to think I'm too young to have fucking bunions?!

[madmomma]

I'm 33 and it seems a tad harsh
I know there are much worse things but AIBU to really really not want to wear sensible shoes for the rest of my life?

Don't ever remember not having them.

My first pair of school shoes had to be extra-wide fit

I'm 34 and have had a bunion on my right foot for about 3 years now. But I am continuing to wear high heels Mon-Fri. I just wear comfortable ones. I actually find that the shoes that give me pain because of the bunion are badly fitting flat shoes in the summer months when I am not wearing tights. I have to shop quite carefully for these, and I would never buy really cheap heels as they hurt, but I think mine has actually decreased in size over last year. Strange. Planning on operation when I retire as I would never give up heels.

Apparently they are partly genetic. It's not just to do with silly shoes.

oh messalina you are a girl after my own heart. Which brands do you buy?

I have a bunion (I'm 44 and it's been brewing for decades). I've never been much of one for pointy shoes so I presume it's a genetic thing (adopted so can't be sure). My GP has said I can have it operated on but is it worth it? I find I need to wear a wider shoe/boot than I used to. I bought a pair of pointy LK Bennett kitten heels a few years ago and couldn't even keep them on for 5 minutes. They made my bunion feel like it was on fire!

I had mine removed when I was 17! Yes, 17!

I was born With dodgy feet.

I had both my bunions done at the same time about ten years ago in my late thirties. Painful at the time, but they're absolutely fine now. I'd get on the waiting list as soon as possible, it's rather long if I remember rightly.

Almostfifty how o your feet look now? Could you show them off if they were pedicured?

have seen bunions on young kids, caused from poor fitting shoes.

lastest on teen girls who have always worn bad fitting shoes, there is a link to bad fitting shoes on children with soft malable bones.

you dont have to buy expensive shoes , just be aware of the style and how they fit.

madmomma I have small scars in between my big toes and the next one, and scars running down the side of my feet, but unless you're right beside them you can't really see them. I wear sandals all summer.

Oh that's reassuring Almostfifty, thank you

I got them at 22. I have never worn high heels. I am watching them slowly get worse despite wearing world's most ugly sensible shoes due to severe rheumatoid arthritis in my feet. It fucking sucks.

I am 39 and thanks to having Hobbit feet have rarely been able to wear pretty non-sensible shoes. My feet are in perfect wide and Hobbitty condition, never giving me any gyp.

Huge sympathies. A friend had hers removed (horrid operation, I'm told) in her late 20s. She then had to repeat the operation recently, in her early 50s!

It's largely genetic, apparently, so don't blame yourself, your high heels, or your job in retail.

Can I not for once feel grateful for my Flintstone feet then?