Easy Treatment Tips for Foot Calluses

Foot calluses are quite painful and often caused due to wrong footwear and undue pressure on skin surfaces of toes. Calluses are formed on the ball of the foot, on the heel, and on the underneath of the big toes. Calluses are, in an average, found in women more commonly than men. It is caused by the accumulation of dead skin cell layers that forms a tick and hard layer on the bottom of the foot; it is painful in nature however it is wise to consult a doctor about the medicines and treatments of this painful problem.

The home remedies of calluses are easy to manage and cost effective. However, these remedies are not the alternative of medical treatment and can be practiced as a parallel treatment process to recover this discomfort of movement at the earliest.

You need to pamper your feet as well as should try to remove the dead cell layers from the foot surface. Soaking the affected foot into lemon extract treated lukewarm water for 10-15 minutes helps to soft the skin tone. Then with the help of pumice stone, you need to exfoliate gently the dead cell layers. This simple process should be followed regularly in order to feel softness of feet and initiate faster recovery from calluses.

You can tie a fresh slice of lemon in the calluses affected area of foot overnight with the help of a bandage. The lemon juice will heal the hardness of foot- skin- tone.

Application of papaya juice on the calluses will help to cure the discomfort effectively and efficiently. Otherwise you can use some over-the-counter callus removing plasters from medical shop to treat the problem of calluses.

Calluses affect foot in dehydrated condition. Especially, if the bottom of the foot remains cracked it is hard to maintain a good healthy foot as well as to remove the problem of calluses.

Application of intensive moisturizer, use of shock absorbing comfortable foot wear, and use of comfortable cotton socks at night helps to recover fast from this painful growth at the bottom of feet.

If you are suffering from diabetes, you should never attempt to cut or peel the growth of calluses; it might cause severe infection.