Corn removal
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andyxxx

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1,297 posts

244 months

Sunday 20th July
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Sorry if there is a thread about this – I can’t find it.

My wife has a painful corn on the underside of her foot.
Just looked at the pricing at our local podiatrist - £75 consultation fee plus £350 treatment!!!

So we have decided to try and treat it ourselves. Has anybody any recommends for effective treatment/products?
A quick search says the Scholl Corn Removal Pen can be effective.

Phooey

13,169 posts

186 months

Sunday 20th July
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It's painful because it feels like walking on a stone. Buy a foot rasp and file it down (works best the harder the skin is)




NaePasaran

817 posts

74 months

Sunday 20th July
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Try another place?

I pay £51 for a corn removal on the sole of my foot, manually done with a scalpel then finished off my giving my nails a cut and feet a file down then moisturised.

The_Doc

5,617 posts

237 months

Sunday 20th July
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Theres a podiatric surgeon round these parts who posts.
I'm sure he can tell you what's what.
This probably won't need surgery, although transfer overload from metatarsal heads causes corns, so cutting it off might be like pulling the leaves off a weed.

Me, I make a minimum 30cm incision for open jobbies, you don't want me!

Edited by The_Doc on Sunday 20th July 17:39

Tango13

9,612 posts

193 months

Sunday 20th July
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The_Doc said:
Me, I make a minimum 30cm incision for open jobbies, you don't want me!

Edited by The_Doc on Sunday 20th July 17:39
You are Sir Lancelot Spratt aicmfp hehe

sawman

5,063 posts

247 months

Sunday 20th July
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andyxxx said:
Sorry if there is a thread about this I can t find it.

My wife has a painful corn on the underside of her foot.
Just looked at the pricing at our local podiatrist - £75 consultation fee plus £350 treatment!!!

So we have decided to try and treat it ourselves. Has anybody any recommends for effective treatment/products?
A quick search says the Scholl Corn Removal Pen can be effective.
What are they doing for £350? Surgical excision?

Depending on where you are an initial assessment might be 70 ( its not that much in the north east)

Question that needs to be asked is corn or verruca, treatments will be different. Corns are generally related to pressure, changing the skin to thicken and develop corn whereas verrucas are viral infections.
Almost every “corn” i have excised and sent for histology testing in the last 30 years have shown signs of viral changes - they came to me because other treatments didnt work!

If they are excising ( surgically cutting it out) rather than debriding ( scraping down and removing without breaking the skin) are they qualified to do this? They dont need to be a podiatric surgeon to do this, but do need to have had skin surgery training

andyxxx

Original Poster:

1,297 posts

244 months

Monday 21st July
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sawman said:
andyxxx said:
Sorry if there is a thread about this I can t find it.

My wife has a painful corn on the underside of her foot.
Just looked at the pricing at our local podiatrist - £75 consultation fee plus £350 treatment!!!

So we have decided to try and treat it ourselves. Has anybody any recommends for effective treatment/products?
A quick search says the Scholl Corn Removal Pen can be effective.
What are they doing for £350? Surgical excision?

Depending on where you are an initial assessment might be 70 ( its not that much in the north east)

Question that needs to be asked is corn or verruca, treatments will be different. Corns are generally related to pressure, changing the skin to thicken and develop corn whereas verrucas are viral infections.
Almost every corn i have excised and sent for histology testing in the last 30 years have shown signs of viral changes - they came to me because other treatments didnt work!

If they are excising ( surgically cutting it out) rather than debriding ( scraping down and removing without breaking the skin) are they qualified to do this? They dont need to be a podiatric surgeon to do this, but do need to have had skin surgery training
I have no idea what the treatment is – the pricing is in the shop window and does not break down the treatment (I guess that happens if/after you pay the initial £75 consultation fee)
I am fairly certain it is not a verucca so we have purchased some over the counter corn products – if they don’t work we will shop around and try and find a less expensive ‘clinic’

Thank you