Basic autonomy
1. Wear comfortable shoes. Corns are caused by squeezing and rubbing toes, and shoes that are too tight or uncomfortable may be the culprit behind them. One of the most important things you need to do is to stay away from shoes that put pressure on your toes to prevent the spread of corns and alleviate their condition.
Ideally, try to wear shoes that can wear socks. Socks can relieve the pain of toes, thus reducing the friction that causes corns or worsens corns.
Avoid wearing high heels, especially pointed ones.
2. Put a foam plug between your toes to reduce squeezing. After taking off your shoes at home, you can put a foam pedicure comb between your toes to relieve the pressure between your toes.
You can also try a pair of foam pedicure slippers or sandals. This kind of shoes will put a plug between your toes to separate them and prevent them from rubbing against each other when you walk.
3. Apply foot powder between your toes. Shuangzu powder can absorb water. This way, the corns on the toes will not be so stinging or inflamed.
Before putting on socks and shoes, spread foot powder between toes. You can also sprinkle foot powder repeatedly when you feel sweaty between your toes.
4. Gently polish the thickened skin with pumice. Soak your feet in lukewarm soapy water for 20 minutes to soften your skin. Then gently polish the corns with pumice to remove the hardest skin on the surface.
You can also choose nail sandfile instead of pumice. [3] If the corns grow between the toes, it is difficult to grind them out with pumice. At this time, nail sandfile or nail file can be used instead.
5. Use ice cubes to relieve discomfort. If the corns continue to swell and feel uncomfortable, you can apply ice packs or ice cubes to the swollen parts to relieve the swelling and pain.
Ice can't cure corns, but it can relieve the pain caused by corns.
Family medication
1. Try over-the-counter corn ointment or liquid medicine. Most over-the-counter drugs contain a small amount of salicylic acid, which can dissolve the horniness of chicken eyes and the hardened shell-like skin on them.
One disadvantage of using over-the-counter drugs is that this acid will damage healthy skin while removing the infected skin of corns, so if these ointments are used excessively, it may cause more harm.
People with diabetes, susceptible constitution and thin skin cannot use acidic ointment.
Use ointment or other topical therapy according to the instructions on the label.
2. Use corn mats or corn paste. These patches are like adhesive bandages, which can relieve corns on toes, but they also contain a little salicylic acid.
The best corn mats and corn stickers are round. This can relieve corns while moisturizing and softening corns, thus relieving discomfort.
Because these pads contain some acidic components, they cannot be used with other drugs at the same time. If you want to wrap the corn after using other drugs, please make sure that the corn pad or patch you use does not contain salicylic acid or use an ineffective adhesive bandage.
Alternative treatment method
1. Soften corn with castor oil. Softening corns can relieve pain or discomfort, and make infected parts of corns fall off more easily.
Coat cotton balls with castor oil. Leave the oil on the corn for 3 to 4 minutes, then rinse and peel off the part.
Repeat this step three times a day.
2. soak in laxative. Adding some laxatives or coarse salt to soak feet can speed up the softening process.
Coarse salt is also a soft abrasive, so soaking feet with coarse salt water can not only soften corns, but also peel off dead skin and dry skin.
Dissolve 125ml epsom salt in 8℃ water, and soak feet for 20 to 30 minutes.
After soaking, gently grind the corns with pumice to make as many dead skins fall off as possible.
3. Use crushed aspirin. Aspirin and salicylic acid. Aspirin can be crushed and coated on the corns to dissolve the cutin and dead skin at the top.
Crush an aspirin and add a few drops of water to form a paste.
Apply this ointment to the corns of your toes. Apply for 5 to 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water, and finally dry.
4. Make baking soda ointment. Made into paste with baking soda, lime juice and water, this ointment can speed up the process of curing corns.
Mix a few drops of lime juice, a little water and about 5 ml of baking soda. Stir until it forms a paste, and then spread it on corn. Wrap it in a bandage and rinse it off the next morning. This will kill corns in four to six days.
