Q: I’ve been dealing with a corn on top of my little toe for almost a year. I used the patches you get at the drugstore and it went away, but a few months later, it came back. Why? How do I stop that ...

An Oregon nurse, 37, had corns on her toes since she was 15. Then she began taking large doses of vitamin A—a 100,000-unit capsule daily at bedtime. In three weeks most of her corns disappeared; in ...

A callus is a hard and thick patch of skin caused by friction or pressure, often on hands or feet. Calluses can be treated with salicylic acid, a pumice stone, or by a podiatrist. Calluses are not ...

This patient had a clavus, more commonly known as a “corn.” Corns are localized epidermal thickenings caused by repeated friction or pressure. They occur over bony protuberances, usually on the feet ...

At first glance, it looks like a wart—but upon closer inspection, a glassy, hard core in the center becomes noticeable: a typical sign of a corn. This small, often painful callus forms where the skin ...