What Neuropathy symptoms do you have?

--to post a picture of the spots?

I myself am wondering if they are on the surface of the skin--more dermatologic in nature--or within the skin. The latter might be petechiae, which are caused by capillary insufficiency--they look like "blood spots"--and those are common with vascular-related neuropathies.

Heck, I was even wondering if they might look like dermatitis hepatiformis--the IgA mediated skin lesion that some people with gluten intolerance get.

I think some else is going on with these foot lesions.

Dermatitis herpetiformis itches like crazy.

Tinea Pedis burns and peels.

RSD has some skin issues... perhaps looking over there at our forum may help. There is a "photo" section in the stickies over there:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread16167.html

This post recently discusses vascular changes with SFN connected to RSD:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post636196-5.html

The ones I get are these tiny red dots concentrated on hte bottom of teh feet,, and on the palms of the hands,, there slightly raised and itch somewhat,, this happened to me in the summer of 08,, but the neuropapthy wasent as bad then,, in fact I was working and was experiencing hardly any problems with neuroapthy or the Sjogrens they say I have, but like the last time,, they faded and like a sunburn,, all the skin peeled off,, I did see a dermatologist two times, he took some scrapings and did say it wasent fungal,, but didnt kow what it was,, i dont know what it is,, with everything that is goingon,, its the least of my problems

With my wifes feet, hers get really dry as well. Here heels especially would get so dry that her heels would literally crack and bleed and take forever to heal (no pun intended).
We were told that the neuropathy causes it and to keep lotion on them daily or twice a day or whatever it takes.
BUT, we were also told when you put lotion on your feet, NEVER, get it in between the toes!
It can cause a fungus to start even worse and lead to serious complications. I lotion my wifes feet twice a day, and I make sure to wipe in between her toes with a soft cloth when I am done just to make sure that it is clean in those places.
It seems to work for her. I use the pink bottle of Olay - Active Hydrationg fluid...and it seems to work well...for my wife that is.

Hope this will help some. Of course yours may be something completely different, but you might try it and see if it works for you.

it IS. That means daily checks and moisturizing as the lymphatic system mite have been failing in this quarter. IT happens. A really good podiatrist helps here to trim dead callous and nails when you aren't walking on them 'normally'.
This site is useful: http://telemedicine.org/stamford.htm Click on it, then go to the Abstract and then the Introduction....these are key to understanding what all happens to the blood vessels, nerves and vascular/lymph systems that all come into play in the LIVING with PN.
I must ask, IS it getting WORSE? or just status quo? Getting worse would entail getting second opinions, and that it mite be something more complicated...which I hope truly, it is not.
In the meantime? Treat your feet as IF you ARE a diabetic. For starters, a good lotion is Eucerin Calming Cream and try that...got some mild numbers in it and lots of good moisturizers. A dermatologist can prescribe if needed, stronger moisturizers and conditioners - a thing I do. Don't mess around with neuropathy feet! You get a blister? You mite not know, and, IF not cared for right, you could end up for quite a while in the hospital! {And on hospital food to boot! YECH!} Treat your feet as treasures! After all, the ways to get around without walking on them, are really, really inconvenient and often nasty, and complicated! I've been there!
Hope and keep at it! - j

That is the same one I use. I have a drawer full of other lotions I have tried, but Olay is what has worked. I hope they never discontinue it.

Yeah me too. Olay seems to be the ticket.
Of course, when her heels were cracked horribly and bleeding, we got some stuff made just for heels called Triple Blue Heel of Approval... its made specifically for dry and cracked heels and it worked fast for my wife.
I put it on everyday, twice, for 2 weeks, and her heels healed up nice. Now I use the Olay as a daily to keep it from re-ocurring.

Guess i should throw all the other useless crud away and save some drawer space

Really dry skin on the feet, and cracking skin, can reflect a poor intake of the basic building blocks of the skin. These are called EFAs (essential fatty acids)... and include flaxoil and evening primrose oil for GLA.

Including these properly in the diet will improve the skin, and increase its flexibility. We were designed to eat these oils daily for health.

Here is my EFA thread:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=6092

Not only skin is affected by deficiency of these oils. The nervous system uses these primary building blocks to insulate the nerves and maintain normal nerve functions. What you see on the skin or in this case, the feet, is a marker for what is happening inside the body that you cannot see.

EFA means ESSENTIAL... alpha linolenic acid ...the basic Omega-3 oil, cannot be manufactured by the body, and if you don't consume it as it is required, your body will fall apart eventually and one will slowly painfully decline.