The Foot Cream Podiatrists Keep Recommending: CCS Foot Care Cream Read Through 100 UK Reviews
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Nine of the last 100 UK buyers were sent to this tube by a podiatrist or chiropodist, and 89 of the 100 gave it five stars. We counted the timelines, the greasy complaints and the one allergic reaction to work out who the 10% urea formula is really for.
Nine of the 100 most recent UK reviews for CCS Foot Care Cream mention a podiatrist, chiropodist or foot clinic. Not as decoration: these are people who were told what to buy by someone who looks at feet for a living, then came to Amazon for the bigger tube. That is an unusual pattern for a bestseller-list product, and it colours the whole review set. The 175 ml tube carries 10% urea and eucalyptus oil in a Swedish formula the brand has made since 1979. It is lanolin free, hypoallergenic, and listed as suitable for diabetics and sensitive skin.
We read all 100 recent UK reviews and counted the stars ourselves: 89 five-star, 5 four-star, 3 three-star, 1 two-star and 2 one-star, for a recent average of 4.78. The listing's lifetime badge across 11,772 ratings sits at 4.7, so the cream being sold today is scoring slightly above its own history, not below it. The complaints are real but small: three buyers find it greasy or tacky, one had an allergic reaction, one says it did nothing. Below is where the cream fits, how many days it takes to work, and the one caveat about thick callus that the brand's own range shot quietly confirms.
Nine Buyers Were Sent Here by a Chiropodist
The listing says the cream is used by podiatrists, which is the sort of claim that usually sits unverified in a bullet point. In this review set it is backed up. Nine reviews independently mention a podiatrist, chiropodist or foot clinic recommending the cream, and several describe the same journey: try it at the clinic, run out, order the 175 ml tube online. Lippo puts it plainly: "I was given a small tube of this by my podiatrist and was impressed enough to buy the same brand again when it was used up." PAUL has been on it for years on an NHS chiropodist's recommendation.
The clinic connection explains something else in the numbers. Five reviewers say they have used it for years or a long time, and the word "best" appears in 11 of the 100 review bodies, nearly always in the sense of the best foot cream that reviewer has used. This is a repeat-purchase product with a loyal base rather than an impulse buy, and 99 of the 100 reviews are verified purchases.
What they are buying is a white 175 ml squeeze tube of a cream built on water, liquid paraffin, glycerin and urea, with cetyl and stearyl alcohols for body, lactic acid, and eucalyptus globulus oil for scent. Urea at 10% is the working ingredient: the listing describes it as the moisturiser the body makes naturally, and it is what softens the hard, dry patches. The formula is dermatologically tested and lanolin free, and CCS lists it as suitable for diabetics. Directions on the tube say apply twice daily to start, then as required, and for best results use at night under socks. Four of the 100 reviewers describe doing exactly that, socks and all.
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Non-Greasy on the Box, Greasy for Three Buyers
The one point where reviewers split is texture. The listing image says non-greasy for easy application in capitals, and 9 of the 100 reviews use the word greasy specifically to say it is not. RK, who credits the cream with saving a walking holiday, describes something thick and rich that nonetheless "seems to absorb really well despite being thick." Sandra Andrews, a long-term user, says it rubs in well and quickly.
Three buyers land on the other side. Reviewer39 gave 2 stars and is the most specific: "It's okay, but far too greasy. It takes an age to soak in," and calls it an old-fashioned paraffin-based formula. d coombes gave 3 stars with two words, "Very greasy", and Mrs d angell, still at 4 stars, found it "works well but bit tacky". Three in 100 is not a defect cluster, but the paraffin observation is accurate: Paraffinum Liquidum is the second ingredient after water, so this is an occlusive cream by design, not a fast-vanishing lotion.
Our reading of the split is dose and timing. K. Dawes, firmly in the non-greasy camp, only uses a bit each time, and the reviewers using it at bedtime under socks never mention absorption time at all. Squeeze out a thick layer before putting shoes on and you will be in the greasy camp. Use a small amount after a shower, or a heavier layer at night, and you probably won't. Treat it as an evening product for the first two weeks, then decide whether you want it in the morning routine as well.
CCS Professional Foot Care Cream 175 ml
10% urea, lanolin free, recommended by nine podiatrist and chiropodist patients in the last 100 UK reviews. Apply at night under socks and expect softer feet within three applications to two weeks.
How Many Days Before the Hard Skin Goes
Reviewers gave timelines more often than we expected, and they line up. Marc-Belfast wears work boots for 8 to 16 hours a day and was sceptical until a boss recommended it: "After the 2nd to 3rd day applying this twice a day the dead hard skin actually fell away," with the foot back to normal after a couple of weeks and maintenance now once or twice a week. An Amazon Customer with a callus beside the big toe reports the slower end: "It took approx 10 days putting on twice day to start to see any difference but it has worked!"
Between those two sit R. Barman, whose feet after two weeks and five or six applications feel the softest they have in decades, The Everetts, whose dry feet had almost gone within a week used alongside a glass foot file, and Ali.C., a nurse whose feet live in socks and tights, who needed just three overnight applications under bamboo socks before the hard skin around the toenails cleared. So the range runs from three applications to roughly two weeks for a visible change, with twice-daily use the common thread. stefan adds a durability point: the moisture holds for two to three days between applications.
