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Dark Toes, Pain In The Small Toe. No Injury
Hi,
My toes on both of my feet are darker than the rest, around the little joint (on the pinky toe) and it hurts sometimes when i wear my sneakers. I don't really engage in much exercise and i don't think i hurt my toe with any gym activities. I am an African American teenager and don't want to have nasty looking feet. What can i do to make my pinky toes look like the rest of my toes?
My toes on both of my feet are darker than the rest, around the little joint (on the pinky toe) and it hurts sometimes when i wear my sneakers. I don't really engage in much exercise and i don't think i hurt my toe with any gym activities. I am an African American teenager and don't want to have nasty looking feet. What can i do to make my pinky toes look like the rest of my toes?
Mon, 13 May 2013
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I feel that the pigmentation that you have is because of constant friction. Use a shoes which is one size larger. Because of shoe bite it will pain and leave behind a pigmentation.
Apply a moisturiser containing 10 % urea. Even salicylic acid 5-10% containing creams also will help.
Trichloroacetic acid chemical peels one by cosmetologist will help decrease the pigmentation. Hope this helped
Take care
I feel that the pigmentation that you have is because of constant friction. Use a shoes which is one size larger. Because of shoe bite it will pain and leave behind a pigmentation.
Apply a moisturiser containing 10 % urea. Even salicylic acid 5-10% containing creams also will help.
Trichloroacetic acid chemical peels one by cosmetologist will help decrease the pigmentation. Hope this helped
Take care
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