Background. A 61-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to a diabetic foot clinic 1 year after he injured his left foot in a slip injury. Examination showed collapse of the longitudinal ...

SUNDAY, April 24, 2016 -- Corns and calluses form due to friction or pressure on the skin, and there are a number of ways to treat these often unsightly areas, an expert says. "Calluses can develop ...

Hardened heels, or plantar callus, can turn out to be a fungal infection known as athlete’s foot. Athlete’s foot in the heels is difficult to distinguish from callus, as it does not itch. To the eye, ...

Ever wonder what causes corns and calluses? According to dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology, these hard, thickened areas of skin form as a result of friction or pressure on the ...

Plantar warts: I always seem to be getting calluses on my feet which I remove by filing. But a new one has developed and when I tried to remove it, it started to bleed. It's now very sore and I'm ...

Painful calluses (thickened skin), normally occur on areas of pressure associated with prominent bones. There are 4 types commonly seen: tylomas, intractable plantar keratosis (IPK), porokeratosis, ...