RE: Coaxing my Callus

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I liked your story...I have a story about a callous formed after a tiny shard of

glass pierced the ball of my foot. Went to dermatologist who scraped off layers

and applied a callus remover...4 different visits and it was still there. I

read something about vitamin E helping to remove calluses. So each day after

bathing I applied 50,000 units of E from a bottle and wrapped my foot so as to

not allow my foot to slip around in my shoe.

 

 

 

I was teaching Sunday school at the time ...so after church on Christmas there

was a play so I did a lot of walking....the shoes I wore were platform. When I

got home I realized I had a huge blister the size of a silver dollar. I had to

relieve the pressure so I pierced the blister and removed the fluid...was too

difficult to walk otherwise.

 

 

 

After the healing time the callous came off along with the blister. Was a total

happy accident I know but you could see the healed hole on the underside of the

caloused skin of the blister where the glass had entered.

 

 

Veronica

 

 

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Alobar

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:55:03 -0500

<< >> Coaxing my Callus

 

 

 

 

 

For the past 6 months of so, I have had a growing thickening

callus on the sole of my left foot. Discomfort slowly evolved into

slight pain when I walked. I really should have gone to a

chiropodist/podiatrist, but I did not have the $$. Last time I went

to one (back in 2001) it cost me over $100.

 

I did not want to carve it off myself. Far too easy to carve

too deeply and cause a wound. Last time I got a wound on the sole of

my foot, it turned into a non-healing ulcer.

 

So I kept looking at the callus, poking it, contemplating it.

 

I got an idea. It was a long shot. But something I could

try. It hurt to press on the callus, but if I pinched it and rocked

it slightly back and forth, there was no pain. Top layer was very

hard. But I could feel that beneath the hard top layer was more

resilient pliable tissue. It seemed to me that maybe if I rocked the

callus side to side and shifted one side up, then the other, that

maybe I could get the hard crusty top layer to detach from the

under-layer.

 

So I did this. 3-5 minutes before I put my socks on, and

another 3-5 minutes when I took my socks off.

 

After a few days, the corner of the callus closest to my

little toe and farthest back from my toes seemed to be coming a bit

loose. I could work my fingernail under the edge of the callus. I

continued to work my fingernail under the edge of the callus, then

slid it back and forth slightly.

 

I continues this routine, twice a day, sliding my finger nail

sightly deeper and slightly more side to side.

 

After a few more days, I could very slightly lift the callus

at one corner. So I kept up the lifting and sliding of my finger

nail.

 

After a few more days, I could lift the callus up enough that

I could use my thumb nail to begin to work the callus loose.

 

I went slowly. Being a diabetic with neuropathy, I cannot

feel small cuts on my feet, so I was fearful of damaging my foot. I

kept looking for blood oozing out from under the callus. But no

blood. So I continued.

 

After another 2 days, the callus just peeled off. No pain.

No blood.

 

When the callus peeled off, the foot is far less tender when I

walk in it. The callus which is left on my foot is flexible, not

very tender to the touch, and I no longer limp when I walk.

 

I saved the callus I peeled off as a trophy. It is about 1/8 "

thick in the center, and thinner near the edges.

 

Alobar

 

 

 

 

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