Treatment of corns on the legs

A light flying gait in elegant stilettos traditionally attracts attention. Nevertheless, it is worth considering that a narrow block and a high heel decorate and give harmony to the silhouette, but do not add health. If the shoes are incorrectly selected, you will have to pay for its wearing with fatigue of the legs, as well as the appearance of painful corns. You can get rid of this problem by treatment and care for the feet, as well as eliminating the factors that provoke their appearance in the future.

Symptoms of the appearance of corns on the legs

The corns are skin seals, which are an accumulation of keratinized skin cells in the form of dry corns without a rod. Most often, they occur under the influence of mechanical irritation or pressure, followed by a violation of blood circulation - on the pillow of the feet, heels, at the base of the fingers or on the thumb. When walking, corns on the feet can remind themselves of unpleasant and painful sensations.

First, redness and a slight swelling appear on the foot, in the future, keratinized areas of the skin without pronounced gray-yellow boundaries are placed on this place. Sometimes cracks of various depths appear in places of localization of corns. The sensitivity of the skin when touching in such areas decreases, when walking, painful sensations appear. In the presence of inflammation and/or cracks, the pain becomes pronounced, such a corns on the leg causes tangible inconvenience.

The reasons for the appearance of corns

There may be several factors of risk and causes of corns on the legs. These include:

• wearing uncomfortable, stiff or not in size of shoes, with an increased load on the feet and rubbing their rubbing. High heel often acts as a factor provoking the appearance of corns;
• the presence of flat feet, deformation and displacement of the bones of the foot (for example, with rheumatoid arthritis or gout), the appearance on the joints of the growths - while improper separation of weight leads to increased pressure into separate sections of the sole;
• metabolic disorder, diabetes mellitus with the concomitant appearance of excess weight, creating a significant load on the limb;
• stress and emerging nervous disorders;
• increased sweating of the feet;
• circulatory violation, varicose veins;
• the presence of foci of fungal infections.

Quite often, corns on the legs arise in runners and professional dancers. Doctors argue that you can trace the connection of the placement of corns and corns on the soles with the localization of diseases of any internal organs. Thus, the appearance of corns in the area of \u200b\u200bthe thumb of the foot may indicate the presence of a gynecological disease in women, on the outer edges of the sole-indicate problems with the spine, along the edges of the heels-about the diseases of the joints, under the heels on the soles-about disorders in the work of the gastrointestinal tract .

Treatment of corns on the legs: Useful tips

If the corns appear regularly, you should seek a consultation with an orthopedic person to exclude the presence of flat feet. In addition, one should responsibly take the choice of suitable shoes - it is required that it be as comfortable as possible in it. According to statistics, the female half of humanity is significantly more often faced with the problem of the occurrence of corns on the legs. This is due to that, women are often ready to sacrifice comfort for the sake of beauty, choosing quite uncomfortable shoes in heels or studs. To reduce the likelihood of the appearance of corns on the legs, it is worth abandoning too cramped or too spacious shoe products - it is necessary to achieve a free but sufficiently tight fit, so that the size is exactly suitable for you. It is also important to choose a convenient block and a model with a not too thin sole, and also not a very high heel (preferably, up to 4-5 cm). If for some reason you need to regularly wear hair shoes, you should use special tabs or insoles to give more comfort shoes. In the presence of flat feet and/or excess weight, special supporters will help to make a load on the foot when walking, as well as orthopedic insoles - such treatment of corns on the legs should not be prescribed on your own, for this you should contact an orthopedic.

In order to maximize the likelihood of the appearance of corns on the legs, you should rest and prevent overvoltage on time. In addition, it is important to monitor the figure, since excess weight provokes additional load on the feet. It is useful to periodically make relaxing and softening baths, as well as regularly lubricate the feet with a moisturizing cream.

Ways to treat corns on the legs

To get rid of unpleasant sensations and put the feet in order, you can apply various methods of treating corns on the legs. The most effective are the following methods:

1. A keratolytic cream or ointment with salicylic acid, as well as extracts of medicinal plants, will help soften the keratinized skin cells on the feet. This remedy for corns is required to apply before bedtime to the affected area, while avoiding hits on healthy areas of the skin, seal with adhesive plasterer and leave in this state at night. In the morning you will need to wash off the cream and carefully treat the skin with a pumice. Keratolytic cream has a pronounced anti -inflammatory and antibactericidal effect, and allows you to get rid of painful seals on the legs in the form of dry corns within a few days.
2. For the treatment of corns on the legs, you can also use corn patchmings like Salipod. This tool for removing corns can be freely purchased in pharmacies. It should be noted that the patch is not glued entirely - it is necessary to carefully cut the piece according to the shape of the corns in order to glue it pointarily on the affected area, fixing it with a conventional layer on top. Next, it must be left on the skin for 2-3 days. If the effect is not expressed enough, then the procedure will need to be repeated. It should be noted that the corn patch, as a rule, causes a tangible burning sensation that not everyone tolerates well.
3. Hardware pedicure will help to eliminate corns and corns. Such procedures are carried out in cosmetic salons. The hardware method provides a lean grinding in the area of \u200b\u200bthe nasal with special nozzles-competently carried out such manipulations do not cause any unpleasant sensations. It is worth noting that this procedure is characterized by a fairly high cost. In the case of manual pedicure, special tools and products in the form of creams are used.
4. In order to guarantee to get rid of keratinized skin, more radical methods of treating corns on the legs are used. These include:

