Are you experiencing pain when walking? Does it feel like you have a rock in your shoe when you walk? You may have a corn or callus.
Are you experiencing pain when walking? Does it feel like you have a rock in your shoe when you walk? Footwear rubbing on your feet and making life unbearable?
You may have a corn or callus. Two of the most common foot conditions that we treat and difficult for you to tell these apart from other foot skin conditions such as warts. Dr. Kim will assess your legion during the consultation.
Corns
Foot corns are hardened layers of skin, usually hard and circular they also have a translucent centre with a dense knot of skin known as a core.
They can become painful or ulcerated due to your skins response to friction, pressure or rubbing.
Corns most often develop on the top, between the toes or on the soles of the feet.
Calluses
Rarely painful, calluses usually develop on the soles of your feet, in particular under the heel. Varying in size and shape calluses are often larger than corns.
Lifestyle remedies include;
Refrain from picking calluses! Do not try to shave or cut a corn or callus on your own, especially if you suffer from diabetes or poor circulation.
If discomfort and pain persist Dr. Kim can remove the corns or calluses and help prevent damage to healthy tissues which can result in pain, infection and scarring.
Surgery is advised if non-surgical treatment fails.
Typically, surgical removal of the callus is not required as the hard skin can most often be removed without surgery. In rare cases, foot surgery may be necessary to correct an underlying cause of the callus (e.g. surgical removal of a bunion.)
If you find yourself having to visit a podiatrist over and over to cut out the corns only to have them return then it is recommended to book a consultation with Dr. Kim who can perform a range of minor corn surgery to prevent recurrence.
Bunions will not just go away on their own, but this does not mean that your lifestyle has to be affected.
There is a treatment that is minimally invasive and affordable so you no longer have to feel like your entire life is being controlled by flat feet.
Usually simple wear and tear on a particular tendon or joint is the cause of a ganglion.
