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Why are my fourth toes bent like this?

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charlotte54847
charlotte54847

I've tried straightening them in many ways and thinking it may be a corn, have tried remedies for that too. Corn plasters, medicated corn plasters, corn pens and filing off the dry skin(dry skin does seem to accumulate on the bend), I've even tried stretching and bending the toe. I have no idea what this could be. It doesnt hurt or cause any problems, I just dont like the appearance of it. Is it a corn or something else? Is it just the way my toe is shaped naturally?

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  • kayleigh70641
    kayleigh70641 charlotte54847

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    Hi! just wanted to share my story on this, i'm not sure if this will help but perhaps give you peace of mind that I had the same thing on both of my 4th toes (both feet affected) from the photo it seems like the bottom of your toe (when you put your feet down) goes down flatly on the ground - whereas my whole toe was completely twisted around.

    I suffered so much with this, I couldn't walk for long periods of time and i'd end up with such bad blisters even if I didn't walk that far!

    if you aren't getting any issues to this extent, it is probably not worth getting surgery (unless you felt you needed it for cosmetic reasons!) and before I had surgery, I was using plasters that went around my toe (for extra comfort - didn't help the blister side to it) and I also tried putting hard arch soles in my shoes (which I still do now)

    apologies if this was a long and pointless read, I just haven't came across with anyone who's had this like I did 😃

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