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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.
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.
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!
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
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? 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.
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
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? 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.
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 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
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