Corns on the legs – how to treat at home with folk remedies, ointments, creams, plaster

Corns on the legs can be dry and wet. They not only do not look aesthetically pleasing, but also cause pain. For the treatment of corns, both pharmacy tools and alternative methods are used.

In advanced cases, treatment at home is ineffective, but in the initial stage or to prevent their occurrence, you can achieve good treatment results with alternative recipes.

Types of corns

Wet corn

Appears due to mechanical stress, friction of a hard surface on the skin. The first sign of the appearance of corns is tissue inflammation. Then, a blister is formed at the site of damage, filled with lymphatic fluid, which is covered with a thin film of skin.

With closely located blood vessels, there is a high risk of rupture of one of them, then the lymphatic fluid mixes with the blood, and the corn acquires a characteristic color.

Doctors do not recommend opening corns, since the film protects the deep layers of the skin from infection

If the corn burst spontaneously, it must be disinfected. With timely treatment at home, the wet corn becomes dry. The film grows together with the bottom of the callus, as soon as the liquid dries up, and keratinized skin forms on the foot of the wet lesion.

Dry corn on the foot

Seals can be either thick or thin. Most often, the corn is localized on the toes or on the side of the foot. It looks like a dense yellowish formation. Due to the nature of the structure, it can be unpleasant.

Corns

Formed as a result of wearing uncomfortable, crushing shoes. Corns should be attributed to dry corns. In places of pressure, the skin gradually thickens, and a rough skin formation appears. The formation process takes a long time, since thickening of the skin occurs layer by layer.

Often, such calluses are located on the heels and lateral surface of the big toes.

It is very difficult to treat such callus on the legs as corns at home, since simply scraping the dead skin has no effect and the thickening grows again

Corn with a kernel

It is a type of dry corn and the next stage of development of corns.

The skin in the area of the callus coarsens unevenly: in the center, the thickening develops more massive, due to which there is a similarity to the shaft, which goes into the deeper layers of the skin.

The core can compress the nerve endings, then the corn becomes painful.

A corn whose root affects the blood vessels is called vascular.

If the shaft is deep, self-removal is traumatic. You should contact the clinic to resort to cryodestruction or laser burning.

Fibrous

A dense formation that compresses the nerve endings. The pain arises so severe that it is difficult for a person to not only wear any shoes, but even walk barefoot.

Bone callus

This callus is formed not on the skin, but on the bone. A prerequisite for the appearance of bone marrow are injuries, joint diseases. A type of bone callus is a heel spur. It arises as a result of strong mechanical stress on shoes or due to joint disease.

Calluses should be distinguished from warts, since far from all pharmacy products and folk recipes help from both.

What to do if the corn burst

It is not always possible to maintain the integrity of wet corns. Often the film breaks on its own and liquid flows out.

In this case, the main thing is to carry out disinfection in time, since an open, wet wound is an excellent medium for the propagation of staphylococcal or streptococcal infections.

Bursting Corn Treatment

For carrying out the procedure, iodine, a solution of furatsilin, potassium permanganate, brilliant green, 70% alcohol, 2% hydrogen peroxide are suitable.

The procedure is performed with thoroughly washed hands. The treated area also needs to be cleaned of dirt.

Lubricate the damaged area so that the product does not directly enter the wound, as this will slow the healing of tissues.

A bactericidal or anti-corn patch is glued to the treated area. It protects the wound from bacteria and absorbs residual lymph fluid.

If you follow another method, then you need to lubricate the corn with salicylic ointment or resin of coniferous tree and apply a sterile dressing.

Is it possible to pierce

If the wet corn has a significant size and is located in a place that is subjected to mechanical stress, it brings serious inconvenience.

