Are high heels as bad for you as smoking? Biomechanist and foot expert Katy Bowman thinks so. She realizes that is a bold statement, but she stands by the analogy. “The cigarette was once very fashionable. It was very alluring. It was sexy,” says the author of Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief: The New Science of Healthy Feet. “Now we look differently at people who smoke. I think within our lifetime we’re going to start seeing a high heel as a reflection of low self-esteem.”
