Corns and Calluses (cont.)
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Prevention
- Wear gloves to protect hands.
- Make sure shoes and socks fit properly and do not rub.
- Wear felt pads over bony points where there is increased friction to the skin.
- Surgically correct bony abnormalities.
- Keep hands and feet moisturized.
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Corns, also referred to as clavi, are painful, hyperkeratotic papules of the skin that develop in response to excess pressure on the bony prominences of the feet and toes.
