Have You Pampered Your Feet Lately?

Before any major red carpet event the dazzling ladies of Hollywood (and some dashing men as well) are known to indulge their body in every aesthetic treatment and dabble with the plastic surgeon’s knife.

From seemingly innocent hair extensions and dental veneers to major elective cosmetic surgery procedures like face lift surgery, rhinoplasty and breast augmentations, beauty is pursued in all its forms and no promise is left unchecked.

Cosmetic foot surgery is just one of these treatments and not surprisingly finds a lot of takers.

However, I must add here that the requests that they put forward to plastic surgeons sometimes border on the atrocious to the ridiculous and could have dangerous consequences. Toe shortening and arch surgery to fit into shoes, ankle shaving foot and toe liposuction and even implants to cushion the ball of the foot are often requested.

While foot facials are a very safe and commonly requested cosmetic foot treatment, the above surgeries are not really encouraged by cosmetic surgeons. Foot surgeries to fix deformities that restrict normal foot function are the procedures that plastic surgeons recommend.

Hammertoes, asymmetry in the feet, tendon and bone damage, etc. are recognized foot problems that warrant a foot surgery. The surgeons at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California advice people to stick to these motivations for a plastic surgery in the feet.