| The accumulation of the dead skin cells lead to corns | | | | Description |
| on the foot, which causes the area to harden and | | | | Corns appear like small rough mounds containing firm |
| thicken. These look like projections of the feet. It | | | | dead skin that grows between the toes. It has a |
| has a cone-shaped core with a point, which can press | | | | hard waxy core that extends down, presses the |
| on a nerve below causing pain. These are very | | | | tissues and nerves under it, and thus causes pain. |
| common ailments affecting the tips, tops and sides | | | | Sometimes the corns affect the bursae - fluid-filled |
| of the toes. Constant friction with the footwear | | | | sacs that cushion the juncture of two or more |
| leads to inflamed corns and some corns are formed | | | | bones, causing irritation and results in bursitis. |
| between the toes and are referred as soft corns. | | | | |