These medicines can sometimes reduce the need for surgery. Treating corns or calluses yourself may be harmful, especially if you have diabetes or poor circulation. Warts are skin growths caused by viruses. They are sometimes painful and if untreated, may spread. A doctor can apply medicines, burn or freeze the wart off, or remove the wart surgically.
Bunions develop when big toe joints are out of line and become swollen and tender.
Bunions may be caused by poor-fitting shoes that press on a deformity or an inherited weakness in the foot. If a bunion is not severe, wearing shoes cut wide at the instep and toes may provide relief. Protective pads can also cushion the painful area. Bunions can be treated by applying or injecting certain drugs, using whirlpool baths, or sometimes having surgery. Ingrown toenails occur when a piece of the nail breaks the skin.