Two things speed it up, according to the reviews. Helen used it after an electric foot file and calls the heels like new, and Emma Blemma removed most of the hardened skin with a pedi sponge after a soak before creaming up and putting on socks. Emma Blemma also supplies the most useful caveat in the whole set, from a 4-star review: "I can't speak as to wether this would work for heavily calloused skin, however - you might want a higher urea content." That squares with the brand's own range shot on the listing, which shows a separate CCS Heel-Repair Stick at 25% urea for very hard skin and heel cracks. This 10% cream is the daily conditioner and mild softener in the line-up, not the heavy-duty tool.
Eucalyptus, Odour Control and the Fragrance-Free Reviewer
Scent is the second small disagreement, and it is a gentle one. The listing image credits eucalyptus oil with a fresh scent and odour prevention, and 7 of the 100 reviews describe the smell approvingly, refreshing and pleasant being the usual words. Athena1990, who has tried a lot of foot creams over the years, singles it out: "I like how the eucalyptus isn't overpowering like others." Then there is Sandra Andrews, who states flatly: "It's fragrance free." Two more report no heavy scent and no strong odour. Read together, the eucalyptus is light enough that some noses register nothing, and nobody in 100 reviews complains that it is too strong.
The prevents-odours claim on the tube gets two direct confirmations. ELISABETH NAMUTOSI, whose left foot is drier and itchier than the right, applies it between the toes and reports: "I also used to have bad feet odour, and this has also been solved!" Jayc says feet stay soft for days and that it stops odours even under thick socks. Two in 100 is not a reason to buy it for smell alone, but it is consistent with what the label claims, and none of the 100 reviews reports the opposite.
Two other uses come up once each and are worth a line. Mo C., who has skin allergies and eczema on the feet, found it cleared a bad flare-up and eased the discomfort. Lippo uses it on lower legs and hands as well. Neither is a listing claim, so treat them as one buyer's experience rather than a promise.
One Allergic Reaction, One Faulty Lid, One Shrinking Tube
With 89 five-star reviews, the six that scored 3 or below deserve individual attention rather than a percentage. Two are the greasy complaints already covered. Of the remaining four: Jules63 gave 1 star for a "Very strong allergic reaction", with no further detail. That is one buyer in 100 for a cream labelled hypoallergenic, but hypoallergenic is a formulation intent, not a guarantee, and eucalyptus oil and limonene are both on the ingredient list. If you know you react to essential oils, patch test a small area first. Steve Buchanan gave 1 star, calling it over-rated and saying it gave no relief at all, and Apple gave 3 with "Good cream nothing special." Chris Becker's 3 stars had nothing to do with the formula: after many previous trouble-free purchases, this tube arrived with a faulty lid and around half the contents lost inside the packaging.
One five-star review carries a complaint that matters more than most of the low ones. Mr. D. Whitehead: "These have shrunk in size although price gone up." We cannot verify what size that reviewer bought before, and the listing is clear that this is the 175 ml tube, so read it as a long-term customer's grumble about direction of travel rather than a description of what arrives. Related: Vivek K. Sarawgi has used it for many years and notes that the 1 kg tub is no longer made. The listing text still lists 60 ml, 175 ml and 1 kg sizes, so one of those two sources is out of date. The 175 ml is the size to buy either way.
ann chamberlain's five stars come with a preference for the brand's All In One product instead, and Emma Blemma's urea note above points the same way for heavy callus. Nothing here rises to a pattern. The largest failure cluster in 100 reviews is greasiness at three, and that is the number the score below is built on.
How Long 175 ml Lasts, and Our Score
Value gets 17 approving mentions in 100 reviews, and the reason is how slowly the tube goes down. Churnwood bought it for a running wife on her podiatrist's advice: "Uses it at least three times a times a week, and it lasts for over a year." Athena1990 has the whole household dipping into one tube and still has plenty left. Several others say the same in fewer words. Taken together, a 175 ml tube used every other night should comfortably see out several months. The twice-daily starter routine on the directions will burn through it faster for the first fortnight, after which most reviewers drop to a few applications a week.
So, the score. Recent 100 average 4.78. Lifetime 4.7 across 11,772 ratings. Largest complaint cluster: three buyers on greasiness. One allergic reaction, one non-responder, one faulty lid. Nine clinic referrals in the set and eleven "best I have used" verdicts. On that evidence we score CCS Foot Care Cream 4.7 out of 5, and we would buy it. It is the right first foot cream for dry, rough or lightly callused feet, for anyone whose feet spend the day in boots or work socks, and for diabetics and sensitive-skin buyers who want the lanolin-free, hypoallergenic label. It is not the pick if you want something that vanishes on contact before shoes go on, or if you have thick, cracked heel callus, where the brand's own 25% urea stick is the more direct tool. Use it at night under socks for the first two weeks, then whenever your feet ask for it, and check today's price on Amazon.
CCS Professional Foot Care Cream 175 ml
10% urea, lanolin free, recommended by nine podiatrist and chiropodist patients in the last 100 UK reviews. Apply at night under socks and expect softer feet within three applications to two weeks.