Anyone with even the vaguest notion of Victoria Beckham knows that she LOVES to wear sky high heeled shoes … but it turns out that her love of that killer footwear is, apparently, doing a lot of (what looks to be) painful damage to her feet. Hammer toes are so not sexy … and neither are swollen bunions … ew:

Her penchant for towering heels has become her trademark. But years of wearing six-inch stilettos have taken their painful toll on Victoria Beckham – she is facing surgery to remove her bunions. Style may be everything for Posh, but she is in such agony that friends have revealed she is being forced to put ice on her feet and do daily exercises in a desperate bid to avoid having the bunionectomy operations advised by her doctors. The star has said the pain is affecting her perfect posture. A friend has told the Mail: ‘The Beckham household is all about feet at the moment: David is having painkilling injections for bone bruising on his foot, while Victoria is in agony with her misshapen feet. ‘She is suffering from shooting pain from the bunions. Normally, she kicks off her shoes in the house, but she has been out so much recently in high heels that she is really feeling it.’ Mrs Beckham continues to insist she will not resort to flat shoes. ‘I beyond hate ballerina flats,’ she says. ‘I can’t walk in them. Unless they’re on a ballet dancer doing ballet, I just don’t get it. I love heels.’ To combat her agony, Mrs Beckham, 35, has been doing exercises, such as standing on a step and lowering her weight onto one leg, and lying on her back to stretch her legs. If Posh has the surgery, she could face at least two months out of high heels. ‘Victoria calls her feet “the bane of my life”, but she is worried about having the operation because she fears they will compromise her ability to wear heels and ruin her stylish look,’ says her friend. ‘She puts up with the pain, but the doctor has told her she seriously needs to consider a bunionectomy or ditch the heels for a few months to let the inflammation calm down. She has not got that long to decide what to do.’ Mrs Beckham is believed to wear corrective insoles in some shoes.

UGH … you just know shoes as tall as the ones that VB likes to wear do not come without a price. The bunions on her feet in this photo look … really painful. But, if she is happy to endure the pain just so she can wear these shoes then who are we to say anything. I, personally, would never injure myself just for fashion … there are far too many comfortable things to wear instead. But you just know that VB will not stop wearing these shoes … not until her feet fall off … then she’ll just have some new feet made for her so she can keep wearing her shoes. OY … she so crazy.

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