Do bunions need surgery? 1, If the bunion is simple and there is no pain in the foot when walking, it can be treated conservatively, including replacing suitable shoes, avoiding wearing pointed high heels, applying some small supports and orthopedic pads to delay the development of the condition, these methods are not a cure for bunions, but only to delay the development of the condition. 2, some relatively young patients, feel that their bunions do not look good, want to make their feet look good, carefully choose surgery, after all, after surgery to leave a scar, but also not particularly beautiful. 3, bunions with a long course, serious deformity, severe plantar callus, or even deformity of 2 or 3 toes, can be considered for surgery. 4, bunion surgery is an orthopedic surgery, it is recommended that regular hospital consultation, foot weight-bearing X-ray films need to be taken before surgery, according to the X-ray measurement angle, and then develop a surgical plan. 5, some patients may be combined with flatfoot syndrome, further examination is needed. Simply correcting the bunion without correcting the flatfoot syndrome, there is a greater chance of recurrence of bunion after surgery.