The market for this kind of surgery is lucrativethere's also money to be made by producing designer shoes with appropriate heel modifications.
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Shlvng,
Sun 22 Nov 2009, 1:47,
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The lengths of one's shoe modification could turn into a fashion status trendhowever practical difficulties are inevitable, nobody wants to have their heelcock trodden on, trapped in a closing door or shredded by an escalator.
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Sun 22 Nov 2009, 2:10,
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