Unattractive appearance, inconvenience and even pain bring us small, at first glance, trouble in the form of calluses. They arise as a result of long-term friction of the skin about something hard or constant pressure on the same skin area. The easiest way is to get a non-aesthetic and painful bladder, after spending some time in uncomfortable shoes.
Types of corns
Methods for the removal of corns and corns depend on the degree of keratinization and the place of formation.
There are such types of calluses:
- water - corn with a bubble filled with liquid;
- dry - rough yellowish layering of the skin, often with cracks;
- bone - bone spur on the calcaneus, acquired as a result of joint diseases, excessive loads on the foot.
In the place of water callus over time, dry, or, as it is called, canopy is formed. Therefore, it is important to take measures to eliminate the cause of corns. But the owners of bone education, most likely, will need to resort to surgical removal of corns.
Treatment of calluses with folk remedies
If you call up calluses, you can try to get rid of these troubles at home. For the treatment of dry calluses there is a mass of folk remedies. Perhaps one of them will be saving for your case:
- bandage of wood glue-a mixture of apple, apricot and cherry.
- bandage from soaked laundry soap on a sheet of lilac.
- dressing with a cut sheet of aloe.
- bread compress - pulp of bread, soaked in vinegar.
- oatmeal bath - into the cooled decoction of straw of oats (one volume of straw for ten volumes of water) to lower the problem place for 15 minutes. After removing the softened corn.
- potato compress - shredded raw potatoes on cellophane to fix on the spot of corn for the night.
- compress from slices of onions to put in place of corn before bedtime.
- garlic compress - baked chives of garlic at night, pre-lubricating the skin around the callus with a fat cream.
- tomato procedure - regularly wipe the affected area with tomato paste, then apply a mixture of paste and salicylic powder on the corn.
We select a remedy for calluses and corns
If the removal of calluses at home did not bring a proper result, you will have to resort to the help of professionals. In conditions of cosmetology cabinets, calluses can be removed painlessly, quickly and safely. An experienced pedicure master after a thorough examination will determine an effective way to get rid of calluses and corns. After removing the coarse skin, a thorough bactericidal treatment is carried out.
In addition to the phased cutting of special tools, there are several alternative and less painful methods of treating calluses. Among them:
- removal of corns with liquid nitrogen;
- laser removal of corns.
In the first case, the corn is burned off under the influence of ultralow temperatures of liquid gas. Laser removal of calluses is a more progressive method. The skin is not burned, but evaporated, thus avoiding scars after the removal of the callus. Such treatment is indicated in the presence of very deep layers of hardened skin (corns with rods). Procedures may require several steps. To conduct this treatment is necessary in cosmetology clinics.
A less radical method of treatment is plaster from calluses and corns. Such plasters with skin-softening substances are applied to the lesion site and are worn for several days. After removal of the plaster, the callus is easily removed at home or in a cosmetology room. Everything depends on the depth of the stratum corneum.
Means for healing corns
To effectively heal remote dry calluses, treatment with a mixture of lanolin, salicylic acid, pine rosin of precipitated sulfur and rubber will help.
There is nothing easier, than to process the bursting corn. You should wash it with hydrogen peroxide, and then apply a layer of sintomycin ointment and bandage the wound. Buried skin is not cut off. Do not pierce the blister at all - there is a risk of infection!
It is much easier to prevent the problem than to remove it afterwards and painfully. And the best prevention of the appearance of calluses and corns - careful attitude to their legs, comfortable shoes and regular visits to the cabinet of manicure and pedicure.