corns
September 24, 2009Dean is leaving for London in a few days, so he has been extra nice accompanying me more than usual.
Too bad for him I wanted to go for a pedicure that one day.
I asked him to get one with me, but apparently his macho-pedicure graph lines don’t align.
So he did the 2nd gay-est thing.
He read aloud questions from a female magazine quiz to see “What Type of Brat?” I was.
I did quite well for the quiz, mind you. Almost got full marks.
It was so kind of him to just chill with me, and humour me with all these girly stuff.
We told stories, we joked, we smiled at people who gave him funny looks for sitting in a female territory.
I stopped laughing when the pedicurist said something about corns.
“No thanks, I’m fasting.” Aww, so sweet of her to offer me some jagung. Random, I thought, but sweet.
Hmm corn in cup….haven’t had those in a long time!
She looked at me, confused. “No…corn. CORNNNN.”
I’m guessing she saw my confused face because she said flatly, “You have corns on your foot.”
“WHATTT!?!!!!!! HOW CAN?!!!” I shrieked defensively asked nicely. “I take good care of my feet! Always washing and scrubbing them. Let me see! Let me see!”
I retreated my foot from her, almost kicked her face with it.
I had to bend and twist my foot in ways it has never done before.
There it was. The bloody corn. It was a tiny round-shaped hard skin.
“Ewwwwww....I’m disgusting.”
She laughed.
“Nolah, it’s because of those.” She pointed to my Louboutin wedges on the side of the sink.
“What’s wrong with those?” I asked, obviously unhappy that she called my nice shoes “those”. They have names, you know. Pfftt.
“If you wear high heels so much, you will definitely develop these corns. Don’t wear it all the time. Not good to your feet, for your body, for your posture.”
I looked at her shoes. Flats….hmm….flats person. Must handle with care. Not on the same wavelength.
She probably didn’t know that I’ve been wearing heels since I was 12, and I thought at this moment, she doesn’t need to know that.
So I lied, “Ohhh yeah hah…Must stop wearing heels already after this.”
But I was more interested in getting rid of that ugly corn, so I asked her how to fix it.
“Don’t worry, it’s still small. You just have to stop wearing heels, and have to come here every week so I can scrub it for you.”
Clever saleswoman.
I never really noticed the corn, but now that I know of its evil existence, I can’t stop thinking about it!!
Corn, corn, go away. Come again another day.
Does anyone know a way to get rid of corns?
Something that doesn’t involve my bank account?
Hello! This does involve a little amount of money, but not that much at least, and effort. You can go to the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist for corn medication where you have to put it religiously until it goes away. Hope this helps!
V, Scholl carries a corn removal liquid.
Mmmm, corn in a cup π
go clinics..ada ubat yg sgt sakit..tp cepat hilang
I had these before a few months ago. Ugly little things.
I bought something at the pharmacy for twarts. I put it on every night , in a week Voila! GONE.
good luck.
hi PD, i know its totally off topic, but i love, love love your shoes! i was contemplating on buying it when NAP had them buttttttt….. i waited too long and it was gone! *sobs*
Grosssssssssssss
randomly read your blog.
btw yeah go to the pharmacy and ask them for the corn meditation. It’s something with white liquid-ish. Works all the time.
Scholl have the corn removal too, try seek them high & low!
it won’t burn your pocket I swear! it’ll be like you’re buying a candy or two. Hehs
good luck!
thank you for the tips! i guess the pharmacy will be my first stop tomorrow morning. fingers crossed the ugly and painful thing will go away.
eveningstar: never wait for online shopping! just get it first…if don’t like, can always return! it’s a battle field out there heheh it’s ok..i’m sure there’ll be nicer ones out soon…i’d give you mine, but it’s covered in blood from my blisters.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH@Sofia’s comment.
What are friends for, after all. <3 you really.
v,
u hv to get rid of it fast ok!bigger ones require surgical removal.
Thought you might be interested in this: How to care for your feet π
whoopee lane: thanks for the link! i guess i’m gonna be barefoot now! hehehe.. let’s start the trend.. but it made me proud of the Malaysian culture to take off our shoes when entering a house… now we know why that’s good! apart from dirty-ing the floor.
omg surgical removal?!!! oh dear….
Speaking of going barefoot, I also read, not too long ago, about a Frenchman who decided to go barefoot (for reasons I can no longer remember) but remained neatly dressed from head to ankle. Perhaps the trend has already been started? Boo to the French for being so fashion-forward! By the way, I recall that you’d invested in a pair of Ferragamo flats – might I ask what happened to them? π
eh please! we malaysians started it long before that with our take-off-your-shoes-in-houses tradition.. hehe
oh thoseeee flats…heheh they’re nicely lined somewhere in the store room….i should really rekindle that friendship.
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