Best treatment for Corn | Permanent cure for Corn | Dr Bhavna Mangla (Skin Mantraa) — Transcript

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1. 0:03Hello, I am Dr. Bhavna Mangla, a
2. 0:05dermatologist from Skin Mantra. Today,
3. 0:08I will tell you about corns—what they
4. 0:10are. Why they happen. How you can
5. 0:12prevent them, and what their best
6. 0:14treatment is. So, these corns are
7. 0:18nothing but...A protective mechanism of
8. 0:21our own body. Meaning, whenever there
9. 0:23is repeated friction or constant
10. 0:24pressure on our skin, the skin there
11. 0:26starts to thicken so that it doesn't
12. 0:28get damaged. Now, these corns can occur
13. 0:31on the bottom of your feet, on the
14. 0:33sides of your toes, or even between
15. 0:35your toes. But they bother you when
16. 0:38they become very painful. So, I told
17. 0:42you that these corns develop whenever
18. 0:44there is repeated friction or pressure.
19. 0:47So, when can they occur? If you wear
20. 0:49ill-fitting shoes, meaning the size is
21. 0:51either a bit too large or too small, or
22. 0:54if you have a habit of walking barefoot
23. 0:56or wearing high heels. If you don't
24. 0:58wear socks with your shoes. Some people
25. 1:01have job profiles where they have to
26. 1:04stand for hours or walk for a long time
27. 1:06. So, in such people, due to body
28. 1:09weight and constant pressure, corns
29. 1:11develop on the bottom of their feet. So
30. 1:16, without wasting time, let's talk
31. 1:18about the treatment. For this, first of
32. 1:20all, you must see your dermatologist
33. 1:22because the diagnosis is very important
34. 1:24: is it a corn, a callus, or a wart? To
35. 1:26the naked eye, all three conditions
36. 1:28look exactly the same. But their
37. 1:29treatments are completely different.
38. 1:31Now, if it is a corn and it has just
39. 1:33started, you can correct it to some
40. 1:35extent at home. For that, you need to
41. 1:39put some warm water in a bowl or a tub
42. 1:41and soak your feet. After that, clean
43. 1:44the area with a towel and gently rub
44. 1:47that portion with a pumice stone. Then,
45. 1:49apply a moisturizer or any cream
46. 1:51containing urea and lactic acid, and
47. 1:54you can leave it on. By repeating this,
48. 1:57soft corns or very superficial corns
49. 1:59come out. Some people also use corn
50. 2:02tapes, but you have to be very careful
51. 2:04applying them because if you keep them
52. 2:06on for a long time, the surrounding
53. 2:08skin can get macerated, which can also
54. 2:10lead to infection. But if your corn is
55. 2:13painful or large, you should absolutely
56. 2:16not do any of these things, and instead
57. 2:18, you should go to your healthcare
58. 2:19expert to have it removed directly. The
59. 2:28best way to remove it is through CO2
60. 2:30laser ablation. In this, the base of
61. 2:32the corn is numbed by administering a
62. 2:34local anesthetic, and then it is
63. 2:35removed using a CO2 laser. It has a
64. 2:37central core that must be completely
65. 2:40removed, otherwise, it can return. Some
66. 2:42people also remove it through surgery.
67. 2:44The purpose of both is the same, but in
68. 2:46my opinion, since surgery involves
69. 2:48cutting, there is more bleeding and it
70. 2:50also takes time to heal. With the laser
71. 2:52, there is absolutely no blood. You
72. 2:53don't need any dressing, no stitches
73. 2:55are required, and the healing is also
74. 2:58faster. After this, you should not put
75. 3:00too much weight on that area for 7 to
76. 3:0210 days. You need to apply prophylactic
77. 3:04antibiotics and antibacterial ointment
78. 3:07for a few days, and you can even get it
79. 3:09wet with water starting the very next
80. 3:11day. So, if your corns are painful, you
81. 3:22can get them removed very safely in a
82. 3:24single session using a CO2 laser. If
83. 3:27you follow these precautions after
84. 3:29removal, such as wearing properly
85. 3:31fitted shoes, not walking barefoot, and
86. 3:33wearing padded footwear, then these
87. 3:35corns will not return. I hope this
88. 3:37video has been informative for you.
89. 3:39Thank you very much for watching this
90. 3:40video. Thank you so much.