Corns on the bottom of my feet (pain, skin, surgery)

[tarajane2013]

Does anyone have corns on the bottom of their feet ? I have them and they sting and hurt. I wear good shoes, New Balance. My doctor "carved" the extra tissue off. She said just to wear corn pads with the holes in them. Is there a cure anyone knows about ? I don't want to wear corn pads the rest of my life. Has anyone ever had surgery to completely remove them ? Thank you

[charmed hour]

Did you see a podiatrist for the issue? Generally corns develop on the bony portions of the foot- tops and side of toes. Calluses are generally on the bottoms of the feet.

You can treat your corns using an over-the-counter salicylic acid treatment. It comes in a little kit that includes the corn pads. If that doesn't work, yes there is a surgery that will remove them.

Are you sure you're wearing the properly sized shoes? Corns usually develop from the rubbing of ill fitting shoes.

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by charmed hour

Did you see a podiatrist for the issue?

This-- make sure that they're actually callouses and not plantar warts.

[Calvert Hall '62]

Originally Posted by tarajane2013

Does anyone have corns on the bottom of their feet ? I have them and they sting and hurt. I wear good shoes, New Balance. My doctor "carved" the extra tissue off. She said just to wear corn pads with the holes in them. Is there a cure anyone knows about ? I don't want to wear corn pads the rest of my life. Has anyone ever had surgery to completely remove them ? Thank you

You must be my twin. Have a callus on each sole, outer aspect, about midway from front to back. Self-diagnosis is over supination. Also wear nothing but New Balance.

Podiatrist just shrugged his shoulders at my self-diagnosis and said I "must've stepped on a stone or something" which is nonsense. (Didn't think much of this doc; must've caught him on a bad day.)

Anyway, after he sliced-off some of the calluses, he told me to rub the areas after showering for 5 minutes with pumice stone, and then apply "CeraVe" foot cream which he sold me for $15 for a 3 oz. tube. (I'm sure you can get an over-the-counter skin softener much cheaper.)

Instead of following his advice, I periodically use a bastard file, the same file that I use for gardening tools, and scrape the calluses. There's always some pain even after the self-treatment, but life's tolerable, including a walking/running exercise regimen.

[tarajane2013]

Thanks for sharing. Gonna get me a bastard file !