Collagen feet fillers on the rise
If you’re looking to take the pain out of wearing high heels this festive season, enterprising doctors could have found the perfect solution – collagen fillers.
Better known for their face-plumping properties, the fillers are now on the rise among high heel-wearing women wanting to take the sting out of sore feet. The procedure involves the collagen protein being injected into the balls of the feet.
Despite costing £240 for both feet and lasting just 2-3 months, Doctors say that the number of women opting to have collagen feet fillers has increased five-fold in the last year.
Cosmetic surgeons at the Harley Medical Group say that growing numbers of women are choosing the treatment in the run-up to Christmas: ‘Patients commonly have pre-Christmas fillers and treatments in the run-up to Christmas, to get them camera-ready for the festive season,’ said Dr Nick Milojevic, of the Harley Medical Group. ‘But this year we have received increased enquiries for foot fillers to pad out the ball of the foot to reduce the pain cause by more vertiginous heels.’
Liz Dale, the group’s director, added: ‘Foot fillers have been popular in America, but are only just taking off here, as women realise that non-surgical treatments can help them with more than just their appearance.
‘When they put on their shoe, the transformation is immediate and they feel more comfortable and more able to dance or mingle the night away.
‘The injections are integral padding and last just the right amount of time for the party season. Though there’s nothing to stop women having top-ups to keep the comfort going.’
As heels by designers get increasingly higher, with heel heights of up to 8-inches gracing the catwalks, women are certainly paying the price of fashion.
This party season, it could just prove to be the present Christmas present to yourself.
Amy Lindsay – MyFaceMyBody.com Journalist