• cryodestruction - using this procedure, in which ripe skin is treated with liquid nitrogen, can be treated with an antoplastic enough quickly. This method is used, inter alia, in the presence of advanced corns or corns with a deep rogue. The keratinized layer, which has exposed to this effect, is rejected and soon replaced by new, healthy and smooth skin;
• surgical method - used to remove corns on the legs in advanced cases. After surgical intervention, it will be necessary to choose special shoes and reduce motor activity for a while until complete healing;
• the laser method is the elimination of the corns using a laser beam, which destroys the ripe layer of fabric, leaving no visible damage. The procedure is carried out under local anesthesia. As a result of one session of laser therapy, you can quickly and painlessly get rid of corns, including with a deep rod. After the procedure, you can immediately get on the foot and move in normal mode, while you need to wear a special bandage and shoes with a special insole for some time. With a laser removal of corns, nearby tissues are not affected, the method practically does not give complications, after such a treatment there are no traces.

Home remedies for treating corns on the legs

Many people prefer conservative methods of treating corns on their feet, since these methods are easy to apply independently, while there will be no special costs. In most cases, treatment of corns on the legs at home allows you to regain good health and light gait in a few days.  Sometimes it may still be required longer treatment to get rid of the corns. You can soften and remove the keratinized skin on the foot by applying one of the following compresses:

• cut the onions into thin half rings and lay out its layer at the place of placement of the corns. After that, you will need to wrap the foot with plastic film, gauze or bandage and put on a sock on top. Onions in this compress can be combined with raw potatoes, thinly chopped or grated. In addition, tomato paste or chopped garlic teeth will help to soften the corns (after such a compress, it is recommended to make a clay pomp). In the morning, the toe and bandage should be removed, rinse the leg under warm water. After such a compress, softened skin can be easily removed using a pumice, then treated skin should be powdered with talcum;
• a similar procedure in the form of a compress can be done with celandine. This medicinal plant effectively fights with various pathogens. To treat the corns on the leg, fresh celandine grass should be chopped with a meat grinder and applied to the sore spot, then you need to wrap the foot with a plastic film and bandage, and then put on socks. In the morning, the skin is washed and the keratinized layer is removed with a pumice. It will be necessary to do several such procedures until the complete elimination of the corns is completely eliminated;
• to soften the ripe skin, you can also use scarlet pulp. For the treatment of corns on the legs, a sheet of a three -year -old plant should be used, washed and cut along. Aloe pulp is required to be applied to the corns and fixed with a plaster or plastic film, put on socks on top. This compress should be left for exposure until the morning;
• a compress with a propolis that was buried in a cake. Such a compress should be used similarly to the above. Several such procedures will finally eliminate the corns;
• you can soften the keratinized layer of the skin with the help of a heated vegetable oil - you need to soak them with a sock and put it on the leg with a corns. On top you will need to wrap the foot with a plastic film and put on a dry toe. After two to three hours, this design should be removed, rinse with warm water and remove the softened skin of the corns with a pumice;
• to apply the bandage at night in the area of \u200b\u200bthe corns, you can use prunes without a bone, boiled in milk, as well as a crust of rye bread soaked in vinegar, or pork lard with chopped garlic.

For the most effective treatment of corns on the legs, the above procedures are recommended to be supplemented with medicinal baths:

1. You can prepare a bath with soda, filling in a suitable container of 2 liters of warm water with a temperature of 40-50 ° C. Next, you need to grate a tablespoon of laundry soap on a coarse grater and fill it into the water. After that, you will need to add to the resulting soap solution one tablespoon of ammonia and soda. Stir the mixture thoroughly until the ingredients dissolve and place the leg in it for 30 minutes. At the end of the procedure, it will be necessary to remove softened skin with a pumice corns.
2. The salt bath can be prepared by dissolving in 2 liters of hot water 2 tbsp. salt. The duration of such a procedure for treating corns on the legs is 30 minutes, then you should rinse the leg with warm water and remove the keratinized layer of the skin of the corns.
3. Effectively resolve the corns of baths made of heated milk serum. After this procedure, lubricate the area of \u200b\u200bthe corns with a mixture of glycerol and castor oil.

It is important to note that the means of traditional medicine used to treat corns on the legs are effective for superficial lesion of the skin. The coarse corners with a buried rod will need to be treated according to the doctor’s instructions or remove in the clinic. It is strictly not recommended to cut off the underplant independently, since there is a risk of infection, while there is a possibility of the development of complication. If independent treatment of the corns was not effective enough, you will need to consult a prime doctor. It will also be useful to consult an orthopedist, because corns on the legs often occur due to violations in the operation of the musculoskeletal system. After the treatment, it is necessary to get a recommendation from the doctor how to avoid the appearance of corns in the future.

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