100” smell or find a different way to disinfect your socks.
Below are some related research papers. I remember that the Guardian or a different major newspaper had an article referring to this type of research too, a few years back, telling us readers that our clothes tend to have remained dirty after a washing cycle.
A quick tip: Using a tumble dryer also helps get rid of bacteria.
- Laundry hygiene and odor control: State of the Science https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8231443/
- Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes of harmful bacteria https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478665-your-washing-machine-may-not-actually-rid-clothes-of-harmful-bacteria/
- Level of decontamination after washing textiles at 60°C or 70°C followed by tumble drying https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268791510_Level_of_decontamination_after_washing_textiles_at_60C_or_70C_followed_by_tumble_drying
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