Dr. Mak Yousefpour
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries
Walnut Park, CA
20 years experience male
Locations
Omega Podiatry
South gate, CA
My office hours
Thursday: 9:00am - 6:00pm
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Omega Podiatry
Walnut Park, CA
About
Bio
I have been practicing podiatry in Los Angeles for 9 years. I have 3 practices in Los Angeles and Orange county;I specialized in foot and ankle surgery/medicine. I am board certified by ABLES. A broad aspect of my practice is dedicated to diabetic patients and wound care.
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DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries
Podiatry
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
320 Answers
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
What is causing it: Have to find out what is causing the swelling. It could be due to arthritis. If so then arthritis needs to be treated. See your doctor for evaluation.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
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Reduce pressure: Calluses (not corns) occur on the bottom of feet usually due to pressure or from clogged sweat glands. See a podiatrist and that way the cause can be ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
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No: In toeing is very common and is easily treated by custom orthotics. The toddler does have a tendency to trip since the feet will hit the legs and tri... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Both: You can ask a podiatrist or a foot and ankle trained orthopod.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
4 weeks: Most of the bones in the feet consolidate and heal in 4 weeks. However, depending on how severe your broken foot is and how the bones are aligned thi... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
PVD: I would go see a vascular surgeo immediately. You may have vascular issues that may lead to more complication than "dystrophy".
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Yes: Depends on the type of foot surgery. Simple bunion or hammertoe surgery will not affect you as much as other foot surgeries such as reconstruction foo... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Yes: Venous stripping. You may want to consult a vascular surgeon for this.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
See a podiatrist: See a podiatrist or a dermatologist and have the lesions biopsied to see what is that you have.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Depends : It all depends on the level of the amputation and what the surgeon decides to do with the main arteries of your feet. I usually hand tie the arteries ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
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Modify: You may have to modify your routine exercise. There will be certain limitation to consider. You want to avoid anything that causes further breakdown o... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Indocin (indomethacin) : I would see your husbands doctor and ask him to discontinue Ibuprofen and start your husband on Indocin (indomethacin) 50mg three times a day for one ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Plantar Fasciits: Swelling of the plantar fascia on the bottom of the heel causes a lot of pain. Since heel is the first part of the foot that hits the floor when we wa... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Need more evaluation: Flex flat feet could cause swelling in foot and ankle but not constantly. You doctor could be right. Ask him about posterior tibial tendon dysfunction... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Haglund's Deformity: I am not clearly sure what yo mean by bony growth. If its on the back of your heel, it is a bone spur, if it is on the outside of the heel bone, then ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Apohysitis/Flat feet: Ask your daughter where it hurts her exactly. If she points to the bottom or back of her heel, then she has wants known as severs disease. This is com... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
No : Although warts belong to the same family of viruses, human papilloma virus, there are may types of this virus. The ones on your feet differ from your ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Ask for MRI: Have your doctor order an MRI and check the status of your preoneal tendons.
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A 66-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Odor: Odor alone does not account for an infected ulcer. Your feet contains bacteria, normal flora, and they will be on the ulcer. The only way to determine... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Possible: If you can see your nail going into your skin and when you touch your toenail it hurts, then you have an ingrown toenail. If the toe is just red, swol... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
What color ooz: It could be an infection, ingrown hair, or friction blister depending on location and the ooz! there are many possibilities and you need to see a podi... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Venous insufficiency: Since veins do not pulsate, they rely on muscle to contracted and in turn put pressure on veins to send the blood back up to the heart. When seated fo... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Yes: Anytime you have a severe injury such as tri-malleolar ankle fracture, physical therapy is a great modality to get you back to some what normal stage... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
What part is broken: Depends on what part is broken. You may want to do upper body exercises at this time to increase your hear rate and increase fat burning. Do not do a... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Are you working out: You may be lacking electrolytes. Try half of glass of gatorate energy drinks and see if that helps. If not then see your doctor for further evaluation... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Supportive: Any shoes that has support and fit confortably should be fine. Normal cadance and gait starts at age 3.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
There are other ways: If you don't have "collapsed" arches, you need to be evaluated to see what is causing your ankles to fall inwards. There are ankle foot orthotics that... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
