If you suffer from corns then you are not alone! It is thought that anything between 25% & 60% of the population have suffered with corns at some point in their lifetime. Development of hard skin can occur due to poorly fitting footwear, abnormal gait patterns or high levels of activity.
Hard skin on our feet can be unsightly, uncomfortable and often painful, but suffer no longer and enlist the professional help of South Devon Foot Clinic.
Corns and calluses are hard, thickened areas of skin that form as a result of friction or pressure on the skin. Corns and callus occur as a normal physiologic response of the skin to chronic excessive pressure or friction and develop naturally to help protect the skin underneath them.
Corns can often be seen in similar spots on the feet, usually over boney prominences, they can come in different guises from hard to soft, on the plantar (bottom) surface of the feet, on dorsal (tops) areas of the toes or even in-between the toes.
South Devon Foot Clinic provides painless techniques to remove your corns and callus. With the help of scalpels, files and a drill, these techniques left away layers of hard skin reducing the pressure to these painful and uncomfortable sites. This provides instant relief and gets you back to doing the things you enjoy.
Your footwear and gait pattern may also be assessed to establish if any modifications can be made to avoid the reoccurrence of corns and callus. We may also look to offload areas where we identify excess pressure which is causing the underlying tissue to become vulnerable to breakdown.
Depending upon the clinical presentation of your corns and callus, it may be suggested that you modify your footwear to ensure that they are accommodating the length and width of your feet adequately. Changes in footwear will help to minimise reoccurring corns by reducing friction and pressure. Treatment options may also include the use of urea based emollients which naturally debride the hard skin on your feet in-between appointments.
South Devon Foot Clinic can recommend products to use such as Flexitol, Gehwol and CCS. We shall walk you through the best products to use and the best concentration of urea is most suitable for your condition.
Evidence suggests a series of options are available including a stretching, kinesiology (low dye) tape and orthotic devices.
“Do not self-treat if you have diabetes, poor circulation on a reduced immune system, instead seek help from a podiatrist.” College of Podiatry (2019)
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