Home treatment for corns or calluses
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Home treatment for corns or calluses
Home treatment may help relieve discomfort from corns or calluses.
- Rub the callus or corn with a towel or a pumice stone after a shower or bath to take off some of the dead skin and reduce the thickness of the callus or corn. Do not use a pumice stone if you have diabetes or peripheral arterial disease, or if you have poor circulation in your feet.
- Use doughnut-shaped felt, lamb's wool, or moleskin patches to relieve pressure on the callus or corn.
- Use lotions and moisturizers to soften the skin. This may also relieve some of the symptoms from corns and calluses.
Never cut corns or calluses. Infection may develop.
Credits
| Author | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Michele Cronen |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Gavin W.G. Chalmers, DPM - Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery |
| Last Updated | July 11, 2007 |
| Last updated: | July 11, 2007 |
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| Author: | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Gavin W.G. Chalmers, DPM - Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman |
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