I have a bunion on my right big toe that pushed into the toe next to it and caused a corn to build up. Super painful to walk on. I was thinking amputation of the second toe might be needed! I went to a podiatrist who was a jerk. He insisted bunion surgery was the only solution or live with it. No mention of other treatments. I did the research on the surgery and learned about the long recovery and complications mentioned above. Plus a patient satisfaction rate of only about 60 percent, iirc. I looked online and got simple toe tubes from Amazon. I cut a section off and slide it over my second toe. Poof! Pain totally gone. I’ve continued to wear the toe tube almost every day and use spacers in the evening similar to those shown above. I feel like my big toe has straightened a bit and it isn’t putting nearly as much pressure on the second toe compared to before. My 2 cents.