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There is a common condition where the nail lifts, usually starting at the tip and going further down the toe, hollowing and detaching the nail from the nail bed. Onycholysis can also occur in the middle or the base of the nail. Many people think they might have a fungal infection because it may look...

Have you ever felt pain on the bottom of the foot as if you were constantly walking on a small pebble, especially under a bony prominence? This could be a porokeratoma: a small hard round bump that develops due to a clogged sweat gland.

Typically confused with a callus, a porokeratoma has a yellowi...

Can you imagine not wearing sandals for about nine years, not even at the beach, because you are embarrassed about your ugly toenails? This happened to a patient I saw recently and she walked out the office crying in relief, joy and proud of how her toenails looked good and natural after a cosmet...

“Kissing corns” are calluses or corns that develop between the toes, usually between the fourth and fifth (pinky) digits. The pain happens because the toe bones rub against each other creating little corns that “kiss.” They are also called soft corns or calluses.

Despite the name, it’s a very painf...

“My big toe hurts” is a common complaint for new patients in our office. There are myriad reasons why a big toe can hurt. These include ingrown toenails, bony prominences, arthritis, gout, infection, bunions, sesamoiditis, fractures. For the purpose of this article, we’re going to discuss the big to...

When reviewing X-rays with patients, I often get asked: what are those two circle shaped masses near my big toe? This question gets asked anxiously as if something may be wrong with their foot. However, it would be more concerning if these bones were not present as everyone is born with them.

These...

I sometimes recommend this Morton’s Extension Carbon Fiber insole to patients with severe big toe joint arthritis, a condition called advanced hallux rigidus, also known as stiff big toe. The joint where the big toe meets the foot loses its mobility and the pain can make it hard to walk or even stan...

Even if it sounds like it, this is not a halloween movie inspired article. Indeed, “beetle juice” is a podiatrist's first choice and a very effective treatment for warts in the feet, called “plantar warts”, or in the medical field “verruca plantaris”.

Under the scientific name of cantharidin, this ...

Once you get thick toenails, regular nail clippers literally won’t cut them. I recently was recommended an affordable nail clipper available on Amazon that does the job.

Not having to deal with the frustration of regularly breaking drugstore nail clippers and with shattered pieces of nail is indeed...

 Almost everyday a patient comes in with excruciating heel pain, after trying every tip found online and after spending hundreds of dollars in shoes and products that promise a solution for Plantar Fasciitis.

The Central Massachusetts Podiatry doctors recorded a webinar to guide you through what re...