Ugly feet should be hidden?

If it's about the OP, then why the need to pass judgement on others? It's just so unnecessary.

that's great, but you are not the OP.

Point was that as long as she make sure her feet look maintained, she doesn't need to hide them. If she didn't care at all, she wouldn't have started the tread.

I.have bunions too. My feet are not nice. When weather permits I will be donning the sandals. I will shave my toes in preparation

😂 me too! I’ve perused Bic Beckham’s bunions, now looking at Kate Middleton’s fungal toenails.

Well, this post has led me down an internet rabbit hole, wasting time looking at photos of celebrities with bunions, when I really should be getting ready for work.

I have very long (9/10) thin bony feet with knobbly 3rd toes from years of squeezing my feet into size 8s.
They are also blinding white.
I give no fucks.
There's no hard skin as I go to the podiatrist regularly, toenails are painted and most importantly, my feet keep me mobile!

@Specialneedsnightmarewhat was the op and recovery like? I really need to do this but keep putting it off. 3 young kids, school runs, clubs etc. No idea how it would work if recovery goes on for months and months!

Oh and I should also say I felt much better about mine after seeing Suki Waterhouse’s feet which probably sounds weird to say. Beautiful woman but her toes are wonky as hell. You don’t often see celebs with wonky toes.

Feet are ugly unless you’re someone with a foot fetish. They’re just not a naturally attractive part of the body. I have a big big toe then smaller stubbier second toe so it looks kind of weird. I spent years self conscious as a teen/early 20s but now don’t care.

I have recently had my toe nail removed Permanently, my feet look like a trolls. Still wearing sandals. I am not being hot.

I love your post, @ohwhatthehelly . I love that despite not thinking you are pretty or thin (and perhaps having the usual level of angst and self-criticism that we tend to heap on our own appearance) you have this solid source of pride and it makes you feel good, regardless of what the world notices.

Lovely to think of you striding happily among the beach or whatever and admiring your elegant flip-flopped feet.

We should all choose a body part that gives us that joy.

I’m not pretty or thin. I do have randomly beautiful feet though - small with a high arch, well proportioned toes and in summer I gel pedi them.

Theyre my pride and joy and I like buying pretty sandals or wearing flip flops and admiring my feet.

but crucially, I genuinely don’t think anyone has every noticed my feet so it’s fairly pointless having nice feet!

even being proud of my own feet doesn’t make me judge other feet (and I am quite a judgy person) if it’s hot I expect people to wear sandals! Why would you not?!

Could you get the bunions removed? Not that you have to, but you might feel better about your feet.

I had truly hideous bunions before I had surgery some years ago. Now I am happy to wear sandals and don't feel self conscious anymore. My bunions were incredibly painful so I did have good reason for getting them removed, but the vanity effect is real!

Of course hairy toes don't make you look dirty.

I very much doubt I will ever look polished, but I am not ashamed of that and I am not "grim".

Fungal nail infections are highly contagious and no, the chlorine in a swimming pool doesn’t stop transmission,

Feet are all revolting. Wear whatever you like.

Where are you that it’s too hot to not wear sandals? It’s fecking freezing here!
but even in the spell of warmer weather we had a few weeks ago it wasn’t too hot to not wear sandals, my feet didn’t spontaneously combust 😂😂

I think as long as your feet are taken care of in all the ways that are within your control it's fine. You can't help the imperfections!

I hate my feet (absolutely fine except for 4 bent toes but enough for me to feel insecure) but I will still wear sandals abroad, go swimming, on boat trips where you don't wear shoes etc no one has ever commented on them thankfully. Not brave enough to wear them in England yet though :(

I think in general most people wouldn't want to make you feel any worse about them.

Painted toe nails look horrible to me. The colour generally just draws attention to them - they are rarely elegant and attractive.

My feel are bony and knobbly - as a teen I agonised over them and kept them out of sight. As an adult I've been complimented on them more than once. Still would rather hide them but no longer care that much.

I have a fungal nail and don't hide it. It's too hot not to wear sandals.

I feel you. I have bunions so my toes don't fill the end of sandals, my big toes go diagonally across about 45 degree angle. I hate summer as a result but embrace sandals anyway. A few summers ago I was so proud of myself for going barefoot on a beach, before my nephew asked me "what's wrong with your feet?". So that made me feel bloody wonderful. I need to get operation but can't face the recovery time. They're not even sore but just so embarrassing.

Have a look at barefoot shoes and the whole idea of exercising your feet for strength and flexibility to undo the damage of wearing normal shoes. It is completely changing how I feel about my feet.

In that case I really don't know what you're worry about?

some people have hard, dirty feet, with cracks in them big enough to park a bicycle!

I still don't care as long as they don't want to rest them on me!

it's "fine" but people notice cracked heels, hairy toes and unkept nails.

It makes you look unkept and dirty. It's also "fine" to have greasy hair, roots showing, peeling nail polish. It's "fine", but for people who have the most basic pride in their appearance, it's grim 😂

You can't change your feet, but you can still look clean and polished.

No one is looking, be comfortable!