Laser Clinic MD

In Hollywood they are known as pillow injections – those dermal fillers designed to plump up the skin. But the procedure of the moment doesn’t involve perfecting the pout or smoothing around the eyes.

Instead the well-heeled are padding their feet with Restalyne or Radiesse in an effort to prance in their 4-inch pumps a little longer.
One physician described the procedure as a way of putting a Dr. Scholl’s pad inside the foot. “When you’re wearing thousand dollar shoes you don’t want to put a pad inside,” said Dr. Stuart Kaplan.
Wearing a pair of medical magnifying glasses, the dermatologist proceeded to pump just under 1 cc of Radiesse into his patient’s feet. “It protects the bone in the balls of the feet from hitting the shoe,” explained Dr. Kaplan.
When asked about possible side effects he said it was like getting any injectable. “There are always risks but it’s not any different than injecting a filler in the face.”
The final bill is the same too. The price for the privilege of being able to parade around in a pair of Pradas a few more hours each day is around $1000. To justify the price Kaplan joked women get to walk around in those expensive shoes longer. “Rather than stand in high-heels for 45-minutes,” he said. “Women can stay in their Manolos for five hours.”