The Danger behind the Beauty

Have you seen a model or an actress walking the catwalk or red carpet? What do you think makes them look stylish and taller? You can’t answer the questions above without mention high-heels.

Victoria Beckham

Blake Lively

High-heels are a kind of footwear and already famous since an ancient Egypt period. The differences between ancient Egypt’s shoes and modern high heels are their purpose. Ancient Egyptians wore high-heels to protect their feet from mud and dust when they had a fight, modern people wears it as one part of their lifestyle, especially in fashion. From year to year, high-heels are still prevalent in the fashion world. Public figures, especially models and actresses, like Blake Lively and Victoria Beckham love to wear this kind of footwear whenever they appear in public.

The cute and stylish high-heeled footwear has become one part of women lifestyle around the world, including in Indonesia. There are some reasons why they choose this kind of footwear. Some women said that they wear high-heels to follow trend, so that they will not be mocked or considered as “weird”, or just to increase their confidence. Most girls and women said that if they wear high-heels, the women will look feminine, stylish or beautiful.

It is true that high-heels can help to raise the heel of woman’s feet so that they will look higher than before because this kind of footwear usually have heels which are at least 5 centimeters tall.

Because there are many reasons to wear high-heels, recently many women make high-heels as their daily footwear. Wherever they go: to the office, to the campus, to the party, or just shopping at the mall, they wear high-heels. But actually, they don’t really know the danger behind the beautiful high-heels.

Even though this kind of shoes looks good to promote the appearance of girls or women, the risks that they must bear from the habit of wearing high-heels are big and quite "horrible".

The feet are the most important part to support the body. Without feet, it’s almost impossible for humans to stand. That’s why footwear selection is important and must be decided based on appropriateness and comfort. So, the most important thing in footwear selection is comfortable and health, not appearance.

The effect of the use of high-heels shoes regularly also can cause foot disorders and prolonged pain.

Based on my experience, although high-heels are stylish and improve my confidence, sometimes I feel hurt, especially at my toes. Sometimes I also lose my balance when I have to go to the higher floor without the lift but use stairs so that I always feel I am about to fall. It’s quite frustrating because I have to hold the stair rail tightly.

This situation often happens when women wear high-heels. My experience is just one example. Besides the stairs, it’s possible for a woman to hold her friend or her husband’s arm. That situation happens because women’s feet are being forced to be in an “abnormal” condition for a long time. It causes an uncomfortable feeling on their feet so that they feel uncomfortable while walking.

Not only that, I often feel pain at the back of my legs after wearing my high-heels. Usually I just smear an analgesic balm on my legs whenever I get pain and it always works to calm the pain, although it's just temporary.

Another serious problem arising from the use of high-heels regularly is a swelling or deformity in the toes. It is also known as a “bunion”. To cure it, the only thing that people can do is surgery. It's totally sounds horrible :(

I also read in another article that shoes can cause constriction of blood vessels and oxygen supply to the nerves and brain. So it can cause a headache and make a person’s mood become unstable. Honestly I’m scared because seems like this statement is true. I've ever experienced that too.

Recently, I have already considered that using high-heels regularly is bad for my health. I try to wear high-heels rarely, except for special occasion such as wedding party. I prefer to wear flat shoes, sneakers, or sandals when I go to campus.

When I'm being "forced" to wear high heels, if I have some free time, usually I will take off my high-heels for a moment. That’s why I can give my feet some time to rest so that they don’t feel painful. Another suggestion, maybe some women can change the height of their heels. If usually they wear 5 to 7 centimeters heeled shoes, they can choose kitten heels shoes with 3 centimeters heels

Kitten heels

I hope my explanation based on my experiences above can be used as good solution for some problems that might happen because of regularly usage of high-heels.

One important thing that woman must remember, don’t sacrifice health just for temporary beauty :)

XOXO

-chandni-