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Callus Care

Calluses are the most common lesions seen on the feet as thickening of the skin. After calluses, pressures or frictions, the thickening of the uppermost layer of the skin and the pressure-related pain in the lower tissues are manifested as pain. Mostly, calluses can be seen in the pressure areas on the bone protrusions, on the upper joint parts of the fingers, on the top and sides of the 5th finger, on the side of the thumb and the 1st comb bone joint point, in the area of ​​​​the comb bones on the sole of the foot and in the heel region. Calluses can be completely thickened, flat, yellow-colored skin layers, or they can be sharply circumscribed, pointed, with a hard white center and translucent periphery. Some calluses may also contain nerve tissues, capillaries, and sacs. The calluses between the fingers are softer, their borders are not very sharp, they appear as white, slightly raised bumps. They can occur in both fingers mutually at the points where the finger joints come into contact. Calluses formed between the fingers are called soft corns.

Between the toes, soles of the feet and the tops of the fingers of the person sitting in the care chair are checked. It is determined whether the problem in the foot is calluses or tissue thickening (Hyperkeratosis). Then, what kind of callus it is and the action to be taken accordingly are determined. Inspection of calluses is carried out both before starting the mechanical cleaning process and after the process is completed. In these controls, the callused area is pressed both from the sides and from the top and the pain and pain situation is evaluated. In callus mechanical cleaning, as much tissue as necessary should be taken and the surrounding healthy tissue should not be damaged during the procedure.

The podologist cleans the callused area with the help of special router bits or scalpel for calluses. Callus care should be repeated at intervals of 3-4 weeks, depending on the condition of the callus. After the mechanical cleaning of the calluses, it is necessary to eliminate the causative factor in order to ensure permanent comfort and prevent its recurrence. For this reason, in order to reduce the pressure caused by the load in the callus area, a number of support products that protect against pressure and friction should be used. For calluses caused by incorrect pressure on the feet due to biomechanical disorders, the person should be referred to an orthopedic physician and an orthopedic insoles should be used when necessary. After cleaning the flatter, dirty yellow colored, non-essential regional thickenings that are common on the soles of the feet, people can use care products with special ingredients for foot health. These products, with the keratolytic factors in their content, prevent the thickening of the skin on the surface by thinning the thickenings on the surface of the skin without damaging the lower layers of the skin.