Corns along with calluses are probably the most frequent problem that Podiatrists take care of. Corns on the feet are due to a lot of force. That higher force causes the epidermis to thicken up to shield itself. The epidermis then becomes so thick that it becomes very painful. This pressure may very well be as a result of many things like hammer toes, bunions or dropped metatarsal bones, etc. The only way to completely get rid of a corn would be to take off the high pressure that is causing it. There is no other way. That means dealing with the shoe fitting to ensure that there are not any pressure and take care of the bunions and also claw toes. Slicing a corn out merely gets rid of the hard skin and it doesn't get rid of the cause. The corn will come back eventually in the event that cause continues. This cause ought to be resolved or it will probably be a recurring issue long-term. Corns do not have roots which they re-grow from.
A well known approach to attempt to treat corns is to use medicated corn removal patches. The concept behind the corn removal plasters is that they consist of an acid which is supposed to eat at a corn to eradicate it. You put the medicated pad on the corn and then leave the patch in place until it has eaten away in the corn to get rid of it. The problem is that the acid inside the corn removing patch is not going to figure out what is corn and what is isn't a corn, therefore the corn pad is most likely to eat away at anything you put it on including the normal skin. That might be unsafe and even more harmful in anyone who has underlying conditions for example diabetes. The pad just might remove a portion of the corn temporarily and provide a little pain relief, but that corn is only going to re-grow once again simply because that too much pressure that caused the corn is still there.