Home remedies for corns and bunions on feet are easy to find and use. For more details on natural ways to treat these skin conditions on your feet, read on this article on VKool site in the line of Skin Care.

Home Remedies For Corns And Bunions On Feet

I. Symptoms Of Corns On Feet

Before discovering home remedies for corns, read to know common symptoms of corns.

If you think a corn is forming on your feet, look for the following symptoms:

• Thickening of your skin, over bony spots that do not have any distinct border, but it can be oval
• Discoloration of your thickened skin: red, yellow-gray or brown
• May throb and burn

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Remember, corns in general are not bothersome or painful, but if there is no proper treatment step taken, a corn can get infected and lead to additional symptoms. If your foot corn becomes worse, its symptoms can include:

• Pain
• Pus/fluid draining from your corn
• Tenderness around your corn
• Fever and swelling

II. Causes Of Corns & Bunions On Your Feet

Calluses and bunions can be are caused by instant pressure and friction applied to your feet. The pressure and friction may have various causes, such as:

• Improper socks, which make a tendency for bunching up at your toes and they cause a friction
• Flat feet; your feet are unstable and the arch is low
• Bunions; a corn may be formed by a bunion
• Abnormal gait
• Your high-arched feet
• Your bony bumps
• Worn down pads over soles of your feet
• Your obesity
• Your Athletic activities
• Walking barefoot that cause your food skin to be thickened
• Your long metatarsal bones, which cause more friction and pressure than other people’s normal-size metatarsal bones
• Improper footwear: your shoes are tight fitting, too small, or narrow-toed

Read on: How to remove calluses from feet and fingers naturally

III. Treatment For Corns And Bunions On Feet

Treating a corn or bunion generally means remove it and heal it. But don’t try to treat or remove your foot corns and bunions by yourself.  Instead, meet your doctor or meet a podiatrist who can help you identify your skin problem and give you good advice and medicine for it.

Since corns and bunions on feet can be treated by natural home remedies. So, find home treatments for your skin problem first. Below is a few non-surgical ways for removing corns and bunions on feet, including:

• Walking barefoot at home
• Applying non-medicated pads around your corns and bunions to relieve friction and pressure
• Changing your footwear, which may cause your bunions and corns
• Maintaining your regular proper foot hygiene
• Soaking your feet in lukewarm water
• Filing your corns down with your pumice stone for smoothing thickened skin
• Applying pads having salicylic acid that helps dissolve your thickened skin
• Using moleskin to cover your bunions and corns
• Orthotics that are made of shock-absorbing materials can help redistribute pressure on your feet

IV. Prevent Corns And Bunions On Your Feet

The following are simple yet effect tips for you to prevent corns and bunions from forming on your feet:

• Maintain your foot hygiene
• If you suffer from a foot deformity, meet your doctor or a podiatrist to learn certain foot care for your foot deformity
• Choose and wear proper footwear (shoes and socks)
• Wear arch supports, padding or orthotics that help redistribute friction and pressure when you move, stand or walk
• Don’t try removing a corn by yourself

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V. Home Remedies For Corns And Bunions

Now, let’s explore top home remedies for corns and bunions on feet!

1. White Vinegar

White vinegar is an excellent tested home remedy for a corn on the feet. The high level of acidity level in white vinegar can help soften your hard skin. Also, white vinegar contains its antibacterial and antifungal agents so that it is very effective to reduce the risk of skin infection.

Instructions:

• Before you go to sleep, mix 1 part of white vinegar with 3 parts of cold water.
• Next, dab this diluted white vinegar onto your corn
• Cover the affected skin area with a large adhesive bandage
• Let it sit there overnight
• In the morning, exfoliate your skin with an emery board or a pumice stone
• Then, apply some coconut oil or olive oil to keep your skin moisturized
• Use this solution once a day until your corn is removed

2. Baking Soda

Next to home remedies for corn, try using baking soda. This has exfoliating agent, which is beneficial for removing the dead skin covering corns, and aiding in the healing process. Moreover, baking soda also has antibacterial and antifungal properties so that it can keep your bunions free from skin infections.

Instructions:

• First, add 2 tbsps of baking soda to a medium-size basin with warm water
• Next, soak your feet in this liquid for 10 minutes
• Rub your corns with a pumice stone gently to remove dead skin cells

Alternatively, you can:

• Mix 1 tsp of baking soda with water and a little lemon juice to have a paste
• Then, apply the paste on the affected area
• Cover it carefully with a large bandage
• Let it sit there overnight
• In the next morning, remove the bandage and rinse off this paste with warm water
• Exfoliate your foot corns with a pumice stone gently

3. Pineapple

Beside white vinegar and baking soda, consider pineapple among home remedies for corns. This helps clear off your corns gently. It is suggested that pineapple peel seems to be more effective than its flesh. This is because the pineapple peal contains helpful enzymes that can soften corns on the feet.

Instructions:

• • First, cut a square of a pineapple from the peel of removed pineapple
  • Next, put the inner side of the pineapple peel over your corn
  • Then, cover it with a large bandage
  • Wear socks and let it sit there overnight
  • In the next morning, put off your socks, remove the bandage, next wash your feet, pat dry and apply coconut oil

4. Lemon

Next to natural home remedies for corns, try using lemon that is often available in your kitchen. The citrus acid present in lemon acts to soften your hardened skin, which may cause your corn.

Instructions:

• • • Simply, apply a little lemon juice on your corn
    • Do this 3 times a day

In alternative way, you can:

• • • Soak 2 pieces of cloves in 1 tbsp of lemon juice for about 10 to 15 minutes
    • Next, remove the cloves, rub lemon juice on your corn
    • Allow the lemon juice to air dry, then apply a new layer of the juice again
    • Do it several times daily

Alternatively, you can also:

• • • Mix 1 tsp of Brewer’s yeast with 1 tsp of lemon juice to have a thick paste
    • Next, slather this paste onto your corn
    • Then, cover it with a large bandage
    • Let it sit there overnight

Use one of these 3 remedies regularly until you see the result

5. Garlic

Garlic contains natural antioxidants, so it is very beneficial for treating corns. Moreover, this spice has antifungal and antibacterial properties so that it aids in preventing infections on bunions.

Instructions:

• • • First, rub ½ of a glove of fresh garlic on the affected area
    • Let your skin dry
    • Cover this area with a large bandage
    • Let it sit there overnight
    • In the next morning, wash your skin with warm water
    • Apply this remedy regularly every night until your corns or bunions disappear

In another way, you can:

• • • Cut 2 cloves of garlic into small pieces, then add a little salt
    • Mix them well to have a paste
    • Apply this paste in the affected are
    • Let it sit there for 3 days
    • Then, remove the bandage

Alternatively, you can also:

• • • Make a paste of 2 cloves of garlic
    • Then, add a tsp of white vinegar to the garlic to have a paste
    • Apply the paste in the affected area directly
    • Cover your skin with a bandage
    • Leave it on 3 hours
    • Then remove the bandage and clean your skin
    • Do this one a day for a few weeks and notice your improvement

Bottom line:

In this article, you’ve discovered top home remedies for corns and bunions on feet. These tips and treatments also work if you have corns or bunions on hands. Hope that you can make use of some these remedies to your skin condition easily at home. If you suffer from diabetes, your condition may be more painful, so you should meet and consult your doctor first!

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