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Women risk feet in fashion’s name

Women risk feet in fashion’s name

A poll has shown that nearly four in 10 women buy shoes knowing they do not fit.

I have studied foot care. We dealt with problems such as corns, ingrowing nails, fungus etc. These conditions can be very painful, but often those suffering are wearing shoes that are fashionable, rather than comfortable. When they took them off you could hear ‘Ohh, that’s better’ and after treatments they could walk without pain.

I remember when I was removing a corn from my lovely aunt’s foot. This corn was caused by wearing fashionable shoes. She said, ‘I’ve been in pain for more than six months, but I don’t want to remove the corn because it hurts and I’ll not give up my shoes.’

I removed her corn (after hours of drama and persuasion). It was not painful at all – she was surprised. My funny little aunty was happily jumping and walking after I did it.

We make our own choices based on what is important to us.

Read this BBC article about fashionable shoes and let me know what do you think.

** Women risk feet in fashion’s name **

Nearly four in 10 women buy shoes knowing they do not fit, a poll reveals.

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