Dr. Scholl's CALLUS REMOVER Seal & Heal Bandage with Hydrogel Technology, 4ct // Removes Calluses Fast And Provides Cushioning Protection Against Shoe Pressure And Friction For All-Day Pain Relief

I purchase the removers because I'm on my feet and walk all day at work and developed a painful callous. I get pedicures often every 2 wks and I have pumice stones I use. That only treated the surface and it would harden back up and start back hurting.I only used one pack and it removed the stubborn callous that I thought I would have to have surgical removed. When the finally layer came off it looked like a small pebble in the center. Scary at first because I thought my skin was gone and it was kinda tender. Felt ok after a few hours. I'm so glad I gave these a try. I actually bought a 2nd pack because the cushion help with friction when walking. Hopefully I won't have to use them.

durability

It actually works even though the pad that you apply to your foot feels dry. I used 3 pads on a medium thick callus on my foot. Seemingly nothing happened. About two weeks later, after a shower, most of the callus had loosened and separated — just a flap of thick skin, intact, and only needed to have an attaching edge trimmed to remove it. It was astonishing because I had written it off as a failure.

Long storyI developed a blister from dance back in 2016. Having had minor blisters before, I paid it no mind. It eventually became calloused. Being a stubborn knuckle dragger, I again paid it no mind. It would hurt periodically, but nothing too serious, at least I thought.During a routine physical, the doc noticed some irregularities in my stance. Subconsciously, I actually changed the gait of my walk and run to accommodate the callous. I guess it was causing more issues than I thought. In 2019, I began to notice sharp pains in my foot, which forced me to walk on the outer edge of my foot, which again, caused more issues. I went to a podiatrist and was told the callous was too far developed to deal with by normal means, and that it had split open to the point of bleeding, which was the cause of the sharp pain. Their option was surgery to remove it, and stitches to close the wound. While mulling over my options, the thing that gets people sick happened and put a halt on all medical procedures for a little over a year.Entering 2021, I had to go back through the gambit of being re-evaluated for surgery and was put on a waiting list. During that time, I happened upon this product.I got it on a Friday. Used the first pad that night, and took it off Sunday Night. By Tuesday night, I noticed slight peeling off the callous. So, I waited it out. The following Friday, there was no more peeling but there was still the callous. So, I used another pad with the same 2 days on, three days off. Again, slight peeling, but no removal of the callous. So, I used the third pad. This time, I waited the two days, and after that, I took a file to the callous and noticed a lot of flaking. After that, I used the fourth and last pad, two days on, two days off. This time, after taking it off, I soaked my foot, then took a safety razor remover to it. I was a little nervous so I scraped slowly. As I did this, it seemed to literally peel off like potato skin. I kept going until I couldn't peel any more. I totally removed the callous to the point where I could see the split. Went back to the podiatrist and was told the split should heal on its own as long as I don't do anything too crazy like run and stuff.Close to 5 years of dealing with this issue and it was fixed in a little over 2 weeks. Talk about relief. I'm thinking about celebrating at Applebee's for the achievement. Nothing wrong with cheap margaritas.I will strees, removing the cushion is a bit of a hassel is you aren't that flexible, but not overtly difficult. And a bit of the active pad did snake its way into the split on the callous, that I had to take a swab with alcohol to get it out.But overall, it worked. Ibdont normally leave reviews on things because there's really nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. But this is more of a "THANK YOU" than a review. The last time I felt this much relief was when I got a chance to use a real bathroom after 10 months on a ship at sea. It's the little things that make you appreciate stuff ya know.

UPDATE #2: Over the past month since they came off, calluses on both feet have returned with a vengeance. Rather than trying these again, I am currently using a 40% Salicylic Acid stick with clear tape (the kind they use to protect tattoos) over it. It seems to be working much quicker in whitening the skin, so hopefully they'll fall off quicker and stay gone. *fingers crossed*UPDATE #1: When you go to file down/smooth out these areas, please either wait a few days or be very careful and do it gently. I kind of went all in right away, and a week later, those areas were still sore and sensitive.ORIGINAL REVIEW: I bought this in hopes of removing the two stubborn calluses on the sides of my feet, under my pinky toes.I cleaned my feet, put the patches on, then applied the clear protective strips. I had no issues the first few hours of wearing them, although it was evening time and I didn't do much walking around the house anyway. During the first shower, the clear protective strips started coming off. I ended up cutting off the parts that came loose, and put some bandaids over. The next day, I got some bigger clear bandaids and layered two over each pad/leftover protective strip. I changed the bandaids after my next shower as well, then kept the pads on until next day's shower (about 52 hours total). My skin was significantly lighter where the callus patches were, but nothing else happened.A couple of days later, I put on two new patches after a shower. By my next shower 24 hours later, parts of the protective strips were already coming off. By the time I was done with the shower, I was going to try to salvage the patches by putting some bandaids over them, but they were completely wet, had shifted and we're kind of gross, so I ended up taking everything off.So, in total, I had two patches on each foot for about 76 hours total. The skin turned a lighter color where the patches were, but the color got darker as the time went by (slowly going back to my regular skin color). It wasn't until day 13 (since the initial application) that both of the calluses started peeling and I was able to mostly pull them off. What came off was really just a little bit thicker skin. I'm going to have to file the areas off to try to even everything out, since they left kind of "holes" where the patches were.All in all, I guess I would buy these again if I needed them, but not before looking into other solutions. I'd definitely stock up on extra large clear bandaids, which are pretty expensive and would essentially double this item's purchase price.I also want to note that I work from home and most of the time I'm sitting down, so it's not like I was really rough on my feet during those days.