Disclaimer: the pictures below are NOT for the squeamish.

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After 2nd 24-hour usage of the Scholl corn cap

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Believe me when I say “it does NOT hurt”

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Almost done…

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Fresh pink skin whitened by salicylic acid

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In the end, everything has to die…

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Other side of the dead skin strip

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White blotch on right huarache? 30km of foot pounding with corn cap!

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After I cleaned things a bit perhaps with enthusiasm

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Not my ear! Corn cap remnants after 30km pounding.

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View from the other side. Thanks Dr Scholl.

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What a Scholl corn cap looks like “freshly worn”

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Great design. Stick medicated circle first, follow-up with SUV-style cushion.

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Remaining corn (right side) also showing signs of decimation

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Thin strip stubbornly hanging on. Do we need another cap?

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I guess we DID need another cap.

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So many shades…

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Corn cap after ‘regular’ usage – i.e. no running for 3+ years.

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The Middle Kingdom falling apart…

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Rudimentary jigsaw puzzle

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Operation Desert Storm nearing Baghdad

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A few days later.. last strip came apart during a weekend trip to the mall with the family. Nobody saw me taking this pic.

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Bye bye..

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We’re all good now.. barring a few furrows and unrelated blisters.

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