October 29, 2024

Also known as “tailor’s bunions,” bunionettes are a painful bony overgrowth that forms at the base of the pinky toe (fifth toe) along the lateral border of the foot. In anatomical terminology, bunionettes form at the joint at the base of the small toe formed by the distal end of the fifth metatarsal bone (a long bone of the forefoot) and the initial bone segment of the small toe.