The tripe or callosities are nodular formations of increased skin caused by a pressure or repeated curettage of the area.

All the callosities have his cause in an area with excess of pressure or of continued rubbing. Generally they can appear in the feet as regards the footwear or in the hands as regards the work, sport or achievement of bricolage for example.

On having turned out to be affected, the skin produces one I increase of the layers to protect the area and that do not produce to themselves blisters or raising of the layers of the epidermis.

It is possible to appreciate to simple sight like nodular areas with hard and thick, drier skin of the habitual thing and of darker color. They appear with more frequency in the feet and in the palms of the hands.

The best form of treatment is to eliminate the cause of the pressure or rubbing, if it is the footwear improving his adaptation or with silicone patches to protect the area.

The gloves use to avoid the callosities of the hands is also a good measurement.

It is possible to apply a lotion or it cremates with Urea or acid salicílico in the area that improves the callosity but she does not avoid his appearance if the cause persists. Also it is possible to realize this function using stone pómez.

A podiatrist can do exact cuts to eliminate leather excess in areas with tripe and it is possible that sometimes they could become infected and it is needed to take some antibiotic.