How to remove callus and corns on the feet?

Corns can be a common condition of the foot which can be painful and difficult to manage. Corns and callus are due to a lot of pressure on an area of skin. They are part of a normal mechanism that has gone awry. When there is excessive pressure on the skin, that area of skin will thicken up to protect itself. If the pressure carries on over a long time, it might be so thick that it is painful. This is the same as the process which happens when, by way of example, chopping wood. Doing this, you eventually produce a callus on your hand. A similar thing takes place on the foot with pressure from the surface or pressure on a toe from the shoe. When you stop cutting wood, the thicker skin on the hands go away. The challenge in the foot is that you keep putting on footwear and you continue walking, so the pressure continues and the thicker skin forms into a corn and becomes painful.

Getting rid of corns is fairly easy and a skilful podiatrist can easily take them out. That's the easy part. The hard bit is preventing them coming back. It's one thing to remove them, but unless you remove that cause (the higher pressures on the area), chances are they will just keep coming back eventually. Corns do not possess roots that they can re-grow from. They return since the cause is still there. Taking away a corn is a lot like managing the symptom. They are going to come back unless the reason is taken away. That's where the skill of a podiatrist is required to find out the correct cause. A full assessment is necessary of the function, shoes, foot shape and activities to work out just what it is that is causing the higher pressure. Once that reason has been identified, then different interventions can be used to remove that pressure. This could range from simple shoe suggestions to foot orthotic to surgical procedures.

Do corns on the foot have roots?

There are a number of common myths about the issue of corns on the foot. Corns are a condition linked to there being an excessive amount of force on an area of skin. With the foot this greater force can be due to a toe deformity like hammer toes or hallux valgus where by pressure from the shoe causes the corn. It might be due to a dropped metatarsal bone, leading to a corn or callus on the bottom of the foot. These types of corns and calluses are a natural result of the skin to excessive pressure. All that is going on is that the skin thickens up to offer protection to itself. This is a normal and natural reaction of the skin. However, because the force that caused that thickening continues, the skin will become so thick that it will become painful. A qualified podiatrist will be able to remove a corn. Its not hard.

However, after it has been taken out, it will just return at some point and unless the cause of that increased pressure isn't taken away. This is when the myths come into place. Some individuals might allege the podiatrist of not necessarily undertaking their job effectively, when they more than likely did, but the corn came back as the pressure, possibly from poorly fitting footwear is still there. Others assume corns have got roots and the podiatrist just didn't get rid of the root. They presume the corn comes back because the Podiatrist decided not to get rid of the root (like the plant example, it will grow back again if its roots are not eradicated). Corns do not have roots. That's the misconception. They keep coming back because the cause of will still be present. The only method to eradicate corns completely would be to eliminate the cause. That means the claw toes or bunion need to be fixed, or better fitting shoes used so there isn't any pressure on it or foot orthoses to get pressure of the fallen metatarsal is needed. If you do have a issue with corns, then consult with your podiatrist the alternatives to obtain permanent help.