Bruise or discoloration on soles of feet...no pain

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I cannot see how the issues of excessive pronation, gastric bypass, weight loss, bronchitis or migraines are at all helpful in discerning a diagnosis of your complaint, and a diagnosis would be the first and crucial step in offering to you the meaningful ideas which you request. There is clearly not enough information to even make a substantive guess as to why you might have some recurrent "splotchy" areas on the sole of your feet. A visual might help, but I doubt that without a hands-on examination and a detailed history of your situation, any real help, educational or otherwise can reasonably be offered to you. Seek out a good podiatrist, and have him/her give it a shot. I again remind the readers that diagnoses for the vast number of foot problems related here cannot reasonably be expected from only the lay description which is typically offered.

 

"Seek out a good podiatrist, and have him/her give it a shot". What kind of answer is this? Do podiatrist's take a guess at what the problem is? Are they not medically trained to identify and diagnose foot conditions? What are we paying for if they just give a shot!!!

 

Perhaps you never realized it, but all you are always paying a doctor for is to give it his/her best effort within the standards of practice. If you are going to go all squirrelly over my saying, "give it a shot," instead of "give it his/her best effort," then be my guest. If your response is serious, then you have little concept of what the art and science of medicine is all about. There are no guarantees in medicine, and should you find a doctor who will offer you a guarantee of finding a diagnosis or administering a cure, I would suggest you run from him/her as fast as your "splotchy" feet can carry you.