In this case, it can be pierced, but you must follow a few rules:

1. Hands must be washed thoroughly with soap, an antibacterial gel can be used additionally.
2. A puncture is made with a sanitized needle. To disinfect the tool, it is calcined on fire or washed in alcohol. Disinfection should take place within a few minutes.
3. The site of damage is also disinfected by wiping with an alcohol solution, iodine or brilliant green.
4. Carefully make a puncture, holding the needle almost parallel to the skin. It is important not to touch the bottom of the corn with an instrument, as this will lead to serious inflammation.
5. To enhance the outflow of fluid, you need to make a few punctures, but so that the skin does not break through completely. The surface should be relatively intact so that it can protect delicate skin from infection.
6. Then a sterile napkin is applied to the corn and the corn is pressed. Fluid will flow out and the upper skin will stick to the bottom of the corns.
7. An ointment with antibiotics is applied to the wound, then the damaged area is covered with a band-aid. The patch must be changed 2 times a day and removed at night. On contact with air, the corn will dry faster.

Signs of wet callus infection

In the absence of proper treatment at home, the erupted callus on the leg is easily infected, since the loose tender skin located under the upper film of wet corns is a suitable medium for the multiplication of infection. However, the infection penetrates not only into an open wound, but also into a closed one.

Common signs of infection are as follows:

• The nearby tissues become inflamed, redden.
• The damaged area hurts a
  lot.
• Lymphatic fluid becomes cloudy.
• Purulent contents are released.
• The corn area is covered with yellow crusts.
• Body temperature rises.

It is necessary to open the callus on the leg, if infection still occurred, remove the skin covering the inner space, disinfect, apply an antibacterial ointment, cover with a sterile dressing. Treatment at home does not continue if the condition worsens, but consult a doctor, as in such cases, medical treatment is required.

Callus treatment

How to treat foot corn

On the foot, corns are often formed. A course of steaming baths with soda and soap will help soften rough skin.

1 tablespoon is taken per 0,3 gallon of water with a temperature of about 40-45 degrees. soda and a little soap. Dissolve the components in water and immerse your feet in water for half an hour. After steaming, the legs should be treated with pumice. Doing such baths is recommended for a week daily.

After the bath, compresses are used, prepared according to folk recipes, for example, based on raw potatoes or bread crumb. Details about them will be described below.

How to treat toe corn

Corns on the toe are formed due to wearing uncomfortable shoes, especially shoes, because pressure on body weight falls on just toes. For the time of treatment should abandon such shoes. A patch with salicylic acid helps excellently from corns on the finger.

Corn Processing Sequence:

1. First, the legs are steamed in a soap-soda bath.
2. After steaming, salicylic patch, which is worn for 2 days, is glued to damaged skin.
3. After removing the patch, the corn will soften. It remains only to clean it with a pumice stone and lubricate the skin with a moisturizer.

Heel callus treatment

In this area, corns can be either wet or dry formations, often of the rod type. It is recommended to use a compress from anti-corn ointment.

Corn Processing Sequence:

1. The corn area needs to be sanitized.
2. Then they take an ordinary adhesive plaster, cut a hole in it so that the areas around the corn are covered with a patch, and the corn itself remains open.
3. Glue the patch in place.
4. Apply callus ointment to the skin.
5. A piece of a larger adhesive tape is glued on top.

The compress should be worn for 1-2 days, after which the corn will soften so much that it peels off on its own.

Callus patches

Any patch protects the damaged area from infection, reduces pain when exposed to mechanical stress. But for dry and wet corns, different patches should be chosen, since some patches are more effective in treating dry corns, others in treating wet ones.

Compid

On sale there are several types of adhesives: from wet, dry, ingrown calluses. The patch pieces are packed in a convenient box.

According to reviews, the patch always copes with its task, speeds up healing, eliminates corns. In addition, the patch material is translucent, therefore almost invisible on the leg.

Patches of various shapes, according to the location of the corn. The manufacturer forbids cutting them. This is convenient if you buy the patch separately for each case, but if the corns are located in different places, you will have to buy different packages. The lack of funds at a significant cost: more than $ 2,72 for 5 pieces.

