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AIBU to want to talk to you about CORNS?!

90 replies

GammonAndEgg · 26/02/2015 19:54

Ouch! On both little toes.
I've never had them before but years of ill fitting beautiful shoes have taken their toll!

What to do, oh vipers?

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HermioneWeasley · 26/02/2015 19:59

Buy a corn and callus knife and use it to gradually pare away the corns when they are soft (after a bath or shower). Do it over a couple of days so you don't go mad

RumbleMum · 26/02/2015 20:03

Recommend medicated corn plasters. They've always sorted mine out - I always seem to have one. They're much worse on maternity leave because of standing all the time. When they come out its beauuuutiful .....Wink

Datahub · 26/02/2015 20:14

book an appt at a proper chiropodist to get them looked at

monkeysox · 26/02/2015 20:22

With data on this one. Chiropodist all the way

StarlingMurmuration · 26/02/2015 20:25

I cut mine out with tiny sharp scissors. Ah.... Instant relief! Not the recommended way to deal with them though.

londonrach · 26/02/2015 20:27

Book to see me..... Grin. Seriously whatever you do dont buy the evil medicated corn plasters as ive seen more ulcers than hot dinners due to these evil things. If i had my way they be banned. Look on www.feetforlife.org website for registered podiatrist is your local area...

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GammonAndEgg · 26/02/2015 22:02

They come out?! Shock

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happylittlevegemites · 26/02/2015 22:54

No no no no!!! Stay away from the DIY treatments and see a chiropodist/podiatrist. They are easy peasey for us to whip out.

Is this the mumsnet podiatrists meet up now??

BOFster · 26/02/2015 22:56

What are they, exactly? Just callouses that form from wearing ill-fitting shoes?

321zerobaby · 26/02/2015 22:58

Apple cider vinegar! There is a thread on here about using it to remove veruccas, but it can be done for corns too. So long as you take photos and post for spurners Grin

whothehellknows · 26/02/2015 23:50

Seriously, they come out?

RumbleMum · 27/02/2015 12:34

Yes they do come out - I find after a few days of corn plasters they can be hoiked out in one big satisfying lump. However I'm sure the professionals are right that you shouldn't do this - I suspect my corns aren't too bad/big in the grand scheme of things.

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GammonAndEgg · 27/02/2015 19:35

I'm scared now! I'm booking an appt!

Is it a one off treatment or a series?

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GammonAndEgg · 27/02/2015 19:36

I thought it was just .... hard skin Confused

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SuperFlyHigh · 27/02/2015 19:42

They can be just hard skin - told me by a beauty therapist. I used a corn knife years ago stabbed it into said corn tons of blood everywhere still a corn there!

Old fashioned chiripodist (foot person) removed them years ago but they returned.

londonrach · 27/02/2015 19:45

Gammon could be one off depending on location, shoes etc or could be a maintenance ongoing problem. Just make sure its someone registered. Sorry tried from working nhs today, not privare today. Rumble you been very lucky. Very, very, very lucky! Please be careful recommending these evil items. I deal with ulcers on a regular basis and although there are other reasons i know several patients who ulcers are a direct result of the evil corn plasters. One lady's daughter works in boots the chemist and had supplied her mother with the corn plaster. The evil item had slipped causing two ulcers in her little toe pipj which took me (and her) three weekly appointments to heal. Her daughter did a cpd on this. xxx

happylittlevegemites · 27/02/2015 20:15

It kinda is just hard skin. Doesn't mean it isn't a problem! At best, those corn plasters make it harder for us to remove the corn. At worst - well, the nastier stuff is generally seen in patients with other problems, like dodgy circulation. To be fair, the people who get completely better with DIY treatments tend not to darken my door need an appointment.

But seriously, don't be scared. It's usually a very simple thing to treat.

londonrach · 27/02/2015 20:23

Hi happy xxxxxx

londonrach · 27/02/2015 20:24

And gammon dnt worry its very easy to sort out. :-)

PrettyFeet · 27/02/2015 20:30

Very painful little blighters indeed. I recently had mine removed and the podiatrist said to me to still keep the toe separated from the area it rubbed on. Then every month file it down with an emery board as they usually return.

happylittlevegemites · 27/02/2015 20:34

waves back

Quangle · 27/02/2015 20:34

Just to say I love my chiropodist. I go in barely able to walk and come out gliding serenely and about an inch shorter thanks to all the hard skin he's shaved off the soles of my feet. I don't muck about with corn plasters - they make toes go gammy.

HermioneWeasley · 27/02/2015 20:36

Can I hijack the thread as there are chiropodists here? I have arthritis in my big toe on my right foot it gets achy and has limited range if movement. What do you recommend?

RumbleMum · 27/02/2015 20:40

londonrach thanks for the advice - I will take note! Smile

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GammonAndEgg · 27/02/2015 20:43

I love this thread. Fancy that! I'm talking about feet and not bum sex on a Friday night!

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