Corns and Calluses Treatment

Self-Care at Home

• Place protective covering or bandages over the sore to decrease friction on the skin until the sore heals.
• Apply moisturizing agents such as lotions to dry calluses and corns.
• Rub sandpaper disks or pumice stone over hard thickened regions.
• Avoid stress to hands or feet by using gloves or changing shoes or socks.
• Soak feet or hands in warm soapy water to soften corns and calluses.

Medical Treatment

• Antibiotics for any infected corn or callus
• Removal by surgical means or with keratolytic agents (medicines that break up hardened areas of skin)
• Surgically removing areas of protruding bone where corns and calluses form
• Shaving or cutting off the hardened area on the skin