PODIATRIST COMMENTS ON BARBIE FEET INSTAGRAM CRAZE

There is a Instagram craze we like to call "Barbie feet," which models, celebrities, and fashionistas have taken an obsessive liking to. The idea behind this trend is to pose up on your toes to elongate your legs and flex your muscles a little bit. It appears as though you're wearing high heels sans the shoes. This positioning of the leg is nearly identical to the propped-up feet of Barbie. 

 

Dr. Bobby Pourziaee and "Barbie feet"

 

According to  Bobby Pourziaee, DPM, also known as "The High Heel Doc" of Rodeo Drive Podiatry, "I have had a lot of my patients ask me recently about 'Barbie feet.' I'm surprised this trend didn't begin earlier. 'Barbie feet' are obviously better than wearing high heels because the position of the foot is temporary. Posing with 'Barbie feet' can make you look taller and can possibly make your calves look more muscular, but this pose is not recommended for long periods of time because you can get calf shortening and pain and inflammation along the ball of the foot." 

 

Source: Lauren Eggertsen. Who What Wear [5/24/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News