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Do your foot corns look like these? What is the best way to treat corns, and how do you keep them from returning?
Corns are simply areas of thickened skin on the toes. The medical term for a foot corn (and there always is one!) is heloma.
Helomas have 2 types, soft (heloma molles)and hard(heloma durums).
Soft corns:
Develop between toes
May or may not be related to a bony deformity (but usually are)
Most common between 4th and 5th toes when the end of the toe bone (the phalanges) is too wide
Can also occur in normal feet wearing tight, pointy shoes, and are common in dancers
What to do: Wear wider toed shoes
Use padding between the toes
Tip: If soft corns are caused by widened bone, a minor surgery can be done with
little down time.
Hard corns:
More common, hard corns develop on the tips, and tops of toes, and the sides of the feet
Common with toes that ‘curl’ and are jammed into shoes in a curled position
What to do: As above, wear shoes with more room in the toe area and use protective padding
Tip: Your podiatrist can remove the corns with an acid solution, or burn them. If the toe is not flexible (called a hammertoe), a minor procedure can be done to release the soft tissue for a straighter toe.
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