DVT: Depending on how long you were sedentary, you may have developed deep vein thrombosis. Is the back of your leg, calf, the location of pain? If so this... Read More
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A 91-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Nevus or Melanoma: If it is round and has regular borders, most likely it is a mole (nevus). If it has irregular borders and has been changing in size and shape it could... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Who prescribed them: If you bought the half orthotics over the counter, you need to know why you bought them for. If you have flat feet most often half orthotics they sh... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
I don't know what : That means. I can tell you that there are many procedures for bunion surgery and it all depends on the severity.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Yes: This exposes you to dry cool air, and when there is a change in the weather from moist fall to dry cold winter your heels will crack. Moisturizing you... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Soak: I recommend to soak you feet in warm water and black tea for 10-15 minutes everyday. Apply foot powder everyday to your feet and inside of your shoes.... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Caffeine: Caffeine usually has the opposite affects on the joints. It can be used to decrease inflammation in the joints. However, you may have an allergic reac... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Cold : Ice it until inflammation dies down. Icing causing vasoconstriction, or narrowing of the blood vessels, which in turn decreases the blood supply and t... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Regular shoes : After you fully recover from surgery, shoe gear modification is not really necessary. If there is not scarring on the back of the heel, then any shoe ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
RICE: Rest, ice, compress, elevate. Avoid doing the activity that is causing you to have the tendinitis. Once you feel better, slowly return to the activity... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Ankle sprains: Ankle instability means that your ligaments from previous ankle injuries do not heal and you become more prone to ankle injuries. You may need repair ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Most likely : Jock itch. It is the same fungus that causes the break out. Jock itch usually has flat, red, scaling rash vs herpes that has break outs, "hive like", ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
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Deep cut: Deep cut caused by trauma that requires stitches.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dropped a freezer on my foot and now it's swollen and hurts abit, can hobble on it and move it abit?
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
You dropped: A heavy freezer on your foot? Get an x-ray to make sure you have no broken bones. If so you may need a cast depending on the severity of the fracture.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Nerve entrapment: Burning sensation is usualy caused by damage or entrapment of nerves. Need to be evaluated. See your doctor a podiatrist.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
What kind of diet: If you vegan or vegetarian you may have deficiencies of Vit B12 or folic acid. This is known as Megaloblastic anemia and it may cause neuropathy (ting... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Neuroma: You may have developed Neuroma. This is inflammation of the nerves in your feet. If it becomes constant they see a podiatrist for treatment options. T... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Do you have: any redness in the area? Does the burning sensation travel down your toes? I would have it checked out and see what it could be. It could nerve entrap... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
See a podiatrist: See a podiatrist or dermatologist for biopsy and removal of the lesion. Most likely these are porokeratosis or clogged sweat glands but definite diag... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Joplin's Neruoma: What you are describing is entrapment of the medial planter proper digital nerve which innervates your big toe. If you have a bunion on the side of yo... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
No: Most people with flat feet have os navicularis (accessory) navicular bone. It does not cause flat feet. There are multiple causes for flat feet such ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
Many things: What type of pain do you have? Does it burn when you stand on the bottom of your feet? Do you have swelling in your foot and ankle? See a podiatrist f... Read More
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A 51-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mak Yousefpouranswered
DM Care, Wound Care, Surgeries 20 years experience
MRI: Does the MRI confirm torn ligament? If there is evidence of torn ligament at this time then fixing it is possible.
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Mar 21, 2014
Thanks to Dr. Yousefpour for working in this much needed specialty area.
Mar 30, 2013
An excellent foot and ankle surgeon.
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Oct 2, 2012
Thank you, Dr. Yousefpour - I am wondering, however, if this might also be an autoimmune issue as raised by Dr. Singh. I will follow your advise regarding ice until I can have further investigation:)
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This was very helpful. Thanks! The bulge is in my muscle but occurred after my hip sort of dropped at 19. Numbness around right hip. Pressure on the bulge helps circulation.
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Thanks for your quick reply! I'm still waiting for MRI report. But n worse case scenario if I have surgery can it be done considering the injury happen back in Dec.
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My toenails haven't fallen off so there's no need for them to grow back. The doctor said bruising was from wearing heels for several hours.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
New York College of Podiatric Medicine
Graduated 2003MD
Residency
PSR-12
Awards
Top Podiatrist, First Place, California - Winter
2013
Top Podiatrist, First Place, California - Spring
2014
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