Have your feet got worse as you have got older.

Mine are awful. Bunions, nails that are too hard to cut, dry skin. This is painting an attractive picture!

Same here KatyK.

Hmm wonder what it is? do we neglect our feet do you think cos they are at the bottom of our bodies.

The chiropodist I did have who unfortunately is no longer here, used to get the Dremel out! for me , it did used to worry me when she had been out the night before! and there she was ! scalpel in hand ready to sort my corns

My feet are so ugly that I don't wear open sandals in summer any more. I have arthritic bone spurs on the tops of a couple of my toes and they make unsightly lumps and bumps in my shoes and boots. Nice slim, elegant looking court shoes or boots are ruined. Nothing I can do about them apparently though.

Mine are actually still OK. Put it down to my mother making me wear horrible “clodhoppers” till I was about 15!

Mine are the same. One of the ‘benefits’ of living a long (ish) life I fear. I’ve one friend with perfect feet. Envious, me???

My DH says it's because 'you've always worn silly shoes'. I think he means fashionable.

I have the most appalling veins as well as a couple of hammer toes. I have a pedicure regularly just to make me feel better.

I do find that when you have walked on the beach and had a paddle in the sea (not at this time of the year of course) that your feet feel much better.

Mine are ok, I do take time to moisturise them and deal with any hard skin. I wear flip flops a lot in the Summer I think feet need to breathe. It’s getting harder and harder to twist enough to hold and trim my nails though due to Arthritis.

I have trotters! There's really not a single thing that's even adequate about them. My mother has lovely feet. How unfair is that

Oh Lord, feet ! My left foot is a peuce colour ( broken veins/circulation ) and the right one is catching up. I should get some purple summer sandals then nobody will notice.
Then there's the toenails ! No matter how long I soak my feet my nails remain tough----no use using scissors and I've broken 2 or 3 nail clippers. I use an emery board to keep them low otherwise they poke out of my tights.

I don't have any corns bunions or calluses though so I suppose that's a bonus.Just purple feet. I blame the warfarin going straight to my feet ! A farrier is what I need.

I try my best.
Have a pedicure and nail polish.
Use Zerocream daily to keep feet moisturised. Also use underneath feet, this seems to help re hard skin.

Unfortunately bone beside the big toes now stick out have been told not bunions.

My biggest problem is swollen ankles all year round but much worse in summer.
Since having surgery my right ankle is now continually swollen.

I envy anyone with what my Mum called 'Neat ankles'

I wouldn’t have thought arthritic feet can be caused by wearing tight/ high footwear are they but as for other foot problems? Can those of you with problematic feet blame the type of footwear worn over the years? Only asking as till I read this I didn’t realise how lucky I am with my feet. I have always preferred flat, probably clumpy shoes, hate wearing ?, if I had the guts I would love a pair of flowery Doc Martens.

I have quite nice feet, same as they were when I was a teenager. I've never squeezed my feet into shoes that didn't fit or pinched.

Flexible Friend I am similar, for similar reasons.

I am also fortunate to have good health, because I know many foot conditions arise not from how you treat your feet, but by other health problems in other parts of the body.

I have arthritis in my feet and ankles and can't walk barefoot on a hard floor without pain but it doesn't show to look at them.
Pain from two ingrown toenails was dealt with for free when GP referred me to chiropodist on NHS..

I also, as mentioned by pp, had difficulty with nail clippers. Then I found a dual set for fingernails and toenails on Amazon. They were quite expensive, relatively speaking, but worth every penny. Very strong. Cut toenails with ease.

Mine are terrible and always have been, despite having 'proper shoes and sandals' when I was a child. It's genetic.

DH, on the other hand, has lovely feet.

DH, on the other hand, has lovely feet.
I did not mean that to be punny.

And why, when fingernails can be so fragile and split and break, are toenails so strong and difficult to cut?

Can those of you with problematic feet blame the type of footwear worn over the years?
No, apparently I have longer than normal ligaments.

I’ve got “nubile joints” you can spreadable use my toes like fingers and was told I could “write a book with my toes” at grammar school ! I can still hold a pen comfortably between my toes and write my name .

What a load was sh*t that was.....

I can spread my toes and use them like fingers .. there that’s it .

I think genetics has more of a impact on feet than shoes do, standing long hours, especially on hard floor, pregnancy, extra weight .. But genetics more so - Even still, no matter how witchy looking feet can be, they serve a huge purpose! So let's be kind to them! They've been kind enough to us!