Salipod

A good way to get rid of old dry corns.  Its composition includes salicylic acid, which softens keratinized skin.

The patch is glued after the steaming bath, fixed with the adhesive tape included in the kit, and worn for two days.

The patch is not always held on the skin for two days. If it peels off and the effect is not achieved, it should be replaced. Under the influence of the active substance, the corn whitens and exfoliates. The price of the patch is about $ 0,82.

Silkoplast

The manufacturer “Pharmaplast” offers plasters of various shapes in one package.

It:

• universal moisture resistant bactericidal plasters impregnated with silver ions;
• specialized anti-corn (hydrocolloid) for wet corns, which are similar to similar products of the brand “Compid”.

A hydrocolloid patch absorbs lymph fluid, turning it into a gel. The wet medium formed by the patch promotes healing.

The package contains 6 plasters. The price is $ 4,08. Bactericidal patches are conveniently glued to the corns, if there are no other means at hand. The package contains several plasters of various shapes. They disinfect the wound thanks to silver ions. The cost of packaging is $ 1,36.

Scholl

The patch is a silicone pad with adhesive edges around that are completely transparent. The patch is expensive (more than $ 4,08).

The reviews are contradictory: one helps heal bleeding corns, does not come off for several days even with a daily shower, others say that it does not adhere well to the skin.

Creams and ointments for corns

Creams and ointments from corns are easy to use, but you need to apply them carefully, since the active ingredients that make up irritate healthy skin. The agent is applied directly to the corn itself, and the surrounding tissues are protected with a band-aid or petroleum jelly.

Among the components of anti-corn creams and ointments are found: salicylic and benzoic acid, urea, lactic acid, vitamin A and E, tea tree oil, aloe extract and others. Before applying the cream, it is necessary to steam the skin of the legs with the help of a bath with soda. Then the effect will be more noticeable.

Bensalitin

The composition contains both salicylic and benzoic acids. The ointment is intended for the treatment of corns. She softens them. It should be applied to the affected area, previously lubricating the surrounding tissue with petroleum jelly to protect them from the effects of the active substance. Then a patch is glued on top. It costs $ 0,82.

Super Antimozolin

A tool based on urea and lactic acid. It has a softening effect.

The drug is applied to cleansed skin, after which the area should be covered with a film and sealed with a plaster. After some time, the dead skin can be removed with a cosmetic spatula. The price is $ 1,22.

5 days pasta

Contains petrolatum, lanolin, salicylic acid.

It is necessary to apply the product on steamed skin for 12 hours. After this, the corn should separate from healthy skin. If this does not happen, the procedure is repeated again.

Salicylic ointment

This is the most inexpensive tool (only $ 0,41), which effectively fights with long-standing corns. It helps against dry and wet corns. Wet callus ointment dries, dry – softens. It has a healing effect. This remedy is also suitable for removing warts.

Namosol

Ointment helps from corns. This tool is of the same price category as salicylic ointment.

Reviews are inconsistent. Not everyone likes the method of application: you need to glue a patch with a slot on the corns, then apply ointment and glue the cut on top.

It is inconvenient to wear a compress on the leg for 2 days, as required by the instruction, especially in the summer. But those who follow the instructions are satisfied with the tool. It completely copes with its tasks.

Cream “Agave”

The cream contains many plant components: extracts, essential oils, salicylic acid and petrolatum are also contained.

The cream is especially good after a course of steaming baths, followed by treatment with pumice and applying cream. The price is $ 1,09.

Bottega Verde

Sold in a 1,69 fluid ounce jar, for which you need to pay more than $ 4,08. Made in Italy. According to reviews, this is one of the best creams that helps to get rid of running corns on the legs in a week due to the content of 25% urea.

Of the minuses: the product is absorbed for a long time, so it is recommended to be applied at night.

