# Identify this thing on my big toe!

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-thing-on-my-big-toe/172532 "2003-05-02T02:12:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-thing-on-my-big-toe/172532/1 "2003-05-02T02:12:11Z")

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I’ve had this thing for a while now. On my big toe, there’s this white scab-type thing sticking out to the side away from my other toes. Recently it’s been starting to hurt when touched. I don’t remember getting cut there or anything, it just suddenly appeared there one day. My dad says it’s a calice, but I’m not so sure. What is the deal??

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-thing-on-my-big-toe/172532/2 "2003-05-02T02:27:58Z")

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Maybe a corn. Do you have a picture, or can you link to something similar?

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-thing-on-my-big-toe/172532/3 "2003-05-02T03:13:44Z")

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I’d say it’s a corn. My mom gets them sometimes, and they fit your description.

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-thing-on-my-big-toe/172532/4 "2003-05-02T03:15:50Z")

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Damn enter button.

Anyway, if it is a corn, I wouldn’t be too worried because there is plenty of treatment out there (corn plasters etc)

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**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-thing-on-my-big-toe/172532/5 "2003-05-02T04:06:27Z")

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Yeah, callouses shouldn’t hurt when you touch them.

It could also be a wart, but those usually appear on the bottom of your feet, I think.