Calluses and corns can be unpleasant if you let them get really bad. A great way to avoid the pain of having excess skin build-up and harden, is prevention. There are a lot of callus treatments for once you've gotten them, but sloughing your feet with a callus stone as often as you're in the shower can go a long way.
Preventing Calluses
It's best to wear shoes that fit properly and if you find that there are certain hot spots on your feet where the shoe is toughening the skin, you could use blister pads to buffer the skin from the shoe
The same advice applies to if you're doing yard work or work that's generally hard on your hands, wear gloves!
Apply lotion regularly to hands and feet, where calluses are most likely to occur.
Foot Soak Help
Foot soaks seem to be the most helpful in terms of softening feet and readying them for scrubs or callus stones. A good home-made foot soak can be as simple as combining some apple cider vinegar with water and soaking your feet for about ten minutes.
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Natural pumice stones help ease roughness. Swissco makes a good selection of these. These are best used on feet after being in the shower or bath so they've had a chance to soften in the water. Natural pumice stones aren't as strong as a foot file.
Callus stones can have a rough side and smooth side. The rough side is for working on the rough spots, and once you've finished, you then flip the tool over to the ceramic side to buff and smooth the skin.
