How to get rid of corns
Sometimes women complain of pain and other inconveniences associated with the appearance of corns and calluses on their feet. Rough areas of skin also look unsightly, so you have to resort to the help of pedicurists to remove them. Today we’ll talk about the causes and ways to eliminate this problem.
Causes of corns
The occurrence of such unpleasant things as corns, dry and wet calluses and blisters on the feet is familiar to many people. Some of the most well-known and common reasons include:
- Poor quality shoes that cause discomfort and chafe the skin when worn. Of course, almost every girl tries to look beautiful, sacrificing convenience and comfort for the sake of beauty and fashion. Tight and narrow shoes, and even more so the wrong size, lead to the rapid formation of calluses and corns. Here we can only advise one thing - choose comfortable shoes that match your size.
- An important reason is skin fungus. Some types of fungus, such as candida, cause thickening of the skin. It becomes rough and cracks.
- The third reason for problems with legs is extra pounds and diabetes. These reasons can go together, but not always. In diabetes mellitus, a person's blood circulation is impaired and the level of sugar in the blood increases significantly. For these reasons, the patient develops diabetic foot. With this disease, the skin thickens greatly, loses sensitivity, and begins to crack. Excess weight makes the situation even worse, as it increases the load on legs.
Plaster for corns
You can eliminate corns using a special patch. This product will help remove dry calluses and rough skin. It does not cause any inconvenience and fits perfectly on the leg.
There are several types of patches that relieve corns. Compid is one of the best. This patch eliminates ingrown calluses, relieves pain, while at the same time the patch allows the skin to breathe. Before using the patch, you must leg steam in a hot bath. Then all rough skin is carefully cut off. The leg must be wiped dry and a patch should be applied. If the corns do not go away within a few days, the procedure can be repeated.
The Salipod patch works in a similar way. It contains sulfur and salicylic acid. As a result, all bacteria that are on the skin die, and salicylic acid removes the hardened layer of skin and allows sulfur to penetrate deeper.
How to treat corns
The most important rule when treating corns is to remove what injures the skin. If the reason for this is uncomfortable shoes, then you need to replace them with more comfortable ones. Foot deformation must be treated and shoes with an orthopedic effect must be selected.
Then you need to eliminate the corn itself. Apply keratolytic cream to the keratinized area of skin and secure the patch to this area of skin overnight. By morning, the skin will become soft and can be removed with a pumice stone. To completely eliminate the corns, several procedures will be enough.
When treating a corns, you cannot cut them off. Sometimes, especially large corns, need to be removed surgically. But this should only be done by a specialist and only in a clinic. Corns are removed by laser, cryotherapy or drilling. The most effective and painless way is to use a laser. The operation in this case lasts only a few minutes, does not cause pain and is performed in one session. After the operation, it is necessary to wear special shoes and limit physical activity for the first time. If possible, get an x-ray of your foot to determine if there is any joint disease, arthritis, or gout.
