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Best overall: complete listing, modest claims, ₱99
DERMAID Cracked Heel Cream, 50 ml (Watsons Official Store)
₱99 About ₱1.98 per ml
Cheapest, and the only pick with urea
FootEase by Watsons Cracked Heel Cream, 50 g (Watsons Official Store)
₱69 About ₱1.38 per g
Quick verdict
Overall pick DERMAID Cracked Heel Cream, 50 ml (Watsons Official Store)
Dermaid scores higher overall (94 vs 89): it has the most complete listing in its guide, with the ingredients, directions, warnings, origin and shelf life, and an exact FDA notification. FootEase by Watsons is the only one of the two that lists urea (second after water) and it costs less on the listing, but it does not give the urea percentage or a shelf life.
Choose Dermaid if
You want a humectant moisturiser with directions, warnings and a shelf life on the page, and claims kept to improving the appearance of dry heels.
Choose FootEase by Watsons if
You want a cream that lists urea and petrolatum for thick, rough heels, and accept that the urea percentage and shelf life are not stated and that it contains fragrance and parabens.
The overall pick follows the weighted Wellness Picks score (94 vs 89 out of 100), not the number of criteria won below.
Head-to-head summary
Rows come from each product’s record and from the guide that ranks both. Prices checked 2026-10-16. We did not use or test either product.
Criterion by criterion
Where the evidence is not strong enough to call a winner, we say so.
What you will care about when choosing
Dermaid is priced per ml (₱99 for 50 ml, about ₱1.98 per ml) and FootEase per gram (₱69 for 50 g, about ₱1.38 per g). Creams are not sold by the same unit, so we do not call this one.
Evidence: Shopee prices in our foot cream guide.
FootEase lists urea second after water. Dermaid lists no urea, alpha hydroxy acid or salicylic acid.
Evidence: Both ingredient lists on the Shopee listings.
Dermaid gives twice-daily use, warnings and a shelf life of 1,095 days. FootEase gives no shelf life.
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
Both listings print their ingredients (FootEase has a typo, "Tocophheryl, Acetate").
Evidence: Both Shopee listings.
From our weighted scoring
24 vs 24 out of 25 points.
18 vs 17 out of 20 points.
18 vs 15 out of 20 points.
10 vs 8 out of 10 points.
15 vs 15 out of 15 points.
9 vs 10 out of 10 points.
Final result
Rounds count every row equally. The weighted Wellness Picks score does not, and it decides the pick. On the scoring axes, a lead of at least 10% of the axis points counts as a round won.
Evidence and limits
- Dermaid: listing checked 2026-10-16; registration NN-1000016555816.
- FootEase by Watsons: listing checked 2026-10-16; registration NN-1000012638098.
- We compare what each listing and the FDA notification list state; we did not use or test either cream, and the FDA notifies cosmetics, it does not approve them.
- Not compared for lack of evidence: how well either softens heels, and the urea percentage in FootEase (not stated).
- Dermaid: notification NN-1000016555816, valid to 3 September 2027. FootEase: NN-1000012638098, valid to 1 April 2027. No advisory found naming either.
- FootEase lists fragrance, mint oil and parabens. General advice, not from the listings: ask a doctor about cracked heels that bleed, hurt or come with diabetes.
- Prices change; a price change does not change a score unless we re-score the product. This is general information, not medical advice.
- Fact-checked and reviewed by WellnessPicks team on 2026-10-25.
