Corns and calluses on the feet result from an excessive amount of pressure on that area of skin where the corn is. To eliminate corns, all you have to do is take away that pressure which caused the corn. Its that simple. A corn or a callus is part of a activity that the skin undergoes to protect itself. When there may be an excessive amount of pressure on an area of skin, the skin thickens up to guard itself. However, if that pressure persists over a long time, then the skin will become so thick that it can be painful. If that pressure is spread over a bigger area of skin, then that is termed as a callus. In the event that pressure is over a smaller more focal area of skin, then that may be a corn. The sources of that increased pressure can be a variety of things such as a hammer toe, a bunion or a deformed joint. A good examination is often necessary to establish just what it is that causes that higher pressure and how easy it will be to eliminate that higher pressure.
To eliminate corns or plantar callus permanently, you ought to remove the cause. A competent podiatrist could easily remove a callus and corn by diligently debriding it using a scalpel. Nevertheless, that corn will return if the reason for them isn't eliminated. They just do not keep returning for the reason that the podiatrist failed to eliminate it thoroughly or because the corn has roots (they don’t). They keep coming back for the reason that the pressure which caused them remains. That ought to be removed if the corns is to be prevented from coming back. The way that the pressure is taken away is determined by what is causing the greater pressure. It could be as elementary as finding a better fitting pair of footwear or perhaps it is as complicated as requiring some surgery to correct the toe deformity that could be causing the pressure creating the corn.
