TREATMENT FOR HAMMERTOES:
You will need to check your shoes to make sure you have enough room in the toe box. Your toes should have plenty of room for them to function without excessive pressure.
If there is a corn present on top of the toe or on the end of the toe, then it can be debrided by a podiatrist. Also lotions help to keep the corn/callous manageable. At Advanced Footcare Clinic we suggest Gormel 20. It has 20% urea which is the highest amount of urea that is available in our office. Urea is an exfoliate and a moisturizer.
Also there are pads that would help. Your podiatrist can help to select the right type of pad that would work for you. There are pads that help hold the toe down, and there are cushions that can go on the toe to cushion the top of the toe from rubbing in the shoe.
If all else fails there is surgery. It is a simple outpatient procedure.