# Bunions-a baby bunion maybe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunions-a-baby-bunion-maybe/763333>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunions-a-baby-bunion-maybe/763333 "2016-08-19T19:09:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunions-a-baby-bunion-maybe/763333/1 "2016-08-19T19:09:59Z")

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At 67, and never having had a bunion, I’d like to know, from people who have had them, how they started. I have a really sore spot on my foot, not specifically at the side of the big toe where you’d expect a bunion to be, but more at the top of that area. It rubs on all my shoes and can get quite sore. So how does a bunion start? Is this a baby bunion bud? Can I stop this from happening? A friend said I should wear those pedicure toe-separator things to bed-I can’t see that making sense. I just hate the thought of some expensive surgery and recovery at my age.