You can also choose to add 30 to 45 ml of baking soda to a bucket of water. Soak your feet with this solution for 0/5 to 20 minutes, and then rub your corns with pumice.
You can also add a few drops of water to baking soda to form a paste. Apply this ointment to corns and bandage them overnight. Wash off the next day.
5. soak your feet with chamomile tea. When you dry the sweat between your toes, chamomile can relieve your discomfort and adjust the pH value of your skin, thus speeding up your recovery.
You can apply a moist and warm chamomile tea bag to the corns 1 to 3 hours.
You can also soak your feet with diluted chamomile tea 15 to 20 minutes.
When you finish one of the methods, you can try to grind off some corns with pumice or nail polish files.
6. Put a little diluted vinegar on the corn. Vinegar is a hemostatic agent, which can dry the skin to death and make you grind it off with pumice or nail file.
Dilute the vinegar at the ratio of 1 3.
Apply vinegar solution to corns, and wrap them with adhesive bandage or rubber pad overnight.
The next morning, use pumice or nail file to grind off the thickened skin.
7. Use papaya puree. Papaya can relieve the pain or discomfort caused by corns and help to speed up the drying and shedding of corns.
Cut a papaya and mash it with a fork. Mash papaya and apply it directly to corns, wrap it with adhesive bandage or rubber pad, and apply it overnight.
You should be able to peel corn the next morning. This method can sometimes make the corns fall off by themselves.
8. Use green juice and mustard oil. Green flower juice can soften the corns and make them peel off more easily. Mustard oil can sterilize and prevent infection.
Use green flower juice first. Coat the corn with a cotton ball and let it dry naturally.
After the green flower juice is dried, it can be wrapped in mustard oil with cotton balls. This can prevent the skin wound from being infected by bacteria when peeling corns.
9. Make a mixture of turmeric, aloe and bromelain. This mixture can soften the skin affected by corns and make them fall off more easily.
Turmeric can diminish inflammation, thus relieving discomfort, aloe has healing effect, and bromelain is a substance extracted from pineapple and has hemostatic effect. If there is no bromelain, you can use tea tree essential oil instead.
Mix turmeric powder, aloe gel and bromelain into paste. Apply this ointment to corns, wrap it in bandages and apply it overnight. Wash off the cream the next morning and grind the corns with pumice.
Professional therapy
1. Custom insole. Special insoles can provide proper cushioning and protection for feet, thus helping to cure corns faster and prevent corns from spreading.
You can buy standard rubber mats from the store, but customized insoles will be more effective. Consult a podiatrist about the channels and ways to buy suitable insoles.
2. Open local treatment. Prescription therapy usually uses high concentration of salicylic acid, and some prescriptions also use strong acidic substances to achieve the same goal.
3. People with diabetes, susceptible constitution and thin skin should not use acidic substances.
Other acids that can treat corns are trichloroacetic acid and a mixture of salicylic acid, lactic acid and gum.
Use these drugs carefully according to the instructions to prevent damage to the skin around the corns.
4. Use antibiotics for infected corns. If the corns on your toes are infected, you need to ask your doctor to prescribe some antibiotics to fight the infection.
Note that oral or topical antibiotics for corn infection can only be prescription drugs. Ordinary antibiotics can only fight infection, but can't treat corns.
5. Consult a podiatrist about how to remove hardened skin. You shouldn't remove corns yourself, but a professional podiatrist can help you solve this problem well.
The podiatrist will anesthetize the corns and then carefully remove the thickened parts with a sharp thin blade. Professional operation is painless and safe, and can reduce discomfort and accelerate healing.
6. Ask for surgical methods. If your toes often have corns, the podiatrist will recommend you to have an operation to correct the bone position of your toes. This method can reduce the pressure on toes and reduce the growth of corns.
If the angle of your toes makes them rub against each other, there will be corns between your toes. Surgery can correct bones, make toes straighter and not rub against each other.
warn
Don't try to remove the corns yourself. Doing so will not solve the fundamental problem, but will make it worse. The wound you caused will be infected by bacteria.
If you have diabetes, atherosclerosis or other circulatory diseases, don't try independent methods.