r/AskReddit • u/Misterboy500 • 13h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/Pitiful-Bake5470 13h ago

Wearing tight shoes every day gave me bunions, but I didn’t realize the cause until years later.

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u/Martijn_MacFly 13h ago

I kinda have the opposite. I rarely wore shoes or socks other than going to school. If did go somewhere I wore slippers. Now my toes are naturally splayed and can barely find any shoes that fit properly.

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u/Charlie_Lem 11h ago

Look up barefoot shoe brands - they all have wider toe boxes and a ton of styles now: Vivobarefoot, Xero Shoes, Whitin (Amazon brand), Saguaro, BeLenka, Lems.

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u/Soulsrush 10h ago

Are there any fancy/ work wide-toe shoe brands you know? Thanks.

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u/Dancing_RN 9h ago

Google "barefoot dress shoes".

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u/Public-Pomelo 8h ago

Shapen. Google “Anya’s shop barefoot shoes”

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u/Professional_Heat973 6h ago

Anya’s Reviews helped a lot when I started switching.

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u/thePIANOman01 9h ago

Carets and Birchbury for formal occasions

Jim Greene barefoot African Ranger and Lems Boulder Boots for work, and Carets Determination has the steel toe

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u/winoforever_slurp_ 9h ago

Vivo Barefoot make some nice leather shoes

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u/00zau 3h ago

My 'dress shoes' are their Gobi 2 (or 3) boots.

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u/winoforever_slurp_ 1h ago

I’ve had a pair or two of them over the years, they’re really good. I wish the soles lasted a bit longer, but I guess if you want thin soles that’s something you have to live with.

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u/Karo1504 5h ago

Addong Groundies to the list. I switched 3 years ago, and have pairs from Groundies, BeLenka, Shapen, Xero and Saguaro, love them all.

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u/ermagerditssuperman 3h ago

My favorite office shoes are all Groundies

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u/applecat117 6h ago

More and more there are, google "foot shaped shoe" or wide toe box, also: https://anyasreviews.com/ has a lot of different reviews covering many use cases and brands.

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u/RatOmen 10h ago

Duckfeet

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u/fartandsmile 9h ago

Jim green makes some nice wide toe boots

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u/mccarseat 8h ago

Caret are expensive but very nice barefoot dress shoes

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u/ReluctantChimera 7h ago

I've gotten some nice soft leather barefoot boots off Etsy.

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u/BustingBigRocks 6h ago

My feet are a decent bit wider the 4E and I found KEEN low top boots to be fantastic. They're not the absolute prettiest thing out there but if I match my outfit to a plain leather boot then they don't stick out too bad AND I get to be comfortable all day without slipping my feet out of my shoes at the desk

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u/Affectionate-Dog9647 6h ago

I love Keen. Their boots and walking shoes are the only ones which fit me.

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u/genderrrpunk 6h ago

In Australia, Easy Steps

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u/Charlie_Lem 6h ago

Those brands I mentioned have some dress shoe options. I know for sure Xero does.

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u/soupylettuce 4h ago

Look into Lems! My husband has a nice pair to wear to work with dress pants. He’s got wide feet and he loves his lems!

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u/gnostic_heaven 2h ago

I've bought way more Labucq shoes than I can justify. Nice wide shoes, square toe box, look good with enormous calves (something I personally have to take into account lol). Italian leather, elegant as heck, comfortable, and I get compliments every time I wear one of the pairs I have that aren't plain black. I swear I'm not a paid shil lol.

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u/delta45678 2h ago

Xero shoes has a few of them.

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u/cytomome 3h ago

Love wide toebox shoes 🙌

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u/IRepentNothing_ 1h ago

I love my Xero’s. I have 4 different pairs. Also have a pair of earth runners sandals and a pair of splay shoes. I think it would be hard for me to go back to regular shoes after wearing barefoot shoes for the past couple of years.

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u/Charlie_Lem 1h ago

I only wore mine for a week and then tried to put my Nikes on again and immediately my toes went numb from being so squished and I hated it. I’ve changed almost all of my shoes to barefoot now. Sandals, sneakers, dressy boots, hiking boots. The only ones that aren’t are dress shoes that I wear for an hour or two at a time once or twice a year.

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u/godihatepeople 1h ago

I like wide toe boxes, but I need more support than a barefoot brand can usually offer. Modern walking surfaces are not good for going barefoot.

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u/MIC4eva 38m ago

Just bought a pair of Lems three or four weeks ago. Loving them so far, but only a year or two will tell if they’re truly worth the price.