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Calluses (plantar in right foot and medial in left foot) A callus (pl.: calluses) is an area of thickened and sometimes hardened skin that forms as a response to repeated friction, pressure, or other irritation. Since repeated contact is required, calluses are most often found on the feet and hands, but they may occur anywhere on the skin. Some ...
A corn or clavus (plural clavi or clavuses) is an often painful, cone-shaped, inwardly directed callus of dead skin that forms at a pressure point near a bone, or on a weight-bearing part of the body. When on the feet, corns can be so painful as to interfere with walking.
Dr. Jill’s Gel Ball of Foot Cushions $ at Pedicurian. As a first line over-the-counter treatment for foot calluses, Parthasarathy recommends Dr. Jill’s foot pads.
Plantar warts are often similar to calluses or corns, but can be differentiated by close observation of skin striations. Feet are covered in friction ridges, which are akin to fingerprints of the feet. Friction ridges are disrupted by plantar warts; if the lesion is not a plantar wart, the striations continue across the top layer of the skin.
Ischial callosities on a Sulawesi crested macaque Macaca nigra. All Old World monkeys, gibbons, and some chimpanzees have pads on their rears known as ischial callosities. [1] [2] The pads enable the monkeys to sleep sitting upright on thin branches, beyond reach of predators, without falling.
Focal acral hyperkeratosis (also known as "Acrokeratoelastoidosis lichenoides,") is a late-onset keratoderma, inherited as an autosomal dominant condition, characterized by oval or polygonal crateriform papules developing along the border of the hands, feet, and wrists.
Callus is an area of toughened skin. Callus may also refer to: Fibrocartilage callus, the temporary new bony tissue that forms at the ends of a fractured bone; Callus (botany), a fleshy lump of tissue on the labellum (or lip) of orchid flowers; Callus (cell biology), a mass of unorganized cells; Callus (mollusc), a thickened layer of shell material
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