I have a callous like growth between the balls of my left foot. Looks like a callous, except it isn't round but rather linear! It hurts to walk/run barefoot, like one has a rock in your shoe. Not the place for a callous! Any ideas? Thanks!!
Strange growth between balls of my foot.
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It sounds like what I sometimes get. I usually just remove a layer of the extra skin. Sometimes a deep blister will form under it if I don't remove enough of it. In that case, I have to push a needle into the thick skin and drain the small blister of water that I can't see.
I use fingernail clippers and pinch enough of the harder skin so I can clip into it. Then I just tear a layer of it off. You won't see the blister, but you can feel something there. It is just a thin layer of water buried under the skin. A day or two after draining the water, you might see a whiter area where the skin has separated. It will eventually surface and you can remove the rest of the dead skin then.
Update! Definitely no blister there! Dug it out with a paring knife, bled pretty good, grossed out wife and kids, but hey it's better than carving a swaztika in your forehead I say!
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I was going to wait for a doc to answer first, but since everyone else has already answered, and you've cut yourself open...
Years ago, I had an actual callus lengthwise near my 2nd met head from some dress shoes. I sanded away the callus with a nail file and got different shoes.
Also, when I tried VFFs, I developed a ridge on the outside of the ball of my 1st mets. Got rid of the shoes and sanded those away, too.
Years ago, I had an actual callus lengthwise near my 2nd met head from some dress shoes. I sanded away the callus with a nail file and got different shoes.
Also, when I tried VFFs, I developed a ridge on the outside of the ball of my 1st mets. Got rid of the shoes and sanded those away, too.
Hello Bill -
Thank you for your question. Sounds like you did some home "bathroom" surgery
As far as calluses go - they are a direct result of pressure. If you had a linear callus it is often associated with either shoes or movement patterns that happen to cause the skin to fold, followed by increased pressure.
Many calluses can be removed or managed with pummice stones, ped-eggs, urea-based creams. If the pressure persists to the area, the callus will return. The only way to avoid having a callus return is to remove the pressure. So this means if you have a linear pressure, assessing what shoes or movements may be causing the folding of the skin and pressure.
Although I do not push orthotics on patients, slowing down callus formation is a common reason for prescribing orthotics.
I hope this helps!
Thank you for your question. Sounds like you did some home "bathroom" surgery
As far as calluses go - they are a direct result of pressure. If you had a linear callus it is often associated with either shoes or movement patterns that happen to cause the skin to fold, followed by increased pressure.
Many calluses can be removed or managed with pummice stones, ped-eggs, urea-based creams. If the pressure persists to the area, the callus will return. The only way to avoid having a callus return is to remove the pressure. So this means if you have a linear pressure, assessing what shoes or movements may be causing the folding of the skin and pressure.
Although I do not push orthotics on patients, slowing down callus formation is a common reason for prescribing orthotics.
I hope this helps!
