Why do corns and calluses persist?

Corns and Calluses are your body's response to friction or pressure against the skin.

If your foot rubs inside your shoe, the affected area of skin thickens. Or if bone is not in the normal position (hammertoe), skin caught between bone and shoe or bone and ground builds up.

In many cases, corns and calluses look bad but are not harmful. However, more severe corns and calluses may become infected, destroy healthy tissue or affect foot movement.

Treatment of corns and calluses can be done conservatively by visiting your podiatrist for trimming of thickened skin. Your podiatrist will also recommend shoe gear modification, strappings, paddings, and orthotics.

However, to "cure" these problems, surgery is necessary to remove the boney prominences.