Wide Feet
I have very wide feet.
Its hard for me to just go to the store and buy a pair of sandels.
All my summer shoes are slide on shoes.
I want to know is there surgery for this?
Can something be done about the width of my feet?
I wear a size 9 show and alway shave to buy 10 1/2 and larger to just accomdate my feet.
Even after that I have all this room in my shoe, and I look silly.
Again this maybe a silly question, but is there such surgery to reduce the width of your foot?
They are very fat feet.
Best Answers
Vivian Abrams DPM
If your foot was wide because of a deformity such as a bunion, then surgery might be an option. Since you did not mention any specific deformity, I must assume you are unhappy with the overall width of your foot. I am not inclined to recommend surgery for this at all. There are many resources for shoes that fit wide feet. Easy Spirit, SAS, Rockport, Cloudwalkers are but a few names. You can do a search on Google for women's wide width shoes. Zappos is another Internet resource. It is not good to get a longer shoe for a wider foot. The widest part of the foot should fit the widest part of the shoe. When you put a 9 length in a 10 1/2 they do not match up length wise. You need to look for better fitting shoes- they are out there. Good luck
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Vivian Abrams DPM
If your foot was wide because of a deformity such as a bunion, then surgery might be an option. Since you did not mention any specific deformity, I must assume you are unhappy with the overall width of your foot. I am not inclined to recommend surgery for this at all. There are many resources for shoes that fit wide feet. Easy Spirit, SAS, Rockport, Cloudwalkers are but a few names. You can do a search on Google for women’s wide width shoes. Zappos is another Internet resource. It is not good to get a longer shoe for a wider foot. The widest part of the foot should fit the widest part of the shoe. When you put a 9 length in a 10 1/2 they do not match up length wise. You need to look for better fitting shoes- they are out there. Good luck