Plastic surgery might be better referred to as cosmetic surgery or perhaps reconstructive surgery, but I already had this planned for P, so plastic surgery it is. But, I'm going to say cosmetic surgery from here on out. Simply put, cosmetic surgery is defined as surgery performed for aesthetic purposes rather than medical health.
Recently, I heard of a cosmetic procedure that I found hard to believe. It's called Cinderella Surgery and involves altering feet so they will fit better into pointy, stiletto heels. The surgery can shorten or lengthen your toes, shave the bone on the sides of your feet to narrow them, and sometimes fat is injected into the ball of the foot, allowing you to stand longer in your heels.
While Cinderella Surgery is new to me, it's been around for a while. All the foot procedures mentioned above are sometimes used for painful medical conditions, but I'm not sure when they started being used for people who want to wear their heels for a long period of time. The obvious first question is, why don't you just change your shoes before you undergo dangerous surgery to wear shoes that weren't meant for human feet?
I can't imagine wearing shoes shaped like this, so why do women do it? First of all, some designers said it was fashionable. Also, supposedly, they make your legs look longer and slimmer, your foot look smaller, and your bust and butt bigger. In other words, they make you look sexier.
While high heels have been around for a long time, stilettos gained popularity in the 1950s with the advent of technology that allowed for a steel shaft to be inserted into the heel of the shoe. While they have always been around since then, stilettos have gone in and out of fashion, with the current trend starting about 25 years ago. It seems like it's about time for a change.
While this all seemed ridiculous to me, I took a moment and realized that people undergo all kinds of procedures for aesthetic reasons. A few that I've heard of are face lifts, breast augmentation, tummy tucks, butt implants/lifts and all kinds of fillers. I guess that each person has their reasons. If I'm being fair, I'm not the one to judge what someone else does with their body. I just don't always understand it.
Until next time...
Note: I recognize that many of these procedures are performed as reconstructive surgeries, not solely for aesthetic reasons. I'm only talking about the cosmetic ones.
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19900354/cosmetic-foot-surgery/ 2014
https://www.mymed.com/aesthetic-medicine/cinderella-surgery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiletto_heel
Jamie (jannghi.blogspot.com):
ReplyDeleteOuch! That shoe looks so uncomfortable!
Looks like a torture device to me.
DeleteI could never have worn that shoe. I have never understood the drive to alter one's body purely for cosmetic reasons, but is becoming more and more commonplace. We seem to move in extremes, on one hand gaining (and sometimes losing) more freedom for women, and on the other trying to make women series, to look more like what men seem to fantasize about. Some would say that is another freedom, but I cannot see it that looking like a sex symbol is freedom.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, but some might say if someone wants to look like a sex symbol, it's good that they have the freedom to do so.
DeleteAs someone with foot problems, I would say nopey nopey nope to stilettos and cosmetic foot surgery, not to mention those horrible pointed toes. You are doing your future self a huge disservice. Your feet have an important, very practical job to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how I feel about cosmetic surgery in general. I know that many women in public facing professions have surgery to minimize the appearance of aging, and I understand why they would do that. I think it's sad that they feel they have to do it to stay competitive. Until society places greater importance on character over appearance, I think people (women, particularly) will continue to pursue methods of looking younger, prettier, sexier.
I too have foot problems that stem more from heredity than abuse from wearing high heels for an extended period of time. Finding anything other than a tennis shoe that is comfortable is difficult.
DeletePursuit of beauty is a complicated subject, and I'll leave it there. I just erased a couple of paragraphs addressing this, but decided it's too involved for this forum.
That sounds horrific and rather stupid.. such vanity.. I wore heels when I was young and got so used to them, I never really noticed.
ReplyDeleteI have never worn high heels for any extended period of time except when I was first working a professional job. They weren't much higher than an inch or so, but I remember the middle of my foot was numb from them. As soon as it was acceptable to wear flats at work, I switched.
DeleteThat sounds like a terrible surgery. Wouldn't it make walking difficult?
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn't go right, it could make walking more difficult. One of the several risks of the surgery.
DeleteLooking at that stilettos image is quite painful. And a bit ridiculous. But people do these things and we can only fault ourselves for making people think beauty is important.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
It would be nice if we could get the place where beauty is not the first thing we judge people on.
DeleteThis post makes me thankful I am tragically unfashionable.
ReplyDeleteMe, too!!
DeleteI haven't heard the term plastic surgery in a long time and I've never heard of Cinderella surgery. Sounds like the modern equivalent of foot binding! It's amazing what some of us will endure to be considered attractive, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI’m glad that at least foot binding is a thing of the past.
DeleteThat looks so terribly uncomfortable and unattractive. I've never understood why anyone would do that to themselves--wear heels. But I've never understood why people would ballet dance either, its so destructive to one's feet. Or do many other things.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of things that other people do that I don't understand, but wearing heels like the one in the picture is right up there near the top of the list.
DeleteI can't imagine doing this...egad!
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I can't imagine it, either!
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