Barefoot is my lifestyle, I have Lupus and EBA (both are autoimmune diseases) and have skin issues, anything rubbing my skin (in my entire body not just feet) will rip & rub my skin off. I have had to go 100% totally barefoot for over 5 years. The bottom of my feet now are so tough, I can pretty much walk on any type surface, from hot summer asphalt to rocks and even most thorns. I do everything & go everywhere barefoot. I go to my doctors, shopping, formal events, church, & sporting events. I even have a doctors statement that I am not to wear shoes. It is a disability for me. I have to wear soft flexible clothing, I can’t even wear jeans. Jeans will rub my skin off like sandpaper. I have to wear soft leggings under my pants. So barefoot it is for me.