Quote Originally Posted by laura* View Post
Perhaps it would be useful to eliminate a suspect by switching back to the old shoes, or to yet again different shoes?

Maybe the new shoes have some chemical or fibers in them that irritates your foot. Maybe the roomier shoes are letting your foot spread out, and the resulting tissue growth is itching.
Definitely not going back to the old shoes...cramping feet and pinched nerves was WAY worse than itching (and putting me at risk of permanent nerve damage). I suspect that the same nerves that had gone numb from the super-narrow shoes are now repairing themselves and causing the itching.

I would suspect a chemical issue, but there is no sign of actual skin irritation or allergy...it feels like it's under the skin...a little bit crawly-feeling at times. Years ago I had breast reduction surgery and as the cut nerves repaired themselves they would give the sensation of little electrical zaps. This is somewhat similar, only more annoying.