Cream “Green Pharmacy”

The cream is not bad. But to achieve a significant result, you should use it systematically. This is a moisturizing care product that is not suitable for emergency measures. The price is $ 0,82.

Folk methods

Folk remedies, prepared at home, help against wet corns on the legs, corns, but are ineffective in the treatment of core formations, since the compounds are not so aggressive as to affect the deeper layers of the skin.

If corns on your legs appeared, how to treat wet and dry formations at home, the following recipes will tell you:

1. 1 onion and raw potatoes need to be chopped using a grater or blender. Then the components are mixed, laid on one half of the gauze, folded in half, covered on top of the other half. Apply at night to the corns, fixing the bandage with a band-aid.
2. Feet are steamed in a hot bath with soda and soap. Propolis is heated in the palms, knead, then applied to corns and glue this place with a band-aid. After 3 days, the old patch is peeled off and replaced with a new patch with propolis. Glue again on steamed skin.
3. From dry corn will help the crumb of bread dipped in acetic acid. First you need to roll it into a tight ball, then moisten it in vinegar and attach to the corns. Light burning and redness are a normal reaction. After a few hours, the coarsened layers of the skin will begin to exfoliate.
4. A leaf of aloe, Kalanchoe or money tree needs to be cleaned from the top layer and applied to the corns, fixed for several hours. For convenience, it is optimal to apply such a compress at night. The procedure can be repeated until the callus is completely gone.
5. From wet and dry corns, a compress is used, prepared from a mixture of fish oil and aloe juice in equal proportions. The ingredients are mixed and left for half an hour. Then a cotton pad is impregnated with the composition and applied to the sore spot. Seal with adhesive tape on top and leave overnight. In the morning you need to wipe the skin with a decoction of chamomile. It will cleanse the skin of home ointment and have an additional antiseptic effect.
6. Infusion of garlic and onion peel on vinegar allows you to quickly get rid of both dry and wet corns. 5 heads of garlic, without peeling, you need to fill in a jar, remove the husk from 5 large onions, add to the garlic and pour vinegar so that all the ingredients are immerse
   d in liquid. Then the jar is closed and left to infuse in a dark place for 2 weeks. Then they take out the husk and put it on the blisters for the night.
7. The compress of grated tomato due to the acid contained in the composition is also successfully used. It is necessary to chop the sour tomato, put on the corn, cover with a bandage on top. The tool is used daily until the corn disappears.
8. Apply the lemon peel to the corns with the yellow side, previously steaming the skin and making a few cuts on the peel. It is necessary to hold the compress for 2 days, and after another two days repeat the procedure.
9. It is easy to get rid of corns if you systematically lubricate corns with the juice of a freshly cut celandine stem. The corn will come down in 2-3 weeks. A more advanced recipe: mix 1 part plant juice and 4 parts petroleum jelly. Use the composition before bedtime as an ointment.
10. Prunes should be boiled in milk and, until it has cooled, apply to corn. The compress is changed to a new one as it cools. The duration of the procedure is 30 minutes.
11. To disinfect and soften rough skin will help baths with calendula and chamomile. 1 tablespoon mixtures of plants brew 1 tablespoon. boiling water. The composition is insisted for half an hour, then added to the basin with water prepared for the foot bath.
12. Long-standing corns on the legs are treated with a bath of apple cider vinegar. In hot water (so that the legs endure) add 2-3 tablespoon. apple cider vinegar (you can use apple cider vinegar, cooked at home). Feet are steamed, and as soon as the water cools down, the softened skin is scraped off with pumice. Lubricate coarsened areas with salicylic ointment and put on socks. The course of procedures is daily 1-2 weeks.

To achieve the best result, it is recommended to combine pharmacy and folk remedies and do not quit treatment until a lasting effect is achieved

It is necessary to objectively assess the complexity of the problem, and consult a doctor if improvement does not occur or an inflammatory process is observed.

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