Cosmetic Foot Surgery on the Rise.
Half of the surgeons also said they had treated patients for complications from cosmetic surgery, said Sharon Dreeben, MD, a foot and ankle surgeon in private practice in La Jolla, California.
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Women seek surgery to shorten their toes, narrow their feet, or have collagen or silicone injected into the pads of their feet so they can wear high heels, said Nancy Kadel, MD, a foot and ankle surgeon at the University of Washington in Seattle. “These are surgeries done on structurally normal feet that are pain-free,” she said.