Bunions occur more commonly in women and can sometimes run in families. People born with abnormal bones in their feet are more likely to form a bunion. Wearing narrow-toed, high-heeled shoes may lead to the development of a bunion. The condition may become painful as extra bone and a fluid-filled sac grow at the base of the big toe. If the bunion gets worse - resulting in severe deformity or pain - surgery to realign the toe and remove the bony bump (bunionectomy) can be effective. There are over 100 different surgical techniques that have been described to treat this condition. Pumice stone. You'll need a high-abrasion pumice stone for this. You'll wear down the stone almost as fast as you'll wear down the callus. I can not handle this, simply because this is the only place on my body where I'm ticklish! It's not under my arms or anywhere else, and if you stroke the bottom of my feet, it does nothing. But scratching the bottom of my feet is one of the ways to get me to do anything so that you'll stop! It's one of my biggest secrets. Shhh, don't tell. If a corn or callus becomes very painful or inflamed, see your doctor. If you have diabetes or poor circulation, call your doctor before self-treating corns or calluses. Even a relatively minor injury to your foot could lead to an infected open sore (foot ulcer) that’s difficult to heal. If a corn or callus persists or becomes painful despite your self-care efforts, medical treatments can provide relief. Your doctor can pare down thickened skin or trim a large corn with a scalpel, usually during an office visit. Your doctor may also suggest applying an antibiotic ointment to reduce the risk of infection. Sandals should fit properly. The straps behind the heel can cause friction, which cause calluses to form, if they are too tight. Moleskin can be used inside the sandal to prevent friction, if you don't wear socks. Drugstores carry moleskin for your shoes. Sneakers are a must have and are activity dependent. For example, a running shoe has front to back support, while an all-around hybrid shoe designed for walking or running has a "roll bar" that absorbs motion in the front of the foot as well as any pressure. This stops the toes from bending up as much. Wearing high heels often can cause foot pain and other problems such as bunions, corns, calluses, and hammertoes. A survey conducted by the American Podiatric Medical Association revealed that 73 percent of women have a foot issue related to the shoes that they wear. Women who wear high heels need to take precautions as well as recognize and treat problems early to avoid not just corns, but other problems associated with wearing high heels. Weakness in the foot can cause falling arches, bunions and hammer toes. These are potentially very painful. However, you can get a lot of relief by a few easy exercises. Late one night while I was watching Television in bed, I saw a commercial for a hand-held product called the PedEgg. It is a foot file and callus remover that resembles a cheese grater and is enclosed inside a little ergonomically-designed plastic 'egg'. I wondered if it really worked like it was being shown or if it was one of those things that look wonderful on TV but when you order the product and try it at home it is a big disappointment. I've had this experiences many times before with things I have ordered. These various foot injuries and foot deformities are painful in their own right; but in the case of a diabetic, they have more serious implications. Foot ulcers (open wounds on the foot) tend to develop over these bony protrusions. A bunion, for example, can be rubbed raw by the side of a shoe. Foot ulcers are most common on the balls of the feet and the pads of the toes (where the foot bears the weight of the body) and on the tops of the toes (where the knuckle bones of the foot are likely to come into contact with the top of the toe box). The term tailor’s bunion, as it is commonly referred to in the Podiatric world, derived its name from clothing tailors who would sit on the floor cross-legged, while tailoring pants. Pressure between the ground and the outside of the foot while the tailors were working led to pain and irritation with the creation of a small bump in the area and thus the term Tailors bunions. Persistently high load of sugar in the blood of diabetes people prone them for the development of diabetic foot condition characterised by non-healing and infective ulcer or gangrene. Sometimes the condition can turn out so serious that patient have to undergo amputation surgery.