Go and get a digital camera and post a photo to us all, then you might get a
diagnosis!
Trefor
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
>Sent: 06 July 1998 17:28
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: derma-diagnostic help
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>Would any dermatological buff know what a sort of not-wart growth under the
>head of the first metatarsal, unlike a typical verruca, might be?
>It started
>as a patch of thickening and then seems to have developed a few white
>points, visible when it is pared, but it is not circumscribed like
>a plantar
>wart. A chiropodist agreed that it was not really like a wart but didn't
>know what else it could be and could only suggest the usual salicylic
>acid/paring treatment, which after 6 months has achieved nothing. The pain
>from it restricts (my other half's) walking range. My recommendation is to
>stop doing anything and get a dermatologist to look at it when it is florid
>and in its natural state, but if anyone has any better suggestions . . .?
>
>Senior Lurker
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