NY Podiatrists Differ on Cosmetic Foot Surgery
From peep-toes to sexy sling-backs, some women are obsessed with squeezing into fancy footwear. Some are so taken with shoes that they’ve gone to extremes to look better in them, going under the knife to change the shape and size of their feet. Call it Cinderella surgery. The surgeries can involve removing ugly bunions, painful corns, or changing the length of toes. There’s even liposuction for toes to make chubby toes slimmer. Dr. Suzanne Levine, a New York City-based podiatric surgeon and author of My Feet Are Killing Me, does a version of this surgery to keep her patients out of pain but still in heels. Her patients often “have long second toes that are much too long and don't fit into shoes properly and cause corns or painful inflamed bursas … but the majority of my patients, their feet are also hurting,” Levine said.
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Drs. Suzanne Levine and Rock Positano |
Not all doctors think cosmetic surgery for the feet is a good idea. Dr. Rock Positano, a New York foot specialist, is among them. “To take a foot that’s functioning relatively well, and run the risk of causing other problems, I think is ludicrous,” Positano said. Levine maintains that her patients come first for pain relief, and second for cosmetic reasons.
Source: Good Morning America [6/25/14]
