I’m sure most women are familiar with the feeling of seeing the shoe of their dreams in a shop. Just when they squeeze their feet in to fit, they discover the shoe is just too tight…in fact two sizes small. When they ask the shop attendant for the same shoe in their actual size, they get this reply:
“It’s the only size left.”
They’ll then wish their feet were small enough to fit in. Well, plastic surgeons have capitalized on the longings of these women and invented a foot plastic surgery which they’ve called the ‘Cinderella.’ Foot altering surgeries has been going on for years now, but The New York Times reported last week that they’ve suddenly become more popular than ever.
They procedures range from strategic Botox injections on the balls of your feet, to the Perfect 10 (toe shortening) to the Model T (toe lengthening) to the Cinderella, where your entire foot is altered to fit your favourite shoe size.
Beverly Hills doctor, Dr. Ali Sadrieh, says these elective, cosmetic foot surgeries are so popular that he coined cute little names for them all, so patients can conveniently order them like they’re choosing lip gloss shades at a cosmetic shop.
Another doctor; the founder of NYC Footcare, Dr. Oliver Zong, who is a self-proclaimed “originator of the foot face-lift and toe tuck,” routinely corrects such conditions as High Heel Foot (a term he coined to describe a deformed foot that’s conformed to the shape of a stiletto), and Hitchhiker’s Toe, (an abnormally large big toe that sticks out like the thumb of a hitch hiker). He recently introduced the phrase “Toebesity,” which he plans to describe on his site, where flashing text promises: “Designer feet for designer shoes.”
Do you think these feet-altering procedures are crazy? Would you undergo any?
Source: Elle magazine
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