Corns and hard skin
A corn is pressure that has nowhere to go. Taking it out gives immediate relief — but if nothing changes the pressure, it comes back, and that is the part most people are never told.
The relief part
Corns and callus are pared away with a sterile blade. It does not hurt — the tissue has no nerve supply — and walking usually feels better before I have left.
The part that stops it returning
Something is pressing. A toe shape, a shoe, the way you load the foot. Sorting the pressure is what buys you months instead of weeks — sometimes it is as simple as a different shoe, sometimes padding or an insole.
Please do not use corn pads
Medicated corn pads are acid. On thin or poorly circulated skin they can burn a hole rather than remove a corn. If you have diabetes, do not use them at all.
Common questions
- Why does my corn keep coming back?
- Because the pressure causing it is still there. Removing the corn treats the symptom; changing the pressure treats the cause.
- Is it painful to have them removed?
- No. The hard tissue has no feeling in it. The pressure underneath is what has been hurting.