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Cosmetic Foot Surgery: Fashion’s Pandora’s Box?

Getting excited over a snazzy pair of Jimmy Choo stilettos is one thing—having your feet surgically altered to wear them is another. As extreme and imprudent as it may sound, the cosmetic surgery craze is not just for faces anymore—it has now moved to the feet, and it is kicking up a storm.

Today, a host of women are turning to cosmetic surgery to give their feet a "face lift" and fit them into high-fashion shoes. But physician members of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, who specialize in foot surgery, are taking a stand and calling this an ill-advised trend. Cosmetic foot surgery runs the gamut, from injectable fillers to toe shortening or lengthening and bunion…

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Emerging Concepts In Cosmetic Foot Surgery

In recent years, cosmetic foot surgery has become an option for patients seeking aesthetic improvement for lower extremity conditions. Accordingly, these authors discuss the controversy, ethical considerations and techniques for minimizing scars, toe shortening surgeries and fat pad injections among other procedures.

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Many surgeries performed by a qualified podiatrist, such as correcting hammertoes, bunions, and other problems have the added benefit of making your foot look better. These surgeries are often done to alleviate pain and discomfort first, and improved appearance is a nice side effect. Undergoing surgery on healthy feet simply to change their appearance, however, is a different story. Some trends in cosmetic foot surgery include injecting fillers into the feet and surgically altering the length of toes or the overall shape of the foot.

'Foot Facelifts' Are The New Wacky Cosmetic Surgery Fad

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Calling All Cinderellas: A New Surgical Procedure Designed To Let Women Wear High Heels

It's no secret that we women will go to some wild lengths to look good high heels--taping our toes together, enrolling in government-funded classes to learn how to walk in 'em--but the latest news about "cosmetic foot surgery" just might be the most disturbing of all.

Cinderella surgery - would you have a cosmetic footlift?

However, Cinderella surgery is controversial. Some surgeons insist that nobody should have surgery unless they are in pain wearing wide shoes. But, Hargrave says, for some women, their foot phobia takes a severe physical, social and psychological toll.

Cosmetic Foot Surgery: Not Recommended

Fashion and comfort may not always be natural enemies, but when it comes to women's footwear, at the very least, they're often in opposite camps. That's one reason why orthopaedic surgeons and podiatrists at Hospital for Special Surgery have been watching an unusual phenomenon emerge: cosmetic surgery of the foot.

Foot Fetish – The Pros and Cons of Cosmetic Procedures for the Feet

Cosmetic surgery is not just for your face anymore. Increasing numbers of women are having injections or even going under the knife to alter their feet. Foot surgery is not something to be taken lightly.

If Shoe Won't Fit, Fix the Foot? Popular Surgery Raises Concern

With vanity always in fashion and shoes reaching iconic cultural status, women are having parts of their toes lopped off to fit into the latest Manolo Blahniks or Jimmy Choos. Cheerful how-to stories about these operations have appeared in women's magazines and major newspapers and on television news programs.

The Life-Changing Power of Cosmetic Foot Surgery

Cosmetic foot surgery is somewhat undervalued and misunderstood in modern society by many who may dismiss it as unnecessary vanity. It can be this, of course, but more often than not, it serves a positive purpose and represents an investment in a better life.

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It’s no secret that cosmetic surgery has become mainstream in the U.S. over the past few decades. And while the face is still the area most commonly targeted for changes, cosmetic foot surgery is a new and growing trend. When you consider how the ancient Chinese invented foot binding as a way to stunt the growth of the feet and achieve a desired look, it’s clear that concerns with the outward appearance of the foot are not new in the slightest. However, the options offered nowadays and what they are designed to fix, are a far cry from the painful and even damaging procedures of the past.

Toe the Line: Doctors Fight Cosmetic Foot Surgery

Blame it on Carrie Bradshaw. While there are few statistics tracking the number of surgical procedures performed on feet for specific reasons, cosmetic foot surgery began roughly about the time "Sex and the City" debuted in 1998 and has shown even more staying power. Some foot surgeons have been warning against cosmetic foot surgery almost as long—seemingly to little avail.