Surely many of us noticed on our feet coarsened places that do not have clear boundaries, which often create uncomfortable pain during long walks. This corns is the most common foot disease. They are formed due to the necrosis of the skin with its subsequent coarsening and can remain on the feet for quite some time.
How to get rid of corns on the legs? To answer this question, it is necessary to understand the causes of their occurrence, the main of which is the systematic wearing of tight and uncomfortable shoes. Also, corns can appear when the load on the foot is not distributed evenly, but only on its one part. This is especially true of wearing shoes with heels.
How to get rid of corns on the legs?
The first rule. Eliminate the causes of their occurrence. Do not wear shoes that are not suitable for your size, too tight or very uncomfortable. Women should not wear high-heeled shoes with a pointed toe; men are also advised to refrain from pointed pointed shoes and boots. In the event that you have to spend a busy day full of hiking, give preference to comfortable wide shoes made of soft leather.
The second rule. During the course of treatment, limit walking and take vitamins E and A, as well as multivitamins, which contribute to faster cell regeneration.
The third rule. There are many ways to get rid of corns on your legs. Periodically use pharmacy ointments with salicylic or benzoic acid. These components can soften rough skin in a relatively short time. However, you need to use them very carefully, preventing the ointment from getting into healthy areas of the skin. To combat corns, you can use a special pharmacy patch.
Rule four, how to remove corns on the legs. It is believed that you can get rid of this ailment with the help of traditional medicine, using the bath.
- Prepare hot water, add a little liquid soap, sea salt and mustard. As soon as the skin on the feet is well evaporated, thoroughly rub the problem areas with a pumice stone.
- Dissolve 4 teaspoons of drinking soda in a liter of hot water, put a spoon of liquid soap in the same place. The duration of this procedure is 20 minutes. After the legs are steamed, rub the corns with a stiff brush, a special scrub or pumice stone and use a nourishing cream containing vitamin A or butter. Do a bath at least once a week.
In folk medicine, there are also ways to remove corns with compresses.
- You can fix this problem as follows: soak cotton socks from a thin fabric with vegetable oil and put on your feet. Put on a plastic bag on top, followed by another and again socks, but already warm. Depending on how long you hold the compress, its effectiveness will only grow. It will be great if you leave it for the whole night. In the morning, remove corns with a pumice stone or sanding file.
- Calendula inflorescences fill with sunflower oil in a ratio of 1:10. Leave the product to infuse for 12 hours. After that, heat the infusion, strain it and apply a compress.
There are also chronic corns that occur with flat feet and its improper treatment. How to get rid of corns on the legs in this case? If self-treatment does not bring the expected results, you should consult a highly qualified orthopedic doctor. He will prescribe the necessary treatment and individually select orthopedic insoles for your foot. Getting rid of corns is not particularly difficult, since they do not touch the deep layers of the skin.