I’ve been treating these for a while now because I assumed they were plantar warts but as I’ve gotten further into the treatment I’m starting to question whether they’re actually warts at all.

So far I’ve mostly been using salicylic acid every day covered with a Band-Aid. Occasionally I’ve also soaked a cotton ball in hydrogen peroxide and taped it over the area for an hour or two. Every couple of days I’ve been carefully debriding the dead skin. Eventually I started removing the soft dead tissue that had built up inside the holes which was mostly brown, soft gunk that came out quite easily.

Now that I’m further into the lesions I can’t really see what I thought would be obvious wart tissue so I’m starting to wonder if these might actually be corns instead. I’d really appreciate any opinions on whether these look more like plantar warts or corns and what you think my next steps should be. This is my first time having a crack at this so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

**Photo 1:** Roughly 2 days after starting salicylic acid treatment.  
**Photo 2:** Around day 4 of treatment.  
**Photos 3 & 4:** Around days 5–6 after I bit the bullet and decided to dig out the dead tissue to see what was underneath.  
**Photo 5:** The most recent photo, taken around days 8–9.

Need advice: Are these plantar warts or corns and am I treating them correctly?