Having the right pair of slippers can make a big difference to the healthiness of your feet and how you feel at the end of the day. If your feet feel worn out and tired, it’s time to change your footwear to a better type.
Don’t go in for the usual synthetic footwear varieties, because they don’t keep feet healthy. Look into footwear made from sheepskin. This natural material offers excellent comfort and comes with a host of benefits that makes it a must to have.
Why Sheepskin ?
Sheepskin has many natural health benefits - providing support for pressure points and achy limbs, regulating your body temperature to improve circulation plus being kind to skin and bacteria repellent.
Sheepskin is supportive to relieve aches and pains
Sheepskin has naturally crimped fibers that form a cushioning support for your body. Scientists believe this is because each wool hair, or fiber, contains a three-dimensional spiraling crimp that acts like a miniature spring.
By absorbing pressure without flattening out and distributing weight evenly over the body, sheepskin takes pressure off limbs to help relieve aches and pains.
Sheepskin regulates your body temperature
The natural temperature regulating properties in wool helps to reduce heat when it’s too hot, and increase heat when it’s too cold, so you stay at the right temperature, keeping at the right temperature can help promote better blood circulation.
Sheepskin reduces friction and discomfort
The outer layer of protein on a fiber of wool is very smooth, making it easy for sheepskin fibers to move against each other and accommodate movement. When wearing sheepskin, your skin moves across the surface with less resistance to help reduce discomfort.
Sheepskin deter dirt and bacteria
Sheepskin fleece is naturally resistant to the growth of mold, dust mites, and bed bugs.
It’s natural wicking properties, drawing moisture away from the skin, also prevent the conditions that allow bacteria to thrive.
Sheepskin is also breathable, allowing air to continue circulating around reducing the hot and clammy environment that bacteria loves.
Sheepskin is hypo-allergenic and soothes skin
Sheepskin contains a substance called lanolin which is similar to that found in human skin. It is kind to sensitive or inflamed skin so many believe it can help to soothe or desensitize rashes or skin conditions such as eczema.
Unlike faux sheepskin, which is carbon based fibers made from petrochemicals, sheepskin is natural products that have minimal chemical
irritants.
Sheepskin is moisture wicking for skin protection
Fleeces have this fantastic ability to absorb moisture without actually feeling wet. Wool can carry almost one-third of its own weight in water before feeling wet to the touch.
Wet skin can cause maceration and weakening of the skin over time, so this ability to wick moisture is a great benefit for both comfort and skin protection.