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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
04/15/09

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The juxtaposition of this article with the one about the Afghan women protesting has cause my brain to spatter across my monitor. Thanks a lot.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
04/15/09

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Well, fuck that and fuck them. The doctor, her patients, all of them. I'm sick of being called upon to admire vain spendthrifts who contribute nothing to society and instead feed its downward spiral. I'm tired of useless women. I don't know how anyone could be proud to be useless, or proud to participate in making other women useless.

Bitch picked the wrong moment to explain this one to me.
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CherriSpryte
04/15/09

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She stole this idea from me! My Institute Boot-ay has been doing butt facials for years!
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
04/15/09

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Well, I'm no Doctor, but there's your problem right there.

Pls to pay $300?
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meritxell: an erotic life
04/15/09

@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I love 'em, I think they're purdy.
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starke
04/15/09

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that she is onto something completely revolutionary here. Anyone have major foot pain, like me, that prevents them from running, walking long distances, and wearing high heels of any sort? Well, I could totally see how more creative and dare I say renegade approaches to foot issues in general will in time totally benefit those of us in pain who go to the orthopedist and all they ever offer us are orthotics that cost $3,000 and can only be worn with nurse shoes. seriously, that's been the catch-all option for this completely backward, uninnovative field of medicine,until now. i've been to 4 doctors.

i had a bone unnecessarily removed from the ball of my foot and now i have tons of terrible pain and nerve problems that cannot be solved, so i honestly might welcome a way to put extra padding around my last remaining sesamoidal bone so i can walk for longer periods of time in manhattan. especially for a couple of hundred dollars!
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LaFemme
04/15/09

@effingminnow: I agree with you- and the idea of putting fillers into your feet was started by her, but is becoming more widely practiced. It is NOT to make your feet younger, but to make the pads on the bottom of your feet slightly thicker, which can really help in preventing pain in people with foot issues.
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fol_de_rol
04/15/09

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Callus removal is entirely fruitless. Your feet grow calluses because they need protection. I have learned to accept my calluses rather than shaving them off; it doesn't do any good and it can do some harm. Scrubbing them to get the ashy, prickly top layer off? Fine. Paying $225 for the "foot facial" to do something stupid? Not fine.
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
04/15/09

@fol_de_rol: AMEN.
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
04/15/09

@fol_de_rol: Oh, and incidentally, that's why I quit getting pedicures (that, and being broke and not caring). Every time I got one, especially after going back to serving full-time, I'd get blisters and my feet would hurt for weeks. Useless.
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LaFemme
04/15/09

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I actually really want injections in the balls of my feet so they don't hurt as much. My regular podiatrict might just do this though without all the glitz of Levine.
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stacyinbean
04/15/09

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I wish people would stop using French words in the names of their stupid salons, it does not make you sound classy, AT ALL.
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CurtCole
04/15/09

@stacyinbean: ....and it sucks the class right out of us when we miss-pronounce it.
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meritxell: an erotic life
04/15/09

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Is it terrible that I actually kind of love those boots?
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Shamrockette
04/15/09

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I wonder if they use fish oil in their 'foot facial', so I'd have an excuse to call those shoes 'fishnets'.
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CurtCole
04/15/09

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Because guys check your hooves out before anything else, this is right up there with anal bleeching.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
04/15/09

@CurtCole: My name is Artemis and I have a bleached asshole.

I wonder if said inspectors also stick their thumbs in the side of your mouth so you open it and they can gander at your teefs?
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tscheese
04/15/09

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Also my feet look startling. They resemble skis. They are currently adorned with chipped aquamarine-colored Wet n' Wild. There's a giant scar on one. They are veiny. They have odd hairy spots. They are eerily pale. And I love them so, so much because they work now. They don't hurt anymore.

Only get surgery if you need it, to relieve pain. Not to fit into some shitty shoe that's too small and badly made. A responsible surgeon won't operate unless he/she thinks that the benefits outweigh the risks.
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
04/15/09

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I don't have a desk to slam my head against.

My lengthy second toes make my feets look elegant as hell, thank you very much. In my Teva flip-flops.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
04/15/09

@elitza bleeds Cubbie blue: those things are the most comfortable. I have like 4 pairs, all in various states of wearing through the sole.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
04/15/09

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My feet are not much longer than 7". There is no possible way to wear shoes like that. I just measured my foot and it is 8.5". I would be standing on my toes. Not the ball of my foot. My big toe. There is no injection that would make that comfortable.
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tscheese
04/15/09

@linnyt is a walking cliché: I just measured my foot. It's like, eleven inches on the dot. If they made them in my size I could try, but somehow, I don't think I'd be the desired clientele.
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
04/15/09

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I saw an LA-based comedian (opened for Pauly Shore and I don't care what you think, he's still funny) who said the only way he could tell the age of women in LA was by looking at their feet. Given our youth-obsessed culture, this does not surprise me at all.

That said, I have never had a pedicure, freak out when people want to touch my feet, and yet still love crazy shoes. So there.
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