Beauty Skin-Care Tips

Watch in Action as the Viral Baby Foot Mask Made My Skin Shed Like a Snake

Zoe Weiner

April 7, 2022

The internet is a goldmine for satisfying-but-disgusting beauty content. Pimple popping videos, ingrown hair extractions, gunk-sucking facials... for whatever reason, many of us (myself included) are absolutely fascinated by this nastiness. With that in mind, it makes sense that Baby Foot—a chemically exfoliating foot mask that makes your feet shed like a snake—regularly goes viral on social media. After all, what could be better than watching someone peel long, strips of skin off of their heels and toes? If your answer to that question is "nothing," you're in luck: The latest episode of Zoë Tries It All brings you six full minutes of exactly that.

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After seeing Baby Foot work its magic all over my Instagram and TikTok feeds, I recently decided that it was time to try it out for myself. My feet are constantly calloused and covered in dead, flaky skin, and the internet has done a great job of convincing me that Baby Foot is the only thing that can help.

Experts In This Article

Mona Gohara, MD, board-certified dermatologist at Dermatology Physicians of Connecticut and associate clinical professor in dermatology at Yale School of Medicine

What makes Baby Foot so effective is the fact that it's—like I said—basically a chemical peel for your feet. The formula is made with a blend of alpha-hydroxy acids (more specifically, lactic and glycolic), which work by breaking the bonds that hold dead skin cells to the surface of your feet. As those bonds weaken, the skin starts to peel, and after a week, you'll be left with baby-soft skin.

According to Mona Gohara, MD, a board-certified dermatologist based in Connecticut, the type of intensive exfoliation that Baby Foot offers is critical for the overall health of your feet. "It is extremely important to make sure that the skin on your feet is exfoliated, because they can get dry and cracked," she says, adding that AHAs are some of her favorite ingredients for getting the job done.

Testing the product involved sitting with acid-filled booties on my feet for the better part of an hour (side note: the solution smells like lavender vodka, which took me right back to college), then rinsing it off and waiting for the peeling to start. For the first few days, nothing happened, but then *BAM*: My feet started flaking everywhere. This lasted for the better part of two weeks, which meant wearing socks as frequently as possible (I am very, very glad I didn't do this during sandal season) and profusely apologizing to my boyfriend for the piles of foot skin all over our apartment (sorry, Jordan).

The whole process was—you guessed it!—gross-but-satisfying in the best possible way. To find out whether or not the treatment left my feet as baby soft as the internet promised (or to just watch a whole bunch of footage of me peeling dead skin off of my heels), check out